Administrative Law in Tanzania. A Digest of CasesAfrican Books Collective, 2009 M10 15 - 280 pages Administrative law may best be defined by describing what it encompasses: it is that branch of law which deals with the individual versus governmental or administrative power. It covers court restraint of actions or inactions of public institutions, administrative processes of central and local government, parliamentary and subordinate legislat on and the means and procedures by which the rights of individuals are protected against abuse of power by public or local authorities, public corporations, tribunals and other bodies which discharge functions of public nature entrusted to them by law for the benefit of the citizen. It is hoped that this book will act as a wake-up call to all those who have been entrusted with the duty of making decisions affecting the rights of citizens to update themselves so as to discharge their duties correctly and in spirit of good governance. Administrative Law in Tanzania: A Digest of Cases covers high profile and landmark cases in topical areas of constitutional and administrative law from colonial days to present time, names, procedures in applying for prerogative remedies, constitutional principles and human rights, separation of powers between the Executive, the Legislature and the Judicature, natural justice and the rule of law, statutory ouster of jurisdiction of courts, and the right to legal representation. |
Contents
Chapter One PROCEDURE IN APPLICATIONS FOR PREROGATIVE ORDERS | 1 |
Chapter Two CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES AND HUMAN RIGHTS | 21 |
Chapter Three JURISDICTION OF COURTS AND OUSTER OF JURISDICTION | 89 |
Chapter Four PREROGATIVE ORDERS AND ALTERNATIVE REMEDIES | 121 |
Chapter Five PREROGATIVE ORDERS AND ALTERNATIVE REMEDIES | 153 |
Chapter Six The Right to Legal Representation | 191 |
Cases on Specific Legal Themes | 204 |
Table of Cases Digested | 231 |
Bibliography | 235 |
Back Cover | 237 |
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