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Title:The support structure theory and its application in securing basic rights in Tanzania
Author:Mbunda, Luitfried
Year:1999
Periodical:Lesotho Law Journal: A Journal of Law and Development
Volume:12
Issue:2
Pages:151-174
Language:English
Geographic term:Tanzania
Subject:human rights
Abstract:The incorporation of a Bill of Rights in Tanzania's constitution in 1984 failed to stop violations of individual rights and freedoms. The statute books still contain repressive and authoritarian laws that are hostile to individual rights and freedoms. The government lacks the political and moral will to enforce respect of the rule of law in general and individual rights and freedoms in particular. The protection of individual rights and freedoms also depends on the attitude of the courts. Judicial activism in Tanzania, however, is not conscious, consistent and developed. For a Bill of Rights to work, support structures for legal mobilization are essential. Notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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