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UNIT DESCRIPTION
This paper is intended to equip the candidate with knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable him/her to apply and comply with various laws as they relate to fraud investigations.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
A candidate who passes this paper should be able to:
- Apply the appropriate laws in fraud investigations
- Apply the appropriate judicial process of discovering evidence
- Relate various types of courts and their jurisdiction
- Comply with legal and regulatory requirements
CONTENT
Basic Concepts and Type of Laws
- Constitutional law
- Statutory law
- Substantive law
- Procedural law
- Administrative law
- Common law
- Civil Law
- Civil and criminal actions of fraud
- Criminal law
- International law
Systems of Government
- Unitary system
- Federal system
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The Court System
- Establishment, structure, composition and jurisdiction of courts
- Supreme Court
- Court of Appeal
- High Court
- Ant-corruption courts
- Employment and Labour Relations Court
- Environmental and Land court
- International Court of Justice
- Magistrates Court
- Court Martial
- Kadhi’s Court
- Distinction between Courts and Tribunals
- Tiered court system
- Jurisdiction and venue
Alternative Dispute Resolutions (ADR)
- Nature of alternative dispute resolutions (ADR)
- Nature and types of disputes
- Legal framework governing ADR
- General principles of ADR
- Negation and Conciliation
- Mediation
- Arbitration
- Dispute Review Boards
Common Legal System
- The common law and substantive law
- The doctrine of stare decisis and case law
- Adversarial judicial process
Civil Legal System
- Codified Principles
- Inquisitorial judicial process
- Anti-corruption courts