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LAWAFRICA PUBLISHINGELECTRONIC CATALOGUE
2012
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Electronic Catalogue 2012
KEY
● Online
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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to LawAfrica Electronic Services Division.
LawAfrica has been publishing books for the legal profession for over a decade covering every aspect
of the law.
The LawAfrica Electronic Publishing Division currently supports over 500 registered users (with a
reach to about 1,000 end-users), who subscribe to product ranges consisting of gigabytes of
information, all of which is contained within a single fully searchable engine
This is the largest and most versatile collection of professional information available in East Africa
today that can be accessed in CD-ROM and online. Electronic Services Division ensures that:
Electronic material can be successfully serviced at an instant
Majority of modern day computers can be used to access the material.
Sharing of information is easy, no need to print or fax
PERSONNEL
The electronic services division is manned by competent personnel with vast collective experience in
the field of technology. Together, they are responsible for researching and developing current
quality products that match the needs of our clients. Our workforce is exceptionally diverse and we
see our diversity as a vital strategic advantage that we can use to attract talented individuals from a
wide range of cultural, geographic and educational backgrounds.
Find out how our electronic materials can simplify your work and speed up the time it takes to look
for information by visiting our webpage on http://www.lawafrica.com, or via an unlocked CD-ROM
on your PC.
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CONTENT
LawAfrica Law Reports (LLR) (Active)
This is the most comprehensive raw database of court decisions from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania
COMESA Court of Justice. It currently holds over 50,000 decisions, updated frequently whenever
new cases come up. The decisions are from the highest courts in East Africa among them the
Supreme Court of Uganda, The Court of Appeal of Uganda, The Court of Appeal of Tanzania, The
Commercial Court in Tanzania, The Court of Appeal in Kenya, The Commercial Court in Kenya and
soon to include decisions from Rwanda and Southern Sudan. LLR are solely accessed via the website
http://www.lawafrica.com
East Africa Protectorate Law Reports (EAPLR) (Coming Soon)
East Africa Protectorate Law Reports is a series of law reports covering the protectorates of Kenya,
Uganda and Tanzania from the year 1909 to 1933. They consist of cases determined by the High
Court of Mombasa, the Appeal Court at Zanzibar, and by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council,
on appeal from that Court. They also contain appendices containing notes on native customs, Appeal
Court rules, legal practitioners' rules, High Court rules and circulars.
East Africa Court of Appeal Reports (EACAR) (Coming Soon)
This series holds decisions from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania that run from 1934 – 1956. The reports
comprise 23 volumes of cases compiled by Puisne Judges and Magistrates, a Registrar of the High
Court and a Registrar of the Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa. These are now available from
LawAfrica in a 10 Volume set.
East Africa Law Reports (EALR) (Active)
East Africa Law Reports, presented in print, CD-ROM and online version, contains the latest and
most important decisions from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and landmark decisions from the
COMESA Court of Justice (Lusaka, Zambia). The reports cover the period 1957 – 2010. Subjects
covered include Banking, Intellectual Property, Taxation, Family Law, Customary Law, Shipping Law,
Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law, Administrative Law, and Judicial Review, Election
Law, Practice and Procedure.
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Uganda Protectorate Law Reports (UPLR) (Coming Soon)
These are cases decided in the High Court of Uganda in the period covering 1904 – 1951. They also
included a list of reported cases in the preliminary pages.
Uganda Law Reports (ULR) (Coming Soon)
Uganda Law Reports was published by LawAfrica in conjunction with the government of Uganda
acting through the Law Development Centre. They contain Ugandan decisions decided in the
Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, and they include Criminal Cases, Civil Cases and
Commercial Cases. These are cases from 1952 to 1974 and 2007, 2008.
Tanzania Law Reports (TLR) (Coming Soon)
These are the official Law Reports of the United Republic of Tanzania published by LawAfrica in
conjunction with the Republic of Tanzania. The Reports contain authoritative and wide-ranging cases
decided in the Court of Appeal in Tanzania and the High Courts of Tanzania and Zanzibar from 1980
to 2006. In addition, they are a list of reported cases; a full digest of cases reported; and East African
cases, foreign cases, legislation, words and phrases, judicially considered. Cases are listed
alphabetically and by the area of law covered: civil, commercial, constitutional, contract, criminal,
customary, and family law, and more. Judges of the Court of Appeal and the High Court of Tanzania
and the High Court of Zanzibar, are listed in each volume.
Laws of Kenya (LOK) (Active)
The Laws of Kenya is a major work comprising over 25,000 pages of legislation and subsidiary
legislation of the republic of Kenya. The CD-ROM contains all the Laws currently in force in Kenya,
arranged in alphabetical order. These include all relevant Chapters (CAP) and yearly Acts as well as
key subsidiary legislation under each law.
Odunga’s Digest (Active)
Odunga’s Digest on Civil Case Law and Procedure is a voluminous 5000 page, 4 volume works that
extensively analyses civil case law from abuse of court process to wrong dismissals. This CD-ROM
contains both procedural and substantive civil decisions and cases from Kampala Law Reports, Kenya
Law Reports (1976 to 2005) and the East Africa Law Reports (1976 to 2008). It also contains those
decisions that have been overturned or confirmed by the Court of Appeal since the first edition.
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ONLINE SERVICES
The online service contains the database of various law reports from the Eastern African Region. The
key reports which can be accessed online include the Law Africa Law Reports, East Africa Law
Reports, East Africa Court of Appeal Reports, East Africa Protectorate Law Reports, Uganda Law
Reports, Uganda Protectorate Law Reports and Tanzania Law Reports.
What you need:
A computer or laptop with processor speeds from 1.6GHz to 3.8GHz, memory from 512MB
and capacity from 40GB
Internet connection: The faster and more powerful your internet connection, the quicker
you will be able to access the information you need.
Adobe Acrobat as the reports are only downloadable in PDF format.
How to access our online services
Send an email to [email protected] / [email protected] or call Customer
Service on +254 705 580 238 to place a request for online registration with details of the
package that you want.
Pay for the service using the various payment options which include cash, cheque, VISA,
MPesa (Safaricom), Zap (Airtel) and PayPal
Once payments are confirmed, you will be activated and given a username and a password
to access the Law Reports online
Go to http://www.lawafrica.com. This will open the LawAfrica Homepage as shown below
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On the right hand side of the homepage, click the tab ‘ACCESS’ as pointed above. This will
open the page as shown:
Input your username and password and log in. A page will open that looks like this
Click any of the tabs on the left hand side of the page to access the Law Reports. Once the
page opens, search for the case you need on the tab ‘Case Search’.
Enjoy accessing the Law Reports
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CD-ROM
LawAfrica CD-ROM products covers the most advanced and comprehensive collection of East Africa
Law Reports, East Africa Protectorate Law Reports, Uganda Law Reports, Uganda Protectorate Law
Reports, Tanzania Law Reports, East Africa Court of Appeal Reports.
We also offer a concurrent-user license. In this system, the CD-ROM is installed on a network server
and cost is based on the maximum number of users who will be accessing the system at any one
time.
Software Used
Content on the CD-ROM is secured and managed using the leading legal software Folio Views which
comes as in-built software in the CD-ROM and therefore, you do not need to install the software.
How to access the CD-Rom
Simply load the content on the CD-ROM (disk) onto your computer or laptop
Follow the instructions issued with the CD-ROM.
Although the information remains on the CD, we recommend that you load the content into
your hard drive for quicker access and reference whenever you wish.
REQUEST FOR TRAINING / MAKE AN ORDER
To request for training or make an order for any of our products, kindly contact Customer Service.
CUSTOMER SERVICE / ONLINE SERVICES CONTACTS
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
Cell: +254 705 580 238
MAIN OFFICE CONTACTS
LawAfrica Publishing (K) Ltd. Co-op Trust Plaza, 1st Floor
Lower Hill Road P. O. Box 4260-00100 GPO
Nairobi, KENYA Phone: +254 20 272 2579/80
Cell: +254 708 898 189 Fax: +254 20 272 2592
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