Judicial Activism: Its meaning and its place under the Constitution of Kenya, 2010

Judicial Activism is a subject that has recently acquired prominence in Kenya’s legal, public and scholarly discourse. We would like to invite your participation in this debate.

What is your understanding of Judicial Activism?
What, if any, is the place of Judicial Activism in Kenya’s constitutional, legal and social order?

We would like to draw your attention to the following materials on the subject:
-‘Judicial Activism in Common Law Supreme Courts’ Edited by Brice Dickson. Available at: http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199213290.001.0001/acprof-9780199213290
-‘Beyond Judicial Activism: When the Supreme Court is No Longer a Court’ – by Margrate L Moses, Loyola University, Chicago – available at: http://ecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1149&context=law_facpubs

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