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The effectiveness of the laws in recognition and enforcement of foreign judgment in Tanzania
(Mzumbe University, 2013) Edgar, Japhet
This study aims at making assessment of the effectiveness of the laws governing the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in Tanzania particularly the Reciprocal Enforcement of the Foreign Judgement Act, No.8(RE 2002), whether they provide for the needful of their intention for the enactment. In assessing this issue the basic question relates to the extent and significance of the laws in bringing about the needful of its intention to enhance justice in Tanzania. A necessary concomitant of the study is its endeavour to render a jurisprudential justification for the effectiveness of these Laws towards the recognition and enforcement of the foreign judgement and the need for the decisions based on socio-economic considerations within the country. From time to time the researcher seeks to find how a society‟s culture, its judicial process and sophistication influence its perception, development and utilization of the foreign judgement in enhancing justice. As far as the international family consists of a variety of legal system with different perceptions and the fact that the right being acquired or vested by the competent authority must be recognized and enforced anywhere. Hence the need for the assessment of the Laws governing this aspect towards its effectiveness in enhancing justice and rights, and make recommendations