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The relationship between the employee and employer falls under the ambit of contractual Law. However, this relationship is also guided by a number of statutes and other common law principles. It is important to note that the contract of employment is terminated in several ways such as...

This essay attempts to answer the question whether or not the Lands Acquisition Act of 1970 and the Lands Act of 1995 are necessary pieces of legislation in Zambia's liberalized market economy. This comes in the light of the fact that whereas the Lands Act, 1995 seeks to promote investment, both...

Despite the heavy penalty imposed by Act No 15 Of 2005, defilement has been on the increase. Whereas a number of studies have been done on defilement which focused on pre trail and trail process, this paper has taken an original approach which focuses on the substantive law and procedural law of...

The Competition and Fair Trading Act, 1994, (the Act) CAP 417 of the Laws of Zambia, was enacted in 1994 to address the rules of competition in commerce and trade in the domestic economy following market economic reforms that were ushered in after 1991. The enactment of a competition law in...

The Analysis of Child related legislation in Zambia aims at identifying the gaps existing in the Zambian legislation dealing with the protection of children's rights in view of the contemporary legal provisions enumerated in international instruments such as the Convention on the Rights of the...

Where there is law, there is crime; but there is no perfect crime. The existence of obligations of citizens in society and sanctions for the disobedience embodied in statutes are meaningless if the Courts cannot sufficiently uphold and ensure conformity to them. As an organ of the state, the...