Discrimination and Access to Justice in Africa (eBook, PDF)

Language, Vulnerability and Social Inclusion in Southern and Eastern Africa
Redaktion: Kondowe, Wellman; Svongoro, Paul

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

There are different forms of discrimination. Among others, people can be discriminated against on the basis of their ethnic grouping, political affiliation, race, gender, age, and language. This book focuses on linguistic discrimination in Africa, acknowledging that language plays a key role in the delivery of justice and much of what transpires in justice systems deals with language use. It argues that to achieve fairness, the state has a responsibility to put in place accommodations aimed at reducing linguistic vulnerability. The collection interrogates some of the issues that are common in Africa, which is arguably one of the most linguistically diverse continents in the world, bringing together a collection of case studies from Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, and Zambia. It presents practical insights from academics, legal professionals, and social scientists. Divided into five thematic parts, the first addresses communication and linguistic challenges faced by children in the legal system. Theme 2 examines the position of witnesses with physical challenges. The third theme focuses on language as a barrier in access to justice. Theme 4 looks at the language of the court as a major barrier to the poor and the illiterate. The fifth and final theme examines the position of women in sexual assault cases. The collection will be of interest to academics, researchers, and policymakers working in the areas of law and language, human rights law, criminology, linguistics, and African Studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040360170
• Artikelnr.: 73823436

Autorenporträt

Wellman Kondowe is a senior lecturer in the Department of Language, Cultural and Creative Studies at Mzuzu University in Malawi. Paul Svongoro is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Botswana and a research fellow in the Africa Languages Department of the University of South Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

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: 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 Tebogo J. Rakgogo Chapter 11: 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 as accused and witnesses in Malawi's courtrooms, by Jones
Hamburu Mawerenga & Godwins Lwinga Chapter 14: Ain 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.