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UNINA9910788145403321 |
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Kanyeihamba George W. |
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Kanyeihamba's commentaries on law, politics and governance / / George W. Kanyeihamba |
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Kampala : , : LawAfrica Publishing, , 2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (174 p.) |
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Justice, Administration of - Uganda |
Constitutional law - Uganda |
Judicial independence - Uganda |
Human rights - Uganda |
Corruption - Uganda |
Uganda Politics and government 1979- |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"2nd impression." |
First published in 2006. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; SECTION ONE - CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY AND PRACTICE; CHAPTER ONE - THE THEORY AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSTITUTIONALISM AND THE RULE OF LAW: SEPARATION OF POWERS; 1.1 CUSTOMARY AND COLONIAL BACKGROUND; CHAPTER TWO - THE MAKING AND NATURE OF THE 1995 UGANDA CONSTITUTION; 2.1 THE SALIENT FEATURES OF THE 1995 CONSTITUTION; CHAPTER THREE - THE JUDICIARY AND ITS CHALLENGES: JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY; 3.1 THE FUNCTION OF THE JUDICIARY; 3.2 JUDICIAL ACTIVISM |
3.3 CAN UGANDA JUDGES ENGAGE IN JUDICIAL ACTIVISM TO UPHOLD AND PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS?3.4 PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS BY JUDGES; 3.5 JUDICIAL RESPONSES TO VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN UGANDA; 3.6 EXECUTIVE, POLITICAL AND MILITARY ASSAULT ON THE JUDICIARY; 3.7 ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE JUDICIARY; 3.8 JUDICIAL BALANCING ACT; 3.9 AN IDEAL JUDICIARY; CHAPTER FOUR - THE |
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EXERCISE OF EXECUTIVE POWER; 4.1 TOLERANCE IN THE EXERCISE OF EXECUTIVE POWER; 4.2 WHAT WENT WRONG?; SECTION TWO - HUMAN RIGHTS; CHAPTER FIVE - HUMAN RIGHTS: KNOW THEM, DEMAND THEM, DEFEND THEM |
5.1 ENFORCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT5.2 HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS; 5.3 THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN AID; 5.4 KNOWLEDGE AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS; CHAPTER SIX - THE RIGHT TO HEALTH WITH REFERENCE TO HIV/AIDS; 6.1 DEFINITION OF THE RIGHT TO HEALTH; 6.2 MISCONCEPTION ABOUT THE RIGHT TO HEALTH; 6.3 HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC IN UGANDA; 6.3.1 Introduction; 6.4 THE UGANDA OPEN POLICY EXPERIENCE; 6.5 LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS; 6.6 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT; 6.7 THE HIV/AIDS TEST; 6.8 THE CD4 COUNT; CHAPTER SEVEN - THE DEATH PENALTY DEBATE IN UGANDA; 7.1 INTRODUCTION |
7.2 CONSTITUTIONAL LICENCESECTION THREE - GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER EIGHT - WEAKNESSES, FRUSTRATIONS AND FAILURES OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN UGANDA; CHAPTER NINE - CORRUPTION; 9.1 PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF CORRUPTION; 9.2 CORRUPTION IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS; 9.3 INABILITY TO ACT ON CORRUPTION; 9.4 DIFFICULTIES IN IDENTIFYING THE CORRUPT; 9.5 CORRUPTION IN THE JUDICIARY; 9.6 PROFESSIONALS AND CORRUPTION; 9.7 THE LEGAL PROFESSION; 9.8 CORRUPTION IN OTHER PROFESSIONS; 9.9 FIGHTING CORRUPTION; 9.10 THE MAJOR WEAPON AGAINST CORRUPTION IS CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE |
9.11 STRENGTHENING THE RESOLVE AGAINST CORRUPTIONCHAPTER TEN - OBSTACLES TO AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT; 10.1 THE WISDOM OF AFRICA; 10.2 THE OBSTACLES; 10.3 THE DEPENDENCY SYNDROME; 10.4 IMPACT OF FOREIGN AID, ADVISERS AND PLANNERS ON AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT; 10.5 AFRICAN WEAKNESSES IN NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS; 10.6 CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE; Back cover |
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UNINA9910427722903321 |
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Autore |
Marody Mirosława |
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Transformations of Social Bonds : The Outline of the Theory of Social Change / Mirosława Marody, Anna Giza-Poleszczuk |
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Frankfurt a.M, : PH02, 2018 |
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[1st, New ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (364 p.) : , EPDF 10 ill |
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Sociology & anthropology |
Society & culture: general |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften |
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Sociology - Social History - Social Changes - Theory of the Modern and Postmodern Society - Social Psychology |
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We live in times of accelerated changes - social, economic, and political - which are currently transforming most societies and areas of human life. Every day brings not only new shifts in political orders of various countries but also clearly observable metamorphoses of labour patterns, family forms, and modes through which we participate in political life, communicate, and which are related to each other. The pace of these changes and their complex mechanisms make it difficult to discern what directions they are actually taking. This book is about transformations of social bonds, the most fundamental sociological concept. It examines how these bonds are formed, how they are dissolved, and how they are forged anew. The book offers a preliminary reflection on the course and consequences of the ongoing transformations of the social order. At the same time, it invites to reconsider the foundations of sociological thinking. |
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