The Rights To Personal Liberty, Have The Court Abused Their Discretion In The Grant Of Bail.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ......................................................................... i

APPROVAL .............................................................................. ii

DEDICATION ......................................................................... iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................... iv

LIST OF ACRONYMS ............................................................. vii

LIST OF STATUTES .............................................................. viii

LIST OF CASES ...................................................................... ix

CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................ 1

INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... 1

1.1 Definition of Bail. ............................................................... 1

1.2 Historical Background .......................................................... 2

1.3 Statement of Problem ........................................................... 5

1.4 Justification of the Study ..................................................... 6

l. 5 Significance of Study ........................................................... 6

1.6 Scope of the Study ............................................................... 7

I. 7 Assumptions ........................................................................ 8

1.8 Research Questions .............................................................. 8

1.9 Research Methodology ......................................................... 8

l. IO Research Challenges .......................................................... 8

1.11. LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................... 9

I .12 The Law and Practice on Bail ........................................... 12

l. 13 Implications on the Right to Bail ...................................... 13

CHAPTER TWO ...................................................................... 17

2.0 LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK .................. 17

2.2Capital Offence .................................................................. 17

CHAPTER THREE .................................................................. 26

3.0 LAW AND PRACTICE VERSUS THE RIGHT TO BAIL ...... 26

3 .1 Introduction ...................................................................... 26

3.2 Practice on Bail ................................................................. 26

3.3Suggestions of Curtailing Bail in certain cases ....................... 3 8

3 .4 Breach of a Fundamental Principle of Justice ....................... 39

3.4. l The Crucial Importance of Bail ........................................ 39

3 .4.2 The Consequences of the Amendment if Passed ................. 40

3.5 The UPDF Act ................................................................... 41

4. I Legal ................................................................................ 43

4.2 Ignorance .......................................................................... 43

4.3 Poverty ............................................................................. 43

4.4Un-professionalism, ............................................................ 43

4.5 Case Backlog ..................................................................... 44

4.6 Politics ............................................................................. 44

4. 7 Corruption ......................................................................... 44

CHAPTER FIVE ...................................................................... 46

5.0 RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION ...................... 46

5. l Introduction ...................................................................... 46

5.2RECOMMENDA TIONS ....................................................... 46

5.2. lReform ............................................................................... 46

5.2.3 Expeditiousness .............................................................. 47

5.2.4Remuneration .................................................................. 47

5.2.5 Institutional Independence ............................................... 47

5 .2 .6 Sensitization ................................................................... 4 7

5.2.8 Rights Based Approach ................................................... 48

5.3 CONCLUSION .................................................................. 48

BIBLIOGRAPHY ....................................................................... 50