The efficacy of the individual attitudes in court decisions on the conformity of the death penalty. A case study of Uganda.
| dc.contributor.author | Mugume, Jotham | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-15T07:11:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-15T07:11:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-06 | |
| dc.description | A research dissertation submitted to the School of Law in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of a Bachelors Degree in Laws of Kampala International University. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study aimed at investigating the role of public opinion in court decisions on the legality of the death penalty with a view to determining the utility of public opinion in deciding death penalty cases. The objectives of the study are: are to examine literature on what public opinion is and how it is determined, to find out the role public opinion ought to play in general court decisions and specifically those on the legality of the death penalty. to critically examine court practice regarding the utility of public opinion relating to death penalty cases in the two case studies of Uganda and South Africa and to make recommendations that would be useful not only for Uganda and South Africa, but for other countries in similar situations. Uganda has been under limited operation of political parties, but is now a multiparty system from 2005. The current constitution was promulgated in 1995, and it provides for an executive president, to be elected every 5 years. It is also argued that making court decisions without public support would undermine the confidence in the law and perhaps lead to private vengeance as it is undemocratic to ignore strong public sentiment. Public opinion is difficult to define given the attempt in chapter one. Part of the public opinion finds its way into the judicial system and finally the court decision circles. This then causes the debate as to whether courts should consider public opiniC'n when deciding cases. According to the existing standards on judicial independence as illustrated in chapter two, courts should not decide according to public perceptions. This difference in approach can be explained from the history and transitional contexts in the respective countries. This study has revealed that there is a dilemma in deciding the role public opmwn should play in court decisions. Part of the reasons is that public opinion is not static. Research shows that attitudes towards death penalty can change with more knowledge of facts. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/8231 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala International University, School of law. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Death Penalty. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Individual Attitudes | en_US |
| dc.subject | Court Decisions | en_US |
| dc.subject | Uganda | en_US |
| dc.title | The efficacy of the individual attitudes in court decisions on the conformity of the death penalty. A case study of Uganda. | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |