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Judicial Independence in Kenya

Justice Schofield

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Note: This is an edited version of a Commonwealth Legal Education Association co-sponsored lecture given before an audience of judges, legal practitioners, law academics and law students in Nairobi, Kenya in February 2004. Mr Justice Schofieid is currently Chief justice of Gibraltar. From 1974–82 he served as a magistrate in Kenya in which year he was elevated to the High Court. He served as a puisne judge until his resignation in 1987 over the Karanja case, a matter that forms the background of the lecture.

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Note: This is an edited version of a Commonwealth Legal Education Association co-sponsored lecture given before an audience of judges, legal practitioners, law academics and law students in Nairobi, Kenya in February 2004. Mr Justice Schofieid is currently Chief justice of Gibraltar. From 1974–82 he served as a magistrate in Kenya in which year he was elevated to the High Court. He served as a puisne judge until his resignation in 1987 over the Karanja case, a matter that forms the background of the lecture.

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Note: This is an edited version of a Commonwealth Legal Education Association co-sponsored lecture given before an audience of judges, legal practitioners, law academics and law students in Nairobi, Kenya in February 2004. Mr Justice Schofieid is currently Chief justice of Gibraltar. From 1974–82 he served as a magistrate in Kenya in which year he was elevated to the High Court. He served as a puisne judge until his resignation in 1987 over the Karanja case, a matter that forms the background of the lecture.

Key concepts: Magistrate, Commonwealth, Law, Independence (probability theory), Political science, Economic Justice, Legal education, Judicial independence

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