BDDS309 LAW, JUSTICE AND CONSTITUTIONALISM (January 2023)
This module explores the link between law, justice and constitutionalism and their impact on ethics and development. It discusses what law essentially is, the sources and functions of laws the relationship between law and morality, the court system and justice in its multifarious. The course is meant to introduce to student the importance of law and also to appreciate the need to have law and justice in society for the co- existence. The course is also meant to equip students with the skill and knowledge so that they can be in position to solve our day to day legal dilemmas. It is designed to look at a number of conventions and agreements, some of which are international in nature and others municipal. The course is also designed to look at Ugandan laws especially the constitution of Uganda so that students can appreciate the need to have laws and justice and how the laws come about and how they ought to be implemented.