As discussed above, the constitution is laden with values that were inputted by the sovereign people. These values such as, human dignity, freedom, justice, liberty, and equality. In my many moments of debating with myself I have wondered whether our...
• Dismantling the imperial presidency• Giving more power to the people, including the power to initiate a constitutional amendment.• Enhancing democracy• Altering power relationships in favor the people elected representatives and the people...
It is convenient to start this conversation from the 1st of December 2021. In December 2021 his Excellency the President of Botswana, acting in terms of the empowering provisions of the Commission of Inquiries Act established a Constitutional Review...
And while most scholars agree that judicial independence is critical to maintaining the rule of law and the effective administration of justice, it is clear that some methods for selecting or appointing judges can result in a judiciary that is — or...
Jurisprudentially a close academic scrutiny of his judgements; how he elected to exercise the options before him in any case reveal him as being inclined to legal positivism. In many high stake cases of national importance his deference to the...
Like the late Justice Scalia of the Supreme Court in the United States of America, history will confirm Justice Kirby as a brilliant conservative judge, occasionally prone to progressive impulses as his last judgment delivered on the 29th of November...