- Page 1 and 2: MalawiJustice Sector and the Rule o
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The High Court has unlimited origin
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Commission should first undertake f
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court of appeal for cases in tradit
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The Constitution provides for the L
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(CIDA), the Norwegian Agency for De
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annually financed by grants and con
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to pay lawyers in private practice
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give the attorney-general two month
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country-wide food shortage in 2000.
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upon the seriousness of the governm
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country’s vice-president. 173 Amo
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tutions of the justice sector were
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efforts to lobby the government to
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controlled by the Treasury. 201 The
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improving supervision of court regi
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of the deceased spouse. 230 They at
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for other sufficient reason’ to b
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Under the Banda dictatorship the ju
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after official working hours, there
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country. 267 Women, therefore, cons
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has been accepted in lieu of formal
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included extensive coverage of huma
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held disciplinary hearings relating
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for the case from the date when the
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By September 2005, the country had
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Legal Education and Legal Practitio
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Both lawyers and members of the pub
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lished between extreme poverty and
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on public goodwill to support any r
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crime-fighting operations. The oper
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Since 1996, the Public Service Act
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a change of behaviour of police off
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mechanisms for enforcing the author
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minister responsible for justice au
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The official language of the courts
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According to the study, the crimina
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his or her continued incarceration.
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Conference in 1995. 446 The confere
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the Prison Inspectorate, the Prison
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long-standing problems. 473 Followi
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national standards on the rights of
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There is only one known facility th
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Court fees in Malawi’s judicial i
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In addition to distance, other fact
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ing any person access to the courts
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There have been several initiatives
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Any person or group of persons with
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Mwadzangati v Daud Wood t/a Wood Co
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The full reports by the ombudsman a
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The powers of the Human Rights Comm
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command the respect of their commun
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officers of the ‘traditional or l
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The justice sector in Malawi is hea
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Another structure that provides the
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Most development partners provide t
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Donors hire their staff both locall
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Department of Legal Aid, the judici
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national budget. In the event, the
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Indicative summary of donor assista
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Phiri KM and Ross KR (eds.), Democr
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Kalekeni Kaphale, lawyer in private