Faculty of Law: Recent submissions
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Trade and the environment : Environmental assessments of regional trade agreements and policies for Zimbabwe.
(2020)Environmental provisions have become a common inclusion in trade agreements. Their incorporation is somewhat far-reaching, and more comprehensive in a manner complimentary to the main trade liberalisation provisions. At ... -
The new insolvency act [chapter 6:07] and the protection of the right of employees : Gloom or glory for the Zimbabwean employee?
(2020)The new Insolvency Act (Chapter 6:07) guarantees limited rights of workers in their capacity as creditors and as employees. In doing so, there is a convergence of insolvency law and labour law. These are legal disciplines ... -
The business judgement rule in terms of section 54 of the companies and other business entities act [chapter 24:31: Its implications on director liability.
(2020)Due to the high rate of corporate failure Zimbabwe is now characterized by low foreign direct investment, low capacity utilization and high reliance on imports which has created a huge trade deficit further driving the ... -
Corporate rescue under insolvency act [chapter 6:07] : Progress but some puzzles.
(2020)The new Insolvency Act (Chapter 24:03) replaced judicial management as a business rescue strategy with corporate rescue proceedings. For most of its existence, judicial management had been criticised on many grounds and ... -
Addressing genocide through international humanitarian law response mechanisms : A case study of Rwanda
(2020)This study investigated the fabric of international humanitarian law response mechanisms, given the obtaining status quo wherein a lot of „grave‟ breaches to humanitarian concerns are manifest, an aspect largely attributable ... -
A human rights centered approach to labor law : analysing international labor law to address the decent work deficit in Zimbabwe
(2019)The convergence of international norms targeted at individual protection formulates part of the most substantial advances of modern international law. The consideration herein is two-fold with international labor law on ... -
Protecting minority shareholders in Zimbabwe: fundamental corporate-law concepts versus investor confidence
(2022)The advent of the new millennium saw the downfall of the Zimbabwean Economy. Many Companies closed down. The rate of formation and advancement to operationalize of new companies was lower than that of companies ceasing ... -
Judicial review in cases concerning the constitutionality of the presidential statutory powers.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2022-07)The research traces and analyses the Zimbabwean jurisprudence in cases dealing with the constitutionality of the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) Act. It identifies five Zimbabwean cases which dealt with the ... -
The impact of urban expansion into peri-urban communal areas on rural women’s land Rights: A case study of Seke Communal Area, Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe, 2017)The author of this dissertation is a lawyer with a background of a rural upbringing and is very alive to the embeddedness of rural women’s lives in land for livelihoods and fosters a desire to improve their land rights. ... -
Right of access to superior court in the context of an application for rescission of a default judgement
(U. Z. Press., 2021-11-01)Once a default judgment has been granted, the judgment creditor usually proceeds to execute the judgment. In some instances, the defaulting party then applies for rescission of the default judgment. In Zimbabwe, the ... -
An analysis of directors' duties during mass resignations of directors in Zimbabwe
(U. Z. Press., 2021-11-01)Zimbabwe’s new Companies and Other Business Entities Act signifies one of the important developments in amplifying corporate governance principles by codifying the directors’ duties. The duties of a company director are ... -
Corporate directors' duty of care, skill and diligence under the new Zimbabwean Companies and Business Entities Act
(U. Z. Press, 2021-11-01)The new Zimbabwean Companies and Other Business Entities Act [Chapter 24:31] introduced far reaching changes to the corporate regulatory landscape in Zimbabwe. Significantly, COBE brought under the statutory purview, ... -
A critique of the constitutional provision for an independent complaints mechanism for the security services sector in Zimbabwe
(U. Z. Press., 2021-11-01)The increasing interaction between the civilian population and security sector institutions suggest the need for formal regulatory frameworks in the event such interaction degenerates into abuse of civilians by the uniformed ... -
Restricted Access to the Superior Courts of Zimbabwe Emanating from Discriminatory Prescription Periods in civil matters brought under the Police Act (11:01), the Labour Act (28:01) and The Insurance Act (24:01)
(U. Z. Press., 2021-11-01)For several years, several arguments have been advanced to justify the apparent discrimination emanating from the various pieces of legislation providing for the prescription. Notably are the Prescription Act (08:11), ...
