Amicus indexes and cross-references the Principal and Subsidiary Legislation of Tanzania Mainland, Acts of the Zanzibar House of Representatives, and binding judgments of the Court of Appeal and High Courts. Below is an overview of key statutes and legal inquiries you can research instantaneously on Amicus.
Governs fundamental rights and duties (Articles 12 to 29), basic rights enforcement under the Basic Rights and Duties Enforcement Act (Cap. 3), separation of powers, the Judiciary, and Constitutional structure of the Union and Zanzibar.
Research Constitutional Law on Amicus →Governs granted rights of occupancy, customary rights of occupancy, mortgages, statutory notice before eviction or revocation, land dispute resolution via the District Land and Housing Tribunal (DLHT) and High Court (Land Division).
Research Land Law on Amicus →Regulates employment contracts, fair vs. unfair termination of employment, retrenchment procedures, severance pay, maternity/paternity leave, Commission for Mediation and Arbitration (CMA) disputes, and Labour Court revisions.
Research Labour & Employment Law on Amicus →Governs arrest, investigation, charge sheets, statutory and constitutional conditions for bail, preliminary hearings, criminal trials, sentencing, and appeals to the High Court and Court of Appeal.
Research Criminal Law & Bail on Amicus →Covers institution of civil suits, plaints, written statements of defence, preliminary objections (POs), summary suits, injunctions, execution of decrees, appeals, revisions, and statutory limitation periods.
Research Civil Procedure on Amicus →Covers formation of contracts, consideration, breach of contract, specific performance, damages, agency, guarantees, incorporation of companies, directors' fiduciary duties, and corporate insolvency.
Research Commercial & Contract Law on Amicus →Governs marriage, matrimonial property division, maintenance, custody of children, testate and intestate succession, probate petitions, and duties of executors and administrators.
Research Family & Succession Law on Amicus →Explore enactments of the House of Representatives of Zanzibar (Baraza la Wawakilishi), High Court of Zanzibar (Vuga) rulings, Land Tribunal decisions, and Kadhis' Court appellate jurisprudence grounded in ZanzLII.
Research Zanzibar Laws on Amicus →