Browsing LLB Research Projects (2017) by Issue Date
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Combating illicit brews in Kenya: an analysis of the legal and institutional framework
(Strathmore University, 2017)Recognizing the seriousness of alcoholism in the country, the Kenyan Parliament enacted the Alcoholic Drinks Control Act of 2010, also known as Mututho law in an attempt to bring sanity in the Alcohol sector. Nevertheless, ... -
Effect of wide judicial discretion on the legality of sentencing at the Icty
(Strathmore University, 2017)This dissertation looks into the jurisprudence of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and identifies that the judges enjoyed unfettered judicial discretion in sentencing due to the minimal provisions ... -
Effectiveness of the Ethics and Anti - Corruption Commision in combating corruption within the executive in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)One of the impediments that hinder Kenya’s economic growth is corruption. It has crept into the various arms of the governments and its respective institutions and as a result has stifled Kenya’s economic growth. Corruption ... -
Access to information and rights of third parties to contracts in the Kenyan extractives-mining industry
(Strathmore University, 2017)The resource curse paradox is quite queer indeed however it can be explained simply. On one hand, there needs to be significant foreign investment and technology to exploit natural resources. On the other, state revenues ... -
A Regional right against air pollution : the applicability of the requirement to exhaust local remedies in the context of the right to a clean and healthy environment under the African charter
(Strathmore University, 2017)Human rights appear to have different implications amongst different peoples predicated upon their particular political, religious, social, and cultural settings. The European Court of Human Rights in Lautsi and Others v ... -
Environmental refugees: exposing their protection gaps in international law
(Strathmore University, 2017)This dissertation explores two principal research questions: first, whether international law provides for a mechanism that protects those moving away from harsh environmental conditions and secondly, whether existing ... -
The Effectiveness of sentencing of criminal offenders in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)The main objective of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of sentencing in Kenya. Section 24 of the Penal Code highlights the punishments that can be accorded to an offender once they are convicted of a crime. The ... -
The legal framework for whistleblower protection in Kenya and examination of economic crimes
(Strathmore University, 2017)Whistle blowing is important as it reduces illegality and encourages transparency in any organization since it instils fear on the people committing the wrong and the consequences that come with it.1 Economic fraud destroys ... -
Surrogacy: re-evaluating the existing presumptions of motherhood
(Strathmore University, 2017)Despite the nuances that have emerged as a result of surrogacy arrangements, it would seem that this has been a common practice in many different parts of the world. Indeed, infertility has been considered an issue since ... -
Implementation of directors’ duties in the strive for sound corporate governance in Kenya: lessons from Uchumi Supermarkets Limited
(Strathmore University, 2017)This research was conducted with the main objective of establishing the implementation mechanism available in Kenya to ensure sound corporate governance within the markets regulatory by assessing the level of accountability ... -
Legal certainty and the pursuit of justice: A legal discussion
(Strathmore University, 2017)This paper shall contrast two methods of judging, the first method being one that emphasises justice as the primary reason for the judge deciding in the manner that he/she did- justiceoriented judging- and the second being ... -
Exploring the boundaries of conjugal rights: marital rape as a criminal offence in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)In Kenya, marital rape is not recognized as a criminal offence. This dissertation therefore argues that criminalizing the act is not only a necessary but sufficient means of tackling the issue. The marital rape exemption ... -
A Critique of the victim protection act, 2014 from the point of view of women as victims of crime
(Strathmore University, 2017)Women in African societies have always been "victims" of their own societies with lower status and fewer rights than their male counterparts. They have been considered inferior to men, with the consequence that power, ... -
Embryo personhood and how it affects disposal procedures in IN vitro fertilization
(Strathmore University, 2017)Assisted reproduction technologies are fairly new to Kenya and therefore have not been subjected to the necessary legal scrutiny. This is especially true of in vitro fertilization which describes the process where the ... -
Socio-legal justifications for youth suffrage in South Sudan
(Strathmore University, 2017)This paper is about Youth Suffrage and discusses minimum voting age in South Sudan. It questions the validity and appropriateness of the prevailing minimum voting age of 18 and proposes a minimum voting age framework of ... -
Nominee directorship in Kenya, an examination of a more liberal approach
(Strathmore University, 2017)Kenya’s legal position in regards to directorship and more specifically to Nominee Directorship has been indistinct, often silent but it commercial practice it does occur frequently as more and more companies have designed ... -
The Applicability of traditional dispute resolution mechanisms in criminal cases in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)Before the advent of colonialism, Africans had their own mechanisms of dispute resolution which were based on the customary law applicable at the time. These mechanisms, otherwise referred to as traditional dispute resolution ... -
The Applicability of mediation in the resolution of criminal disputes in Kenya: a case for restorative justice in the criminal justice system
(Strathmore University, 2017)The purpose of carrying out this study is to discover whether mediation can be applied in the resolution of criminal disputes in Kenya and specifically, to find out at what point of the trial process criminal cases can be ... -
A Critique of the role of the government in combatting human trafficking in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)Human trafficking has been defined as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, ... -
Plant variety protection: a path to agricultural development in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)Proprietary rights date back to Stone Age in Kenya. Individuals, families, clans and communities have always held a profound, almost divine, attachment to property such as land, cattle, and wives among other things. ...
