Browsing by Author "Feltoe, Geoff"
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Abuse of power and authority: rape by coercion.
Feltoe, Geoff (University of Zimbabwe, 2018)There is a common misperception that rape can only be committed if a man uses physical violence to overpower anon-consenting woman and that the woman has physical injuries to prove that she resisted. As will be seen ... -
Book Reviews: "The Struggle Over State Power in Zimbabwe Law And Politics Since 1950"
Feltoe, Geoff (University of Zimbabwe, 2019)This paper examines the rationality and legality of the rule of locus standi introduced by the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe to the effect that no litigant is allowed to act in more than one capacity of locus standi ... -
Chilling freedom of expression to the bone with a chilling offence: Case note on State v Chimakure, Kahiya & ZimInd Publishers (Pvt) Ltd Constitutional Application No. S-247-09; Judgment No S-14-13
Feltoe, Geoff; Reid-Rowland, John (University of Zimbabwe Student Law Review Journal, 2016-05)This case note examines the reasoning of the Supreme Court leading to its conclusion that s 31(a)(iii) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (the “Criminal Law Code”) is unconstitutional and ... -
Constitutionality of the offence of deliberately transmitting HIV: Case note on the case of S v Mpofu & Anor CC-5-16
Feltoe, Geoff (The Zimbabwe Electronic Law Journal, 2017-01) -
Constitutionality of the offence of deliberately transmitting HIV: Case Note on the Case of S v Ranchi HH 515-17
Feltoe, Geoff (University of Zimbabwe, 2018)The heading for this offence is “Deliberate transmission of HIV”. This is somewhat misleading. Although the offence can be committed if the accused actually infects the complainant,it can also be committed without proof ... -
Criminal Law Defences and the Right to Life in the New Constitution
Feltoe, Geoff (University of Zimbabwe Student Law Review Journal, 2016-05)This article explores the status of defences to criminal liability for causing the death of another person in the light of the nature of the right to life guarantee in section 48 of the 2013 Constitution. -
Criminal Law Policy in Relation to the Defence of Provocation
Feltoe, Geoff (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1983)All legal systems have had to address the difficult problem of deciding how to deal with the defence of provocation in the context of criminal cases. This defence is very frequently pleaded in relation to crimes of violence ... -
Extenuating Circumstances: A Life and Death Issue
Feltoe, Geoff (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe ( UZ.), 1986)In Zimbabwe the death penalty is a mandatory sentence for murder where there are no extenuating circumstances. (The only exceptions are that the death penalty may not be imposed upon a pregnant woman or a person under the ... -
Human Rights Training for Public Officials
Feltoe, Geoff (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1997)The role of human rights organizations has tended to be primarily reactive. Where human rights violations have occurred human rights organizations have responded by documenting and publicising the abuses, seeking redress ... -
Legalising Illegalities
Feltoe, Geoff (Faculty of Law, University of Rhodesia ( now University of Zimbabwe.) (UZ), 1975-10) -
Remedies for Unlawful Interference with Personal Liberty in Zimbabwe
Feltoe, Geoff; Lewin, P (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe ( UZ.), 1987)In all democratic societies individual people are afforded protection against unlawful interference with their personal liberty and freedom, and in Zimbabwe there are extensive safeguards against unlawful encroachment on ... -
The role of the criminal law in the protection of women against gender-based violence.
Feltoe, Geoff (University of Zimbabwe, 2018)The preamble affirms that “violence against women constitutes a violation of the rights and fundamental freedoms of women and impairs or nullifies their enjoyment of those rights and freedoms” and it expresses concerned ... -
Sentencing of sexual offenders
Feltoe, Geoff (2019)This paper examines the complex issue of sentencing of sexual offenders against the backdrop of the recent calls for mandatory minimum sentences in cases of sexual crimes. Some countries have introduced mandatory minimum ... -
Should provocation be a partial defence to intentional killing of an adulterous spouse?
Feltoe, Geoff (University of Zimbabwe, 2018)During interaction in society, people often provoke others by their conduct or their words. There would be chaos and disorder in the society if people responded with violence when subjected to every minor provocation ... -
State of Mind in the Zimbabwean Criminal Law
Feltoe, Geoff (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe ( UZ.), 1985)One of the most fundamental principles of our common law in criminal matters is that a person can only be found criminally liable if his conduct was accompanied by some blameworthy mental state. For a very long time in our ... -
Strengthening our law on child sexual abuse
Feltoe, Geoff (The Zimbabwe Electronic Law Journal, 2017-07) -
The Reliability of Decisions About Whom to Execute in Zimbabwe
Feltoe, Geoff (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe ( UZ.), 1991)The death penalty debate generates a lot of emotional heat. Many people ardently support the retention of the death. sentence for murder. The main basis for supporting the use of the death penalty is probably not so much ... -
Theoretical Perspectives on the Right to Access to Information: Expanding the Democratic Space
Feltoe, Geoff (University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications./ Norweian Institute of Human Rights (NIHR.), 1998)Birkinshaw points out that that information is a feature of power and so too is its control, use and regulation. Those possessing and controlling information have power and their power is augmented if they have exclusive ... -
Towards a Stronger Human Rights Culture in Zimbabwe: the Special Role of Lawyers
Feltoe, Geoff (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1989)After consulting with the various security authorities, the Government decided in the middle of 1990 that in the light of the improved security situation, the state of emergency which had been continuously in effect since ... -
Worlds Apart: Conflicting narratives on the right to protest
Feltoe, Geoff; Greg, Linington; Mahere, Fadzai (The Zimbabwe Electronic Law Journal, 2016)