Author: Sierra LeonePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1634
Book Description
The Laws of the Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone
The Laws of the Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone
Author: Sierra LeonePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Delegated legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 1392
Book Description
Imperial Incarceration
Author: Michael LobbanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009020293
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
For nineteenth-century Britons, the rule of law stood at the heart of their constitutional culture, and guaranteed the right not to be imprisoned without trial. At the same time, in an expanding empire, the authorities made frequent resort to detention without trial to remove political leaders who stood in the way of imperial expansion. Such conduct raised difficult questions about Britain's commitment to the rule of law. Was it satisfied if the sovereign validated acts of naked power by legislative forms, or could imperial subjects claim the protection of Magna Carta and the common law tradition? In this pathbreaking book, Michael Lobban explores how these matters were debated from the liberal Cape, to the jurisdictional borderlands of West Africa, to the occupied territory of Egypt, and shows how and when the demands of power undermined the rule of law. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
The Laws of Sierra Leone in Force on the 1st Day of January 1960
Author: Sierra LeoneLand Tenure in Sierra Leone
Author: Ade Renner-ThomasPublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449058663
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
This book gives a brief account of the background to the dual land tenure system in force in Sierra Leone and explains the reasons why the dualism derived from the different colonial experience of the former Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone still persists almost fifty years after the two entities were merged to form a unitary State of Sierra Leone. The book gives an account, for the benefit of both law students and legal practitioners, of the main features of the English derived land law in the Western Area and of the forms of land holding in the Provinces which are governed predominately by customary law. The book also highlights the practical problems that legal practitioners may be confronted with in advising clients wanting to enter into transactions involving land in Sierra Leone and in drafting legal documents for the creation or transfer of interests in land in different parts of the country. By giving an account of developments relating to policy initiatives and by laying bare the achievements and shortcomings of land tenure reform to date, the book aims to stimulate debate on current proposals for reform not only among law students and practitioners of the law but also among policy makers and members of the wider non-legal community It offers a brief but constructive criticism of the dual land tenure system and offers some proposals for reform of the system changes in the light of stated policies.
A Revised Edition of the Ordinances of the Colony of the Gambia
Author: GambiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Delegated legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 1022
Book Description
A Revised Edition of the Ordinances of the Colony of Sierra Leone
Author: Sierra LeoneSierra Leone
Author: David John HarrisPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199361762
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
A new political history of the former British colony in West Africa, best known for its diamonds and recent violent civil war, this covers 225 years of history and fills a gap in African studies.
The Laws of the Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone ...
Author: Sierra LeoneChapters on the Law Relating to the Colonies
Author: Charles James TarringPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colonies
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description