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Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous island nation that merged with with Tanganyika to form Tanzania in 1964. Zanzibar has a population of a little over a million people.
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Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania and, although it is integrated into Tanzania’s governmental and party structure, has its own president, court system, and legislature.
  
Lawyers in Zanzibar are members of the Zanzibar Law Society which in turn is a member organization of the East Africa Law Society.
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Court system: The Zanzibar legal systems are based on British common law and also recognize customary and Islamic law in civil cases. In criminal matters both Christians and Muslims are governed by statutory or common law. A Judicial Service Commission, chaired by the chief justice of the Court of Appeal, appoints all judges except those for the Court of Appeal and the high courts, who are appointed by the president. All courts, including Islamic courts in Zanzibar, are staffed by civil servants.
 
 
 
 
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==Codes==
 
* [[Media:Constitution_Zanizibar.pdf | Constitution of Zanzibar]]
 
* [[Media:Zanzibar_Penal_Code.pdf | Penal Code of Zanzibar]]
 
 
 
==Other==
 
*[http://caselaw.ihrda.org African Human Rights Case Law Analyser]
 
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[http://elearning.ibj.org eLearning Courses for Criminal Defense Lawyers ]
 
 
 
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Revision as of 16:13, 7 December 2010

BACKGROUND

Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania and, although it is integrated into Tanzania’s governmental and party structure, has its own president, court system, and legislature.

Court system: The Zanzibar legal systems are based on British common law and also recognize customary and Islamic law in civil cases. In criminal matters both Christians and Muslims are governed by statutory or common law. A Judicial Service Commission, chaired by the chief justice of the Court of Appeal, appoints all judges except those for the Court of Appeal and the high courts, who are appointed by the president. All courts, including Islamic courts in Zanzibar, are staffed by civil servants.