Judicial Review and Public Power in Kenya: Revisiting Judicial Response to Select Political Cases
Author(s)
Franceschi, Luis Gabriel
Muthoni, Linet
Wabuke, Emmah Senge
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2017
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This chapter discusses the development of the concept of judicial review in Kenya by considering how the Kenyan judiciary has adjudged four significant political cases. Judicial review in Kenya has experienced tremendous growth with the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. This chapter offers a historical analysis of implementation of judicial review in Kenya by revisiting significant politically-oriented judicial decisions. This appraisal is particularly critical as it is conducted in the context of cases that attracted much public interest and had considerable political undertones. A two-pronged temporal approach ...
View more >This chapter discusses the development of the concept of judicial review in Kenya by considering how the Kenyan judiciary has adjudged four significant political cases. Judicial review in Kenya has experienced tremendous growth with the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. This chapter offers a historical analysis of implementation of judicial review in Kenya by revisiting significant politically-oriented judicial decisions. This appraisal is particularly critical as it is conducted in the context of cases that attracted much public interest and had considerable political undertones. A two-pronged temporal approach is adopted, with the year 2010 serving as a dividing factor.
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View more >This chapter discusses the development of the concept of judicial review in Kenya by considering how the Kenyan judiciary has adjudged four significant political cases. Judicial review in Kenya has experienced tremendous growth with the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. This chapter offers a historical analysis of implementation of judicial review in Kenya by revisiting significant politically-oriented judicial decisions. This appraisal is particularly critical as it is conducted in the context of cases that attracted much public interest and had considerable political undertones. A two-pronged temporal approach is adopted, with the year 2010 serving as a dividing factor.
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Book Title
Rule of Law, Human Rights and Judicial Control of Power: Some Reflections from National and International Law
Volume
61
Subject
Criminology
Social Sciences
Political Science
Government & Law