Strengthening the fragile bastion :
Strengthening the fragile bastion : blueprint for judicial reform in Kenya : an ICJ policy & legal reform bulletin.
- Nairobi, Kenya : Kenya Section of the International Commission of Jurists, c2006.
- vi, 78 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
PART ONE: Strengthening the Fragile Bastion ............ . .... .. .... .... ......... .. ... 13
Introduction: Rationale for Judicial Reform .. ...... ...... .. ... .. ..... .... . .. 15
Comparative Diagnosis of the State of the Judiciary in Kenya ........ .... ..... ... 16
Past Efforts to Reform the Judiciary ..... .... .. ......... ...... . . .......... . 20
PART TWO: Proposals for Judicial Reform in Kenya ............ .......... .. .. ........ 27
Institutional Independence .. ................. i� . ........ ... .............. 29
Decisional and personal independence ................ ........ .......... 33
Budgetary and Administrative Autonomy ........ ....... __...... .... ............ . 40
Internal Dimensions of Independence ........... ...... ......... .......... . . 41
Enhancing Citizen Access to Justice ............. . ............ ........ ........ . . 48
An Independent and Professional Bar ...... ................. ....... .... .. 3
PART THREE:A Judicial Reform Programme for Kenya ..... ......... ...... ....,..,........53
Overview: Comparative lessons from a decade ofjudicial Reform ..... .............. ....55
The Case for Broad consensus, Sequencing and Prioritization .... ................. ..... 57
The Components of a Judicial Reform Programme in Kenya .............................. 58
Conclusion ........ ..... .... .......... ......... ......... . ........ . ..71
Judicial reform Checklist .................. ... ... ..... ......... ........ .. . 72
Appendix ...... _..... ... . ........... . ..... ..... . ....... . ......... . . .73
Considerations for the Design of Draft Rules for Removing a Judge ........... ............... 73
The Pre-removal Period ........... . ...... ...... .............. . ...... 73
The Principles Under Girding Removal ........ ........ .......... .......... .74
Principles for developing the Procedure for the
Constitutional Tribunal .......... .... ....... . ................... ... 76
9966958169
2007380065
Justice, Administration of--Kenya.
KSK470 / .S77 2006
Includes bibliographical references.
PART ONE: Strengthening the Fragile Bastion ............ . .... .. .... .... ......... .. ... 13
Introduction: Rationale for Judicial Reform .. ...... ...... .. ... .. ..... .... . .. 15
Comparative Diagnosis of the State of the Judiciary in Kenya ........ .... ..... ... 16
Past Efforts to Reform the Judiciary ..... .... .. ......... ...... . . .......... . 20
PART TWO: Proposals for Judicial Reform in Kenya ............ .......... .. .. ........ 27
Institutional Independence .. ................. i� . ........ ... .............. 29
Decisional and personal independence ................ ........ .......... 33
Budgetary and Administrative Autonomy ........ ....... __...... .... ............ . 40
Internal Dimensions of Independence ........... ...... ......... .......... . . 41
Enhancing Citizen Access to Justice ............. . ............ ........ ........ . . 48
An Independent and Professional Bar ...... ................. ....... .... .. 3
PART THREE:A Judicial Reform Programme for Kenya ..... ......... ...... ....,..,........53
Overview: Comparative lessons from a decade ofjudicial Reform ..... .............. ....55
The Case for Broad consensus, Sequencing and Prioritization .... ................. ..... 57
The Components of a Judicial Reform Programme in Kenya .............................. 58
Conclusion ........ ..... .... .......... ......... ......... . ........ . ..71
Judicial reform Checklist .................. ... ... ..... ......... ........ .. . 72
Appendix ...... _..... ... . ........... . ..... ..... . ....... . ......... . . .73
Considerations for the Design of Draft Rules for Removing a Judge ........... ............... 73
The Pre-removal Period ........... . ...... ...... .............. . ...... 73
The Principles Under Girding Removal ........ ........ .......... .......... .74
Principles for developing the Procedure for the
Constitutional Tribunal .......... .... ....... . ................... ... 76
9966958169
2007380065
Justice, Administration of--Kenya.
KSK470 / .S77 2006