Author: Justice Mavedzenge

Justice Alfred Mavedzenge is a constitutional law academic and a legal adviser at the International Commission of Jurists, Africa Regional Programme. Introduction This article is a follow up to the earlier piece in which I discussed the contribution made by the Supreme Court of Malawi towards the development of progressive jurisprudence on the legal test for nullifying presidential election results. In this piece, I demonstrate...

Justice Alfred Mavedzenge is a constitutional law academic and a legal adviser at the International Commission of Jurists, Africa Regional Programme. Introduction Judicial review is one of the mechanisms through which the public can hold government accountable on its legal obligations. In a democracy, governments have a responsibility to ensure that regular, free and fair elections to choose the people’s...