John Hatchard

Job Title

Professor of Law

Organization

The Open University

Country

Zimbabwe/England (UK)

Area of Expertise

  • Conflict
  • Gender and constitutions
  • Diversity
  • Customary governance/legal pluralism
  • Human rights
  • Judicial system design
  • Minority issues
  • Participation
  • Power sharing (horizontal/vertical)
  • Religion
  • Security sector

Publications

1.Readings in Criminal Law and Penology (University of Zambia, 1981, pp.150)

2.A Casebook on Criminal Law (with Muna Ndulo) (Government Printers, Lusaka, 1983, pp.450)

3.Law of Evidence in Zambia: Cases and Materials (with Ndulo)(James Currey Publishers, London, & Multimedia, Zambia, 1991, pp.352)

4.Directory and Survey of National Institutions in the Commonwealth (Commonwealth Secretariat, Human Rights Unit, 1992, pp.143)

5.Individual Freedoms and State Security in the African Context: A Case Study of Zimbabwe
(Ohio University Press, 1993, pp.224)

6.Preventive Detention and Security Law: A Comparative Analysis (edited with Andrew Harding)
(Martinus Nijhoff, 1993 pp.353)

7.Readings on Crime and Criminology in Zambia (with Ndulo) (James Currey Publishers and Multimedia, 1994, pp.189)

8.Manual on Setting National Human Rights Strategies (Commonwealth Secretariat, Human Rights Unit, 1994, pp.175)

9.National Human Rights Institutions: A Manual (Commonwealth Secretariat, Human Rights Unit, 1995, pp.148)

10.Comparative Criminal Procedure (edited with Barbara Huber and Richard Vogler) (British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 1996, pp.254)

11.Directory of Commonwealth Law Schools (Cavendish Publishing, 1996, pp.210)

12.Parliamentary Supremacy and Judicial Independence: A Commonwealth Model (with Peter Slinn, eds) (Cavendish Publishing, 1999, pp.172)

3.Directory of Commonwealth Law Schools 2nd ed (Cavendish Publishing, 1999, pp.270)

14.Legal Education and the Administration of Justice in West Africa (ed.) (CLEA, 2001, pp.256)

15.Directory of Commonwealth Law Schools 3rd ed (Cavendish Publishing, 2002, pp.289)

16.Law and Development: Facing Complexity in the 21st Century (with Amanda Perry-Kessaris, eds.) (Cavendish Publishing, 2003, pp.287)

17.Addressing Unconstitutional Overthrows of Government: The Commonwealth Response (with Tunde Ogowewo)(Commonwealth Secretariat, 2003, pp.175)

18.An Introduction to Law and Human Rights in the Commonwealth (Commonwealth Secretariat, 2003, pp.93)

19.Comparative Constitutionalism and Good Governance in the Commonwealth: An Eastern and Southern African Perspective (with Muna Ndulo and Peter Slinn) (Cambridge University Press, 2004, pp.375)

20.The Law of Corruption and Misuse of Office (with Colin Nicolls, Martin Polaine and Tim Daniels)(Oxford University Press, 2006, pp.822)
21.Directory of Commonwealth Law Schools 4th ed (CLEA, 4th edition 2007, pp.325)

Chapters in books

1."Crime and Punishment in Zambia" in Law in Zambia (ed M. Ndulo), 1984, East African Publishing House, 163-186

2."Prisons and Prisoners Rights in Zambia" in Cases and Materials on Human Rights in Zambia (ed M. Ndulo & K. Turner), 1985, African Law Reports, Oxford, 559-574

3."The Police Role in Southern Africa" in Police Roles in the 1980s (ed J. Kinton) SSSR, 1987, 35-47
4."Constitution of Malawi" in Constitutiones Africae (ed F. Reyntjens) 1988, Brussels (102 pages)

5."Self-Protection by Victims: The Development of Instant Justice in Zambia" in Victimology: International Action and the Study of Victims (ed P. Separovic) 1989, University of Zagreb, 219-223

6."Policy and Perspectives on Juvenile Justice" in Studies in Youth and Development (ed K. Osei-Hwedie) 1990, Commonwealth Secretariat, 375-390

7."Emergency Powers in the United Kingdom" in United Kingdom Law in the 1990's (ed J.P. Gardner) 1990, United Kingdom National Committee of Comparative Law, 270-282

8."Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power in Africa: An Overview" in Victims and Criminal Justice (Vol 3) (Kaiser and Kury eds) 1991, Max-Planck-Institut, Germany, 386-434

9."The Ombudsman in the Commonwealth" in Put Our World to Rights 1991, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, London, 193-202

10."Paying the Price for Being in the Front Line: Destabilization in Southern Africa" in International Faces of Victimology (Ben-David and Kirchhoff eds) 1992, WSV Publishing, Monchengladbach, 122-130

11."The Application of the United Nations Declaration of Basic Principles for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power: An African Perspective" in International Perspectives on Victimology (ed. S.P. Makkar, 1993)

12."Constitution of Zimbabwe" in Constitutiones Africae (vol 4) (ed. F. Reyntjens) 1993, Brussels, pp.188

13."The Death Penalty in Africa" (with Simon Coldham) in Capital Punishment: Global Issues and Prospects (ed. Hodgkinson and Rutherford) 1996, Waterside Press, 155-192

14."National Human Rights Commissions in the Commonwealth" in Promoting Good Practice: Report on the Seminar on Commonwealth National Human Rights Institutions 1998, Institute for Public Policy Research, 100-137

15."Privatisation and Accountability: Developing Appropriate Institutions in Commonwealth Africa" in M Addo (ed.) Human Rights Standards and the Responsibility of Corporations 1999, Kluwer Law International, 289-304

16.“Parliamentarians, National Institutions and the Implementation of the Harare Commonwealth Declaration" in J Hatchard & P Slinn (eds.) Parliamentary Supremacy and Judicial Independence: A Commonwealth Model 1999, Cavendish Publishing, 89-102

17."Establishing Popular and Durable Constitutions in Commonwealth Africa" in M Andenas (ed.) The Creation and Amendment of Constitutional Norms 2000, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 1-24

18."Human Rights Commissions and the Protection of the Rights of Victims" in Festschrift for H-J Schneider 2000, World Society of Victimology, 52-77

19.“Human Rights Education: Some Recent Commonwealth Developments” in Proceedings from the Commonwealth Regional Human Rights Symposium, Nairobi, 2005 pp13

20."Legal Techniques and Agencies of Accountability: Human Rights Commissions In Commonwealth Africa" in M Ndulo (ed.) Democratic Reform, Governance and Poverty Alleviation, James Currey, 2006, 108-125

21“Tackling the Bribery of Foreign Public Officials: Can the Developing World Fight Back?” in C. Raj Kumar & D.K. Srivastava (eds.) Human Rights and Development: Law, Policy and Governance, LexisNexis, 2006, 419-436

Articles

1.“Self Defence in the Criminal Law” 1977 Mansfield Law Journal, 19-32

2.“The Doctrine of Provocation in Zambia”(1979) 12 Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa, 311-320

3.“Defence of Person or Property: A Zambian Perspective”(1981) 13 Zambia Law Journal, 25-34

4.“The Law of Intoxication in Zambia” (1982) 15 Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa, 92-101

5.“Charging with a Lesser Offence: Section 181 of the Criminal Procedure Code”(1982) 14 Zambia Law Journal, 75-81

6.“Intoxication and the Criminal Law”(1983) 12 Anglo-American Law Review, 41-51

7.“Preventive Detention and Constitutional Rights in Zimbabwe” (1985) 29 Journal of African Law, 38-59

8.“Protecting the Public from Maladministration by Public Servants” (1985) 3 Zimbabwe Law Review, 62-80

9.“Crime and Penal Policy in Zambia” (1985) 23 Journal of Modern African Studies, 483-505

10. “The Institution of the Ombudsman in Africa with special reference to Zimbabwe”
(1986) 35 International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 255-271. Reprinted in (1986) 5 The Ombudsman Journal, 21-34

11. “Judicial Attitudes Towards the Right to Legal Representation in Zimbabwe”(1987) 11 International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 23-33

12.“Legal Representation and the Protection of Individual Rights”(1987) 16 Anglo-American Law Review, 290-310

13. “Bail and Public Security in Some African Jurisdictions”(1988) 37 International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 952-961

14.“The Right to Legal Representation: The Zimbabwean Experience”(1988) Lesotho Law Journal, 135-152

15. “Developing the Role of the Legislature During a State of Emergency”(1989) 9 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 116-131

16.“Emergency Powers in Zimbabwe: An Overview of Post-independence Developments”(1986) 18 Zambia Law Journal, 35-70

17.“Towards an African-Zimbabwe Constitution” (with P Slinn) [1988] Third World Legal Studies, 116-137

18.“Namibia: The Constitutional Path to Freedom” (with P Slinn) (1990) X(II) International Affairs, 137-160. Reprinted in (1991)17 Commonwealth Law Bulletin, 644-665

19.“The Ombudsman in Africa Revisited”(1991) 40 Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa, 937-948

20. “The African-Zimbabwe Constitution: A Model for Africa?”(1991) 35 Journal of African Law, 79-101

21.“Governmental Accountability, National Development and the Ombudsman: A Commonwealth Perspective”´[1991] Denning Law Review, 53-77

22.“The Fall and Rise of the Cane in Zimbabwe”(1991) 35 Journal of African Law, 198-204

23 “Developing Government Accountability: A New Model”[1992] Third World Legal Studies, 46-59

24.“Re-establishing a Multi-Party State: Some Lessons from the 1992 Constitutional Developments in the Seychelles”(1993) 31 Journal of Modern African Studies, 601-612

25.“Challenging Delays in Carrying Out the Death Sentence”(1993) 37 Journal of African Law, 185-192
26. “Capital Punishment in Southern Africa: Some Recent Developments”(1994) 43 International
and Comparative Law Quarterly, 923-934

27. “A Question of Humanity: Delay and the Death Penalty in Commonwealth Courts”[1994] Commonwealth Law Bulletin, 309-317

28.“The Path Towards a New Order in South Africa” (with P Slinn) (1995) XIV International Affairs, 1-26

29. “Undermining the Constitution by Constitutional Means: Some Thoughts on the New Constitutions of Southern Africa”(1995) 27 Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa, 21-35

30.“National Institutions in the Commonwealth: An Analysis of Recent Developments”[1995] Commonwealth Law Bulletin, 64-79

31."Forty Years On -- A Re-Reading of African Law" (with Peter Slinn and Simon Coldham) (1996) 40 Journal of African Law, 133-142

32."Perfecting Imperfections': Amending constitutions in Commonwealth Africa" (1998) 36(3) Journal of Modern African Studies, 381-398

33."Some Reflections on the Role of the Commonwealth in the Development of National Institutions" (1999) 25 Commonwealth Law Bulletin 64-79

34."A new breed of institution: the development of human rights commissions in Commonwealth Africa with special reference to the Uganda Human Rights Commission" (1999) XXXII
Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa 28-53

35."Presidential Removal: Unzipping the constitutional provisions" (2000) 44 Journal of African Law, 1-16

36."Developing appropriate institutions to meet the challenges of the New Millennium" (2000) 8 Asia Pacific Law Review, 27-52

37."Some Lessons on Constitution-making from Zimbabwe" (2001) 45 Journal of African Law, 210

38.“Constitutional Developments in the Commonwealth: Emerging Trends and Implications for Westminster-style Governance” (with Peter Slinn)(2004) 30 Commonwealth Law Bulletin, 535-551

39.“Incorporating Transnational Crime Issues into the Law Curriculum”[2004] Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education 89-96

40.“Access to Justice in the Commonwealth: Some Current Trends”(2004) 30 Commonwealth Law Bulletin, 552-565

41.“Combating Transnational Crime In Africa: Problems And Perspectives”(2006) 50 Journal of African Law, 145-160

42.“The Role of the Commonwealth and Commonwealth Associations in Strengthening Administrative Law and Justice” (with Gary Slapper)[2006] Acta Juridica 405-422

43.“Recent Developments in the Law on Corruption and the Regulation of Conduct in Public Life: Implications for Law Teachers and Legal Research in the Commonwealth” [2006] Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education, (forthcoming)

Case and Statute Notes

1.“Suspect Witnesses in Rape Cases”(1983-4) 1/2 Zimbabwe Law Review, 251-254

2.“Quasi-Judicial Decisions and the Rules of Natural Justice”(1985) 3 Zimbabwe Law Review, 119-123

3.“Breach of Constitutional Safeguards in Preventive Detention Cases”(1985) 3 Zimbabwe Law Review, 114-118

4.“The Right to Legal Representation”Dec 1984 Moto, 9-15

5.“Developing the Criminal Law in Zambia: The Penal Code (Amendment) Act 1990”(1992) 36
Journal of African Law, 103-106

6.The Fall of the Cane Again: Corporal Punishment in Namibia”(1992) 36 Journal of African Law, 81-85

7.“Developing Mechanisms for Governmental Accountability”Report of the Commonwealth Africa Human Tights Conference, CHRI, 114-116

8.“Ratification of International and Regional Human Rights Instruments by African States”(1992) 36 Journal of African Law, 186-192

9.“Abolishing the Cautionary Rule in Sexual Cases”(1993) 37 Journal of African Law, 97-100

10.“Funding Political Parties: The Political Parties (Finance) Act 1992”(1993) 37 Journal of
African Law, 101-103

11.“States of Siege/Emergency in Africa “ (1993) 37 Journal of African Law, 104-108

12.“Report on the Establishment of a National Institution in The Gambia”Commonwealth Secretariat, 1993, pp.23

13.“Towards Majority Rule in South Africa: The Transitional Executive Council Act 1993”(1993) 37 Journal of African Law, 206-211

14.“A National Human Rights Commission for India”January 1994 Human Rights Update (Commonwealth Secretariat)

15.“Reporting under International Human Rights Instruments by African Countries”(1994) 38 Journal of African Law, 61-63

16.“The Constitution of South Africa 1993”(1994) 38 Journal of African Law, 70-77
17.“How Effective is the Ombudsman?”(1994) 6 Legal Forum 18-20

18.“Constitutionality of the Death Penalty and Penal Policy” (1995) 39 Journal of African Law, 192-197

19.“Breaking the Silence -- Building the Peace: A Comment”(1998) 42 Journal of African Law, 252-254

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