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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2025)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52907/slr.v10i1.

Published: 2025-10-08

Editorial
Mark Gitau

Strathmore University Law School (Nairobi, Kenya)

Foreword
Dr. Jane Wathuta

Strathmore University Law School (Nairobi, Kenya)

32,000 & Counting: Article 11 of The Constitution of Kenya and the Restitution of Cultural Property

Khushboo Shah

The Place and Limits of Arbitration in Resolving Employment Disputes in Kenya

Vianney Sebayiga, Fiona Mwaura

Good Faith, Bad Fate: A Critique of Dina Management Decision on Limits of Constitutional Property Rights Protections in Kenya

Austine Ouma

The Double-Edged ‘Bio-Tech’ Sword – Proposing Legal Solutions for Responsible Synthetic Biology Development in Kenya

Sanjana Ragu

A Legal Analysis of Sharenting: Balancing Between Parental Freedom of Expression and Minors’ Right to Digital Privacy in Kenya

Eileen Mogeni

Enduring Transience: The illusion of ‘Temporary Finality’ in Construction Adjudication Decisions

Alex Kamau

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2024)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52907/slr.v9i1

Published: 2024-12-19

Editorial
Amelia Midwa

Strathmore University Law School (Nairobi, Kenya)

Foreword
Dr. Lynette Osiemo

Strathmore University Law School (Nairobi, Kenya)

Algorithmic Bias in Hiring Algorithms: A Kenyan Perspective

Kazungu Mrashui

BIT by BIT: Regulation of Highly Capable AI Through the Remodelling of Bilateral Investment Treaties

Esther Omanga

Using a Sledgehammer to Crack a Nut? Kenya’s Approach to the Detention of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Prisons and Police Stations

Marie Iradukunda

Double Invisibility: Realising the Right to Vote for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in Kenya

Valentine Kaburu

Compulsory Licensing for Pharmaceutical Access in East Africa: The Challenge of Kenya’s Failure to Adopt Article 31bis of the TRIPS Agreement

Vicky Miriti

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2023)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52907/slr.v8i1

Published: 2023-10-10

Editorial
Sanjana Ragu

Strathmore University Law School (Nairobi, Kenya)

Foreword
Allan Mukuki

Strathmore University Law School (Nairobi, Kenya)

Research Director’s Preface

Dr. Lynette Osiemo

Strathmore University Law School (Nairobi, Kenya)

Critiquing the Supreme Court of Kenya’s Jurisdictional Decisions to Listen to Matters of General Public Importance

William Ngaruiya

Emerging Horizons: Transformative Prudentialism and the Renaissance of Judicial Philosophy in the Supreme Court of Kenya

Mark Gitau

Me, Myself, and A.I.: Should Kenya’s Patent Law Be Amended to Recognise Machine Learning Systems as Investors?

Mitchelle Kang’ethe

Equitably Assessing the Weight of Non-Monetary Contributions in Kenya

Elvira Akech

The Delicate Balance: Exploring the Interplay Between the Right to Healthcare Services and the Right to Strike for Medical Practitioners in Kenya

Nicholas Kipkoech

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2022)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52907/slr.v7i1

Published: 2022-09-13

Editorial
Collins Okoh

Strathmore University Law School (Nairobi, Kenya)

Foreword
Dr. Peter Kwenjera

Strathmore University Law School (Nairobi, Kenya)

Indirect Discrimination: Huduma Namba (Digital Identification) and the Plight of the Nubian Community in Kenya
Natalie Kiilu

Right Behind Bars: Examining the Appropriateness of Kenya’s Prison Labour Wages and Earnings Scheme
Peace Kioko

Pacifying the Crises of (Un)Constitutional Amendments: The Case of Zimbabwe’s Amendment (No.1) and (No.2) Acts
Tonderai Matanda

Evaluating the Legitimacy of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement Mechanism for the AfCFTA
Lawson Ondieki

Safeguarding Personal Data: Meta Consent as a Remedy to Section 28(2)(c) of Kenya’s Data Protection Act
Wanditi Gathumbi

Divorce Law in Kenya: In Support of a Uniform No-Fault Regime
Macharia Mukono

Clash of Titans: Streamlining the Complementary Roles of the DPP and the AG in Kenya’s Extradition Procedure
Ivy Aruasa

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2021)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52907/slr.v6i1

Published: 2022-09-13

Editorial
Khalil Badbess

Foreword
Dr. Peter Kwenjera

The Insanity of Kenya’s ‘Guilty but Insane’ Verdict
Mitchelle Kang’Ethe

The Hut at Strathmore – TWAIL for a Culturally Appropriate Teaching of Public International Law in African Law Schools
Arnold Ncik

Asking for Young Offenders: What is the Fate of Restorative Justice within Nigeria’s Discretionary Diversion Policy?
Collins Okoh

Reflections on Direct Access to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights: A Cul De Sac?
Sidney Tambasi Netya , Cynthia Gathoni Miano

The Right of Appeal under Section 35 of the Arbitration Act of Kenya A Critique of the Supreme Court Decision in Nyutu Agrovet v Airtel Networks Limited (2019) eKLR
Vianney Sebayiga

Eliminating ‘Thick’ Borders: Analysing the Legal Framework on Non-Tariff Barriers in the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Agreement
Catherine Penda

Violent Extremism in the Northern Frontier Counties of Kenya: Exploring Human Security as a Sustainable Countering Strategy
Adi Guyo

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2020)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52907/slr.v5i1

Published: 2022-09-13

Editorial
Arnold Nciko, Michelle Malonza

Foreword
Prof. Borja Lopez

Through the Economic Cost of Discrimination: The Way forward for Women in the Somali Customary Justice System
Abdullahi Ali

Examining the Reporting Mechanism for Sexual Harassment at the Workplace A Focus on Section 6 of the Kenyan Employment Act
Kelly Nyaga

In Defence of the Homeland Unclogging the Legal Regime Governing Counterterrorism in Nigeria through Paradigms from the United States
Olusola Adegbite

The Threat of a Rising Sea Level: Saving Statehood through the Adoption of Uti Possidetis Juris
Kelvin Mbatia

Finding a Legal Balance between the Right to Strike and Right to Education in Kenya
Vicky Aridi

Implementation of East African Community Law by Partner States: A review of relevant laws
Augustus Mbila

An Inquiry into the Limits of Judicial Intervention in the Impeachment Process of Governors in Kenya
Andrea Munyao

Do Constitutions Matter? The Dilemma of a Radical Lawyer
Issa Shivji

‘Constitution-making from the middle’ Notes for Opening Remarks by the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth
Rt. Hon Patricia Scotland QC

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2019)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52907/slr.v4i1

Published: 2022-09-13

Editorial
AnnBeatrice Njarara, Jentrix Wanyama

Foreword
Luis Franceschi

Till Death Do Us Part: The Ailment Affecting the Widow’s Life Interest in Kenyan Intestate Succession
Khalil Badbess

The Right to be Wrong: Examining the (Im) possibilities of Regulating Fake News while Preserving the Freedom of Expression in Kenya
Abdulmalik Sugow

The Problematic Jurisprudence on the Law of Defilement of Adolescents in Kenya
Henry Okwatch

Reconceptualising the Right to a Clean and Healthy Environment in Kenya The Need to Move from an Anthropocentric View to a Bicentric View
Timonah Chore

Cognition and Volition Impairment in Criminal Conduct: A Look into the Application of the M’Naghten Test in Kenya
Muoki Ndunge

Taxing a Digital Economy: Exploring Intangible Assets to Broaden Revenue Base in Kenya
Justice Gatuyu

Structural Interdicts for Socio-economic Rights: What the Kenyan Jurisprudence Has Missed
Strathmore Law Clinic

Is Agriculture a National or County Governments’ Policy Function in Kenya? Interrogating Section 4 of the AFA Act together with the Fourth Schedule and Article 191 of the Constitution
Mdathir Timamy

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2018)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52907/slr.v3i1

Published: 2022-09-13

Editorial
Melissa Mungai

Foreword
Luis Franceschi

The East African Court of Justice and Human Rights Jurisdiction: Drawing the Line
Liza Chula

Ignorance of the Law is No Defence Street Law as a Means to Reconcile this Maxim with the Rule of Law
Arnold Nciko

A Game of Code: Challenges of Cyberspace as a Domain of Warfare
Christopher Rosana Nyabuto

Building an African Academic Law Journal: Some Reflections
Cecil Yongo

The Problem of Sports Betting in Kenya: Striking a Balance between Private Profit and Public Good
Victoria Gitau

The Contested Empowerment of Kenya’s Judiciary, 2010-2015: A Historical Institutional Analysis by James Thuo Gathii
Maxwel Miyawa

When Courts do Politics: Public Interest Law and Litigation in East Africa by J Oloka- Onyango
Melissa Mungai

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2017)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52907/slr.v2i1

Published: 2017-01-01

Editorial
Cecil Yongo, Imani Jaoko

Foreword
Luis Franceschi

A Call to Strengthen the Law on Insanity in Kenya
Jentrix Wanyama

Eminent Domain: The Perpetual Rights of the Indigenous People of Kenya to Land Ownership
Mitchel Ondili

Application of Therapeutic Jurisprudence: A Different Approach to Punishment in Kenya
Eric Kariuki

Improving Access to Justice in Kenya through Horizontal Application of the Bill of Rights and Judicial Review
Doris Matu

Innovation, Regulation and the Digital Environment: The South African Case
Mitchell Lüthi

Taxing Income from Illegal Activity: The Kenyan Perspective
Eva Maina, Edward Paranta

Budget Deficits in Kenya: The Impact of Foreign aid on Sovereignty
AnnBeatrice Njarara

Installing a More Coercive Senate for Enhanced Fiscal Capacity within the Counties of Kenya
Melissa Mungai

Torture by the Nigerian Police Force: International Obligations, National Responses and the Way Forward
Elkanah Babatunde

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2016)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52907/slr.v1i2

Published: 2017-01-01

Editorial
Raphael Ng’etich

Foreword
Luis Franceschi

In Duplum Rule in Kenya: A Critical Analysis of the Unaddressed Aspects of Section 44A of the Banking Act
Christopher Ndegwa

The Efficiency of Copyright Law in the Digital Space in Kenya A Case for the Making Available Right in Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
Irene Otieno

An Analysis of the Exclusion of Child Soldiers Seeking Asylum under the 1951 Refugee Convention from the Principle of the Best Interests of the Child Perspective
Yvonne Muthembwa

The Implications of Stripping Immunities of Heads of States on State Cooperation and the Effectiveness of Trial
Patrick Kimani

Walking the Tight Rope: Balancing the Property Rights of Individuals with the Right to Housing of Informal Settlers
Doris Matu

Occupational Safety and Health of Coal Mine Workers in Kenya: Filling the Lacuna in the Law
Ikoha Muhindi

The Rejected Stone May Be the Cornerstone A Case for the Retention of Traditional Justice Systems as the Best Fora for Community Land Disputes in Kenya
Raphael Ng’etich

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2016)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52907/slr.v1i2

Published: 2016-01-01

Editorial
Cecil Yongo, Imani Jaoko

Foreword
Luis Franceschi

Implementation Remains the Achilles Heel of the African Union: A Study of the African Peer-Review Mechanism (APRM)
Imani Jaoko

Transitional Justice as a Path to Distributive Justice: A Jurisprudential and Legal Case for Land Restitution in Kenya
Claude Kamau

Public Pressure, Temptation of Power and Unconstitutional Actions in the War Against Terrorism in Kenya: Suggesting a Link
Cecil Yongo

The Justiciability of the Right to Development in Ghana: Mirage or Possibility?
Asare Larbi Paa Kwame

Analysing the Future of International Criminal Justice in Africa: A Focus on the ICC
Emily Ngolo

Fragmentation in a Bid to Defragment Decentralisation as a Solution to the Challenge of Inclusion in the Kenyan Context
Melissa Mungai

Application of African Customary Law: Tracing its Degradation and Analysing the Challenges it Confronts
Lisa Owino

The Legitimacy of Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights’ claims
Wanjiku Karanja

Terrorism as a form of Imperialism: A Case for the Rule of Law
Brian Kimari

A Perspective on the Doctrine of the Separation of Powers Based on the Response to Court Orders in Kenya
Emmanuel Kibet, Kimberly Wangeci

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