Browsing Faculty of Law e-Theses Collection by Title
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“Judicial management as a business rescue scheme” A critique of the effectiveness of judicial management as a rescue scheme
(2018-02)The main thrust of the study was to ascertain the effectiveness of judicial management procedure as a corporate rescue scheme. Thus the research unraveled the shortcomings of the laws of insolvency in light of the ... -
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 ... -
“Just living together”: An analysis of rights and obligations of women in cohabitation when such relationships break down: A case study of Mufakose and Marimba suburbs in Harare
(2017)“Just living together’ or cohabitation in Zimbabwe is a non legislated area in Zimbabwe. Cohabitation is neither recognized as a form of marriage in Zimbabwe nor is there a specific law that protects the rights of persons ... -
Left out in the cold: Interrogating the inclusion of women employed in the informal sector in Lesotho into the formal Social Security System
(2017)The economic crisis in Lesotho has led masses in resorting to informal sector as an alternative survival strategy to sustain their livelihoods. The author is human rights based lawyer and women activist who is agitated ... -
A legal analysis of the constitutional right to basic education in Zimbabwe and South Africa
(2019-10)The year 1990 was a momentous year with world countries agreeing for the first time, through the World Declaration on Education for All, 1990, (World Declaration) that basic education was the type of education which would ... -
A legal critique on bankability of agricultural land rights in Zimbabwe. realities, problems and opportunities
(2022)The emotive issue of land can be traced back to the colonial occupation of Zimbabwe in the 1890s and the subsequent segregationist and discriminatory practices of the colonial authority. Indigenous African people were ... -
A LESSON IN PRACTICALITIES: PROVISION AND DELIVERY OF HEALTH TO WOMEN IN THE TANZANIAN INFORMAL SECTOR VIA THE NATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY FUND (NSSF)
(2012-08-02)Women in Tanzania’s informal sector, a large proportion of the population, remain without health insurance in breach of their right to enjoy such protection in terms of local, regional and international HR instruments ... -
National birth registration requirements a doorway to stateleness in Zimbabwe
(2022)Stateleness has been and is an issue in Zimbabwe and globally. The problem is the large number of people that are stateless or potentially stateless in Zimbabwe. This Research shows that Zimbabwe has stateless persons for ... -
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 ... -
“‘Pay now, argue later’: a legal analysis of the observance of taxpayers’ rights in Zimbabwe”
(2022)This study seeks to critically examine the powers given to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (herein referred to as ‘ZIMRA’) in terms of the ‘pay now, argue latter’ principle vis-à-vis the taxpayers’ rights entrenched in the ... -
Peadophilia not ‘child marriage’: A critical analysis of ‘child marriages’ in the apostolic sects in Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe, 2016-04)This research interrogates and critically analyzes the issue of ‘child marriages’ in two major Apostolic sects in Zimbabwe, namely, Johanne Marange and Johanne Masowe, the major objective being to unearth the root causes ... -
Perceptions of and attitudes towards rehabilitation of victims of defilement in Zambia: Katete District as a case study
(2017-02)This dissertation analyses the provision of rehabilitation services to victims of crime, since the enactment of the Anti-Gender Based Violence Act (Act number 1 of 2011) of the Laws of Zambia. As a career Public Prosecutor, ... -
A perspective of the contemporary role of judges in the Zimbabwe
(2022)Law is a system constituted by legal institutions such as the courts and the legislature and a systematic arrangement of rules. Legal systems exist because of the law’s claim to authority over how people should act. Legal ... -
The policy legislative framework for Zimbabwe's fast track land reform and its Implications on women's rights to agricultural land
(2018-03)This study explores the rights of Zimbabwean women to access agricultural land on the basis of equality with men and in their own right under the country’s Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP). The focus is on the ... -
Protected but exposed: A critique of the right to privacy and reporting of domestic violence cases in the media
(2017-02)In Zimbabwe, when complainants of domestic violence apply for a protection order from the civil court the cases are reported in the media. Media reports identifies the victims by name. This study seeks to analyse the ... -
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 ... -
(Re) viewing the government’s role in supporting the growth of marginalised women’s businesses: A case study of Minyore Business women at the Nakuru Rubbish Dump in Kenya
(2017)The objective of the study was to interrogate factors behind the marginalized Minyore women’s art work businesses remaining mere survival and not profitable. This is despite their products selling on international markets. ...
