Discrimination and Access to Justice in Africa

Discrimination and Access to Justice in Africa

Language, Vulnerability and Social Inclusion in Southern and Eastern Africa

Svongoro, Paul; Kondowe, Wellman

Taylor & Francis Ltd

05/2025

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9781032942087

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Discrimination and access to Justice in Africa, by Wellman Kondowe & Paul Svongoro THEME 1 CHILDREN IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM Chapter 1: Child Witness Protection during Criminal Proceedings: The Law, Practice and Challenges in Zambia, by Kamo Msimuko Simfukwe Chapter 2: Linguistic barriers to access to justice by child victims and witnesses of sexual assault in Malawi's justice system, by Shyreen Odala Chirwa Chapter 3: Silent victims of the law: Children and the legal system in post-colonial Zimbabwe, by Vincent Chenzi Chapter 4: The application of language and procedural entitlements of children in detention in Malawi, by Dorothy nyaKaunda Kamanga THEME 2 WITNESSES WITH PHYSICAL CHALLENGES Chapter 5: Whose access to justice? Civil Procedure Rules and the Right of Access to Justice for Persons with Disability in the High Court of Malawi, by Thokozani Soko and Wellman Kondowe Chapter 6: Intoxication, memory and credibility: Intoxicated witnesses and suspects as a vulnerable group in Zimbabwe's justice system, by Paul Svongoro & Stanley Madonsela Chapter 7: Vulnerability of girls with communication disorders in the Malawian criminal justice system, by Wellman Kondowe, Evans Lwara & Hajira Blamu Mitumba Chapter 8: Communication barriers faced by deaf citizens when accessing police services in Zimbabwe, by Tawanda Matende, Patson Kufakunesu & Victor Mugari THEME 3 LANGUAGE AS A BARRIER IN ACCESS TO JUSTICE Chapter 9: Sign Language and the Law in Zambia: Promoting Equal Access to Justice for a Linguistic and Cultural Minority, by Gabriel Simungala & Humphrey Kapau Chapter 10: Challenges of foreign language and migrant workers in South African Courts: A critical examination of Linguistic Justice, by Josephat Mutangadura & Tebogo J. Rakgogo Chapter 11: Foreign language speakers, migrants and refugees in Kenyan courts, by Joyce Kasili & Lydia Anyonje Chapter 12: Legal Status of Malawi Sign Language: Implications on Language Rights and Access to Justice for the Deaf, by Martin Zoloni & Deborah Ndalama-Mtawali THEME 4 THE POOR AND THE ILLITERATE BEFORE THE COURTS OF LAW Chapter 13: Legal interpretation and the dilemma of the poor and illiterate as accused and witnesses in Malawi's courtrooms, by Jones Hamburu Mawerenga & Godwins Lwinga Chapter 14: Access to justice by unrepresented litigants in Zimbabwe's courtrooms, by Paul Svongoro & Ndlovu Eventhough Chapter 15: The impact of litigants' socio-economic status on the delivery of justice: The Plight of the Poor and Illiterate in Zimbabwe's Rural Magistrate Courts, by Josephat Mutangadura & Felistus Tafadzwa Makumbe THEME 5 WOMEN IN SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES Chapter 16: Rape myths in written judicial opinions from the Tanzanian Court of Appeal, by Patricia Muraguri, Emmanuel Satia & Simon Nganga Chapter 17: Ethical journalism practise in Zvinoyera, zvinotyisa uye zvinoda kufumurwa's coverage of allegations of abuse of women and children against Madzibaba Ishmael, by Witness Roya.
Linguistic Discrimination;Law and Language;Forensic Linguistics;Criminology;Access to Justice;Courts