The Effect of the Law of Defamation On the Ugandan Press. Case Study : The Print Media From 1950-1997

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

DECLARATION ..... .

DEDICATION ......... .

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

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ABSTRACT .................. .

CHAPTER ONE.

1.0 INTRODUCTION ....... .

1.1 STATEMENT OF TI!E RESEARCH PROBLEM

1.2 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY ....................... .

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1.3 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................. 3

I .4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY .... . ... 3

1.5 SCOPE OF TI-IE STUDY ........... . . ... .4

CHAPTER TWO

2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW ................... . . ... 5

2.1 THE DEV'TOFTHE LAW OF DEFAMATrON IN UGANDA ..................................................... 6

2.2 THE COLONIAL ERA ............................................................................................. 7

2.3 POST COLONIAL ERA ........................................................................................... 10

2.4 THE LAW AND THE PRESS UNDER AMINS REGIME 1971-1979THE PERIOD 1980-1985 ............... I I

2.5 T}IE PERIOD BETWEEN I 980-85 .................................................................................. 12

2.6 CONCLUSION.

CHAPTER THREE

3.0 METHODOLOGY

3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN ...

3.2 POPULATION DESCRIPTIION ................................ .

3.3 SAMPLING SRATEGIES ................................... .

3.4 DATA COLLECTION

3.5 DATAANALYSIS

3.6 LIMITATIONS ............................................................. .

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CHAPTER FOUR

4.0 PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS ......................... .

4.1 THE LAW AND ITS IlvlPACT ON JOURNALISM IN UGANDA. ....... .

4.2 THE LAW OF DEFAMATION [ A GENERAL STA IBMENT OF THE LAW]

4.3 DEFAMATION, LIBEL AND SLANDER ...................................... .

4.4 DEFAMATION AND PUBLICATION .... .

4.5 DEFENCES IN DEFAMATION ........... .

4.6 JUSTIFICATION .................................... .

4.7 [BJFAIR COMMENT ON A MATTER OF PUBLINIBREST ....... .

4. 7 [C]PRIVILEGE .................... .

4.8 THE PRESS UNDER THE N.R.M GOVERNMENT ..... .

4.8 THE 1995 CONSTITUTION AND

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4.10 CONCLUSION ....

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0 SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1 FINDINGS ..

5.2 CRECOMMENDATIONS ..... .

5.3 CONCLUSION ...

REFERENCES

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ABSTRACT Chapter one. This chapter consists of the general introduction law of defamation, the problem, Hypothesis, Objective, The scope of the study, Its significance, Methodology and Literature review. Chapter two. This examines the background to the law of defamation and generally press law in Uganda In this it is necessary to review the social, political and economic factors that impede the evolution of a truly free press. Chapter three . This gives out the methodology used during the research Chapter four. It is the core of this research. It examines the law of defamation and its impacts on the press in Uganda. The pros and Cons of this law are analysed and the general impact of the law of defamation in our society excuses those who are using this law as a shield and all the other alternatives are discussed. Chapter five It divulges in all possible solutions to the problem analysed above, the findings and conditions of the whole study.