Browsing LLB Research Projects (2018) by Title
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Protection of surrogate mothers against exploitation of their reproductive organs in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2018)Surrogacy motherhood, an arrangement involving one woman gestating a baby to be raised by another, is still a relatively 'new' technology in Kenya seeing as the first surrogate birth in Kenya happened in August 2007. Indeed, ... -
Questioning the Judicial Service Commission’s role in curbing corruption amongst judicial officers
(Strathmore University, 2018)Although it is true that corruption would negatively affect any organ, its effect on the judicial system cannot be overemphasized. This is due to the fact that the judiciary serves as a bulwark to the public against any ... -
Questioning the place of retributive justice in mandatory minimums using rape in Kenya as a case study
(Strathmore University, 2018)Retributive justice has been used as the justification for the punishment of crimes for a long time. However, it has .had little effect in ensuring that offenders are discouraged from committing crimes and therefore, there ... -
The Recognition of indigenous people's land rights in Kenya and the failures’ in the enforcement
(Strathmore University, 2018)For many years’ indigenous land rights were yet to be recognized and catered for in law. Indigenous communities have faced repeated violations on their collective right to own property in particular, the right to access ... -
Redefining the substantive and procedural protections of Most Favoured Nation clauses in Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)
(Strathmore University, 2018)The MFN Clause has been subject to a change in interpretation an application following a series of cases arising from the both courts and tribunals. This study evaluates the history of the MFN Clause and contrasts it to ... -
The Regulation of digital credit in Kenya - The Case for consumer protection
(Strathmore University, 2018)This dissertation seeks to makes a case for consumer protection for digital credit. Digital credit is a form of lending of short term loans while leveraging digital infrastructure. Digital credit is automatic and easily ... -
Regulatory challenges of banc-assurance: a comparative analysis between Kenya, India and south Africa
(Strathmore University, 2018)The provision of insurance and banking products and services through a common distribution channel or to a common client base is referred to as banc assurance. Today the situation has totally changed wherein each and every ... -
Regulatory framework of micro and small enterprises in the informal sector in Kenya: a critical analysis
(Strathmore University, 2018)The enactment of the Micro and Small Enterprises Act in 2012 in Kenya was a major step forward in the regulation of Micro and Small Enterprises, and especially those in the informal sector. The Act provides for registration ... -
The Regulatory power of taxes - taxing to control betting in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2018)The activity of sports betting in Kenya has been on a steady rise despite efforts by the government to tame its prevalence. Ever since the first online sp01is betting company started business in Kenya, there has been an ... -
Relaxing the stringent procedural rules governing private prosecutions in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2018)The application of the right to private prosecutions in criminal proceedings in Kenya has been challenged by rigid procedural rules of the State. These rules are set out in case law dating as far back as 1985 with the ... -
The Relevance of the Kenyan courts in attaining sustainable development and combatting undustrial pollution
(Strathmore University, 2018)Industrial pollution is a global problem which Kenya is grappling with. It causes detrimental effects to the environment and is hazardous to human health. Kenya’s progress lies in industrial development but industrialization ... -
Responsibility to protect vis-a-vis state sovereignty: the emerging doctrine
(Strathmore University, 2018)The dilemma of how to deal with and respond to humanitarian disasters and large-scale human rights abuses has become more and more the forefront of political and academic debate over the last few decades. The fact is ... -
Rethinking abortion in Kenya: a reproductive health right for victims of rape and sexual abuse
(Strathmore University, 2018)In Kenya today, abortion is and has always been considered as an emotive and sensitive matter. The public is tom between being pro-choice and prolife. The pro-life advocating for the unborn children while the pro-choice ... -
The Right to a fair hearing in Traditional Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2018)The objective of this study is to establish whether TDRMs in Kenya engender the right to a fair hearing in the adjudication of disputes Chapter 1 lays the background, it states the objectives and explains the theoretical ... -
The Right to a fair trial in sports arbitration
(Strathmore University, 2018)The research centers on the alternate dispute resolution method of sports arbitration and specifically, the right to a fair trial within this dispensation. Being as the topic a right to a fair trial is a broad one, emphasis ... -
Right to privacy in the wake of mobile money transfers in Kenya: is the data protection bill a step in the right direction?
(Strathmore University, 2018)Mobile Money Transfer has, in just a little over ten years, transformed the lives of millions of Kenyans in addition to greatly improving the economy of the county. Mobile money penetration in Kenya currently stands at 68% ... -
The Role pf religion in the realization and protection of human rights
(Strathmore University, 2018)World over, religion has been used as a tool for the violation of guaranteed rights and freedoms. As a result of this, emphasis has been made on the negative consequences brought about by the right to freedom of religion. ... -
Security council reform: an assessment of article 23 and 27.3 of the charter of the United Nations
(Strathmore University, 2018)This dissertation is geared towards providing an analytical study of the reform of the Security Council. This Chapter of the dissertation lays out an initial introduction. In addition, it illuminates on the problems which ... -
Social media and its effects on personality rights: the case for a defined legal framework on personality rights in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2018)Personality rights encompass the right of an individual to control the commercial use of their name, image, likeness or other unequivocal aspects of one's identity. Kenya does not have a defined legislative framework on ... -
Spousal claims to matrimonial property held in trusts and companies: a Kenyan perspective
(Strathmore University, 2018)This study investigates the hiding of matrimonial property by dishonest spouses in trusts or companies to frustrate the rights of the other spouse to the same property. The frustration of such rights usually takes place ...
