A Critical Analysis of the Disjuncture between the Constitutional and Legislative Limits on the Right to Access to Information in Uganda
نام عام مواد
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نام نخستين پديدآور
Jean-Claude N. Ashukem
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Leiden
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Brill | Nijhoff
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This article critically analyses the disjuncture between the constitutional and legislative limits to the right to access to information in Uganda in order to determine its legal implication on the effectiveness of the exercise of the right to access to information in the country. It also demonstrates the role of Ugandan courts in interpreting the limitation of the right. In so doing, the article critically reviews Ugandan jurisprudence decided after the enactment of the access to information legislation in 2005, to evince how and the extent to which Ugandan courts have been able to grapple with the interpretation and the enforcement of the limitation of the right. Given these limitative differences, the article concludes that it is in the best interest of the Ugandan legislature to harmonise these differential limitations in order to permit ordinary citizen to effectively exercise their right, without which the exercise of the right will be a myth. It could also enable the courts to effectively interpret and enforce the limitation of the right when the context prevails. This article critically analyses the disjuncture between the constitutional and legislative limits to the right to access to information in Uganda in order to determine its legal implication on the effectiveness of the exercise of the right to access to information in the country. It also demonstrates the role of Ugandan courts in interpreting the limitation of the right. In so doing, the article critically reviews Ugandan jurisprudence decided after the enactment of the access to information legislation in 2005, to evince how and the extent to which Ugandan courts have been able to grapple with the interpretation and the enforcement of the limitation of the right. Given these limitative differences, the article concludes that it is in the best interest of the Ugandan legislature to harmonise these differential limitations in order to permit ordinary citizen to effectively exercise their right, without which the exercise of the right will be a myth. It could also enable the courts to effectively interpret and enforce the limitation of the right when the context prevails.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2017
توصيف ظاهري
205-225
عنوان
African Journal of Legal Studies
شماره جلد
10/2-3
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1708-7384
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
access to information
اصطلاح موضوعی
Constitution of Uganda
اصطلاح موضوعی
governance
اصطلاح موضوعی
limitation of rights
اصطلاح موضوعی
transparency and accountability
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