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Criminal Law Defences and the Right to Life in the New Constitution
(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.
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
(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 ...
Worlds Apart: Conflicting narratives on the right to protest
(The Zimbabwe Electronic Law Journal, 2016)
Constitutionality of the offence of deliberately transmitting HIV: Case note on the case of S v Mpofu & Anor CC-5-16
(The Zimbabwe Electronic Law Journal, 2017-01)
The role of the criminal law in the protection of women against gender-based violence.
(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 ...
Book Reviews: "The Struggle Over State Power in Zimbabwe Law And Politics Since 1950"
(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 ...
Abuse of power and authority: rape by coercion.
(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 ...
Constitutionality of the offence of deliberately transmitting HIV: Case Note on the Case of S v Ranchi HH 515-17
(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 ...
Sentencing of sexual offenders
(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?
(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 ...