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Locking Down Law & Justice
This series examines the complexities, challenges and innovations facing the legal and judicial institutions and actors during the global pandemic. The series also explores the prospects for changing legal and judicial practices resulting out of the lessons learned during these seismic global changes.
When COVID-19 Silences Core Principles of Democracy
On April 16, 2020 as part of the fight against COVID-19 the government of Burkina Faso requested the approval of the national assembly, to
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Jun 29, 20203 min read
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COVID-19: A Threat to Decent Work & the Law in Ghana
As a country, Ghana introduced measures including promoting entrepreneurship and job creation aimed at achieving the pillars of decent work
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Jun 29, 20204 min read
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COVID-19: Indian Judicial System Moving Beyond the Traditional Conventions of ‘In-Court’ Hearings
The Indian Judicial system while maintaining it’s reputation to administer justice started hearing matters of urgency initially by reducing
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Jun 29, 20204 min read
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Impact of COVID-19 Legal Measures on Widows in Nigeria
The legal and socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on the plight of widows in Nigeria is difficult to measure accurately. Thus, the restriction
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Jun 29, 20204 min read
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Law versus Coronavirus: Issues of Legality, Necessity and Adequacy
There is a great deal of concern in the legal doctrine. The fear is that governments, under the pretext of combating the pandemic, will take
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Jun 16, 20204 min read
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Ethiopia: Using the Coronavirus “State of Emergency” to Silence Critics
Despite the unprecedented risks coronavirus has brought, human rights should only be restricted as much as necessary to protect public healt
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Jun 13, 20203 min read
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Cases, Courtrooms and Covid-19 in Cape Verde: A Judge's View
Despite these turbulent times, I have great faith and hope that Cape Verde and the world at large will overcome this pandemic and we will
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Jun 13, 20205 min read
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Legal and Judicial Practise In Kenya Post Covid-19
Embracing technology has never been more relevant, and judicial and legal officers must acquaint themselves with communication platforms bot
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Jun 13, 20202 min read
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Legal and Infrastructural Challenges to Remote Court Proceedings in Africa During Covid-19
Long before the global health emergency caused by the corona virus pandemic, the administration of justice in Africa was in deep trouble.
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Jun 7, 20202 min read
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Challenges and Opportunities Posed by COVID-19 to Legal Education in Kenya
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) phenomenon is having significant implications for legal education around the world. In Kenya, it is challenging
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Jun 3, 20202 min read
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South African Supreme Court of Appeal: Adjudicating & Serving Justice in Unchartered Terrain
The Republic of South Africa like the rest of the world was plunged into a crisis as a result of COVID-19. All institutions, governmental an
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Jun 3, 20205 min read
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Recommendations for Legal Practice in South Africa During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The legal profession in South Africa has been given an opportunity to transform current practices in order to provide the best service
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May 25, 20203 min read
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COVID-19 and the Prospects of Digital Legal Futures in Kenya
The closure of courts in Kenya by the chief justice David Maraga on March 16th, 2020 as the Kenyan government rolled out strategies to
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May 23, 20203 min read
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A Judge’s Perspective: Preparedness of the Judicial Service of Ghana Post COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has come to re-enforce the need to embrace change as it is certain that the world will not be the same again— and the
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May 23, 20204 min read
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A VIEW FROM THE BENCH: ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN KENYA
Judiciaries around the world have scaled down their operations and are embracing innovative ways of facilitating access to justice, by
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May 14, 20204 min read
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LEGAL “KNOWNS”, “UNKNOWNS” AND LOOMING CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS IN GHANA
Unless the COVID-19 crisis subsides to enable the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections to be held by December 7, 2020, we will be
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May 6, 20208 min read
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FORGING NEW PATHWAYS TO LEGAL PRACTICE IN SOUTH AFRICA
When a pandemic plunges the world into the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the realization dawns that we cannot go back to our old ways.
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May 6, 20204 min read
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RE-IMAGINING LEGAL PRACTICE IN A POST COVID-19 LANDSCAPE IN GHANA
The law firm that will thrive in the post-COVID-19 legal atmosphere must be ahead of the curve. In the inevitable digital revolution that
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May 6, 20205 min read
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SOUTH AFRICA LEGAL PRACTITIONERS UNDER LOCKDOWN: IS IT TIME TO GO DIGITAL?
Life as we have known it for lawyers in South Africa, has changed. Lawyers are forced to think outside the box and find innovative ways to
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May 6, 20202 min read
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COURTS, CONGESTION AND CONTAGION IN NIGERIA
The administration of justice and the conduct of court business in this era of increasing COVID-19 infections and fatalities, has to evolve
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