The Guyana Court of Appeal : the challenges of the rule of law in a developing country

This text is one of the few studies of how the rule of law has fared in a developing country since it achieved independence. It reveals how the travails of the rule of law are related, intertwined with the problems of nation building in a multi-racial country. Abstract: This text is one of the few studies of how the rule of law has fared in a developing country since it achieved independence. It reveals how the travails of the rule of law are related, intertwined with the problems of nation building in a multi-racial country Preliminaries......Page 1 CONTENTS......Page 6 Introduction......Page 12 The Challenges......Page 20 The Guyana Court of Appeal......Page 22 Selected Decisions of the Court of Appeal......Page 24 Table of Cases......Page 42 1 THE ROLE OF THE GUYANA COURT OF APPEAL......Page 46 2 THE LEGAL PROFESSION......Page 62 3 THE RULE OF LAW......Page 78 4 FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS......Page 134 5 SOURCES OF LAW......Page 142 6 CRIMINAL LAW......Page 146 7 LAW OF TORTS......Page 162 8 LAW OF CONTRACTS......Page 168 9 PROPERTY LAW......Page 174 10 CONCLUSION......Page 184 Bibliography......Page 222 Index......Page 226

This book is one of the few studies of how the rule of law has fared in a developing country since it achieved independence.\