Kamuzu Academy Law Department

Law Essay Prize

For the past five years Upper Sixth lawyers have been invited to produce, as an elective, extended essays on matters of Malawi legal interest. Primary research is encouraged. In 2020 the competition was extended to Lower Sixth lawyers. Prizemen are as follows:

 

2022

 

Miss Natasha Chilima: Systems of Police Accountability in Malawi in Relation to those in the UK

 

Proxime Accesserunt

 

Mr. Nathan Mchawe: The Distinctions between Murder and Manslaughter under English Law

 

Mr. Wongani Munthali: Injustice and Corruption: the Misguidance that the Malawian Legal System is guided to follow

 

2021

 

Proxime Accessit

 

Mr. Wongani Munthali: The sentencing principles and protection of children and young offenders in Malawi

 

2020

 

Mr. Nicholas Katopola: An analysis of the annulment of the 2019 Malawi presidential election results, the impact on democracy, the role of the judiciary and its impartiality in annulling the election results

 

Miss Wezi Mughogho: Punishment vs. Rehabilitation. An Analysis of the Sentencing Principles in Malawi's Criminal Justice System

 

Proxime Accesserunt

 

Miss Samantha Kamanga: The Clash of Women's Rights and Tradition in Malawi: A Look at Defilement

 

Miss Mphatso Mwale: Criminal Law in Malawi: Does the Criminal Law in Malawi offer Sufficient Protection to People with Mental Challenges accused of committing Crime (Homicides)?

 

Miss Linda Noah: Human Trafficking in Malawi: An Evaluation on Its Impact and the Efforts being taken to eliminate it

 

2019

 

Mr. Ramzan Kamoto: Capital Punishment: The Theory and Practice

 

Mr. Nashukuru Nkhono: Environmental Law in Malawi

 

Proxime Accesserunt

 

Mr. Ndiyembekeza Jamu: The Legal Aid Bureau in Malawi. A Study of the Legal Aid Bureau and its Role in Criminal and Civil Cases

 

Miss Tapiwa Liwimbi: An Analysis of Human Rights in Malawi with Emphasis on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Other (LGBT+) Rights

 

2018

 

Miss Alinuswe Ngosi: Pluralism in Relation to Customary Law

 

Proxime Accesserunt

 

Mr. Pemphero Keffa: The Constitution of Malawi: its Various Constituents, and Whether it contains Elements of the English Legal System 

 

Mr. Khama Maere: The Malawian Parallel Court Structure: A Study in Customary Law

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Law Prize

Recent winners of the Law Prize, which rewards overall ability and commitment to the study of Law, are:

2022

 

Upper Sixth

 

Mr. Wongani Munthali

 

Lower Sixth

 

Miss Natasha Chilima

2021

 

Upper Sixth

 

Mr. Ronnie Kamkwasi

 

Lower Sixth

 

Mr. Wongani Munthali

2020

 

Upper Sixth

 

Mr. Benjamin Chamgwera

 

Lower Sixth

 

Mr. Ronnie Kamkwasi

2019

 

Upper Sixth

 

Mr. Ramzan Kamoto

 

Lower Sixth

 

Miss Wezi Mughogho

2018

 

Upper Sixth

 

Mr. Khama Maere

 

Lower Sixth

 

Mr. Ramzan Kamoto

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