Martha Gayoye
Biographic Data
| ID | 135948 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martha Gayoye |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martha |
| FAMILY NAME | Gayoye |
| SIGNATURE | GAYOYE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Keele University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5218-9840 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Coloniality and Evolution of African Customary Law
African customary law (ACL) is an important legal system that regulates the lives of many people. The colonial origins of this body of law meant that it hasn’t always served the justice needs of Africans. Coloniality and Upendra Baxi’s postcolonial legalities are useful to make sense of ACL, particularly settler colonialism. This paper is focused on the gendered implications of ACL, particularly male primogeniture. The paper examines the applicat…
Constitutions without constitutionalism' and judicial leadership in Kenya
Judicial leadership and 'constitutions without constitutionalism' are two opposing but useful concepts to demonstrate the oppositional stance taken by a minority of judges in safeguarding the rule of law in Kenya. Okoth-Ogendo accused African states of adopting constitutions not for the sake of rule of law, but to consolidate their hegemonic power through law – what has been termed as 'rule by law'. I conducted an empirical study on the role of c…
Gendered Constitutionalism in the Global South
VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee , Seite 115 - 126
Gendered Constitutionalism in Postcolonial Africa: Towards a Decolonial Gendered Citizenship
This paper makes the case for a theorising of gendered constitutionalism in postcolonial Africa on its own terms, rather than as an appendage or often afterthought to hegemonic and universalising impulses of Western liberal thought. More specifically, the first task is to interrogate the existing body of literature of feminist constitutionalism to examine the extent to which it speaks for the pursuit of gender equality through constitutions in Af…
Why women judges really matter: The impact of women judges on property law outcomes in Kenya
In this paper, I discuss the impact that women judges have made in property law outcomes in Kenya. The study shows that women judges were able to influence a feminist jurisprudence in matrimonial property and inheritance disputes peripherally even though they were not sitting in some of those cases – through trainings of other [male] judges and informal interactions with colleagues. I argue that there is need to focus lens on the collaborative an…
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Why women judges really matter: The impact of women judges on property law outcomes in Kenya
In this paper, I discuss the impact that women judges have made in property law outcomes in Kenya. The study shows that women judges were able to influence a feminist jurisprudence in matrimonial property and inheritance disputes peripherally even though they were not sitting in some of those cases – through trainings of other [male] judges and informal interactions with colleagues. I argue that there is need to focus lens on the collaborative an…
Gendered Constitutionalism in the Global South
VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee , Seite 115 - 126
Gendered Constitutionalism in Postcolonial Africa: Towards a Decolonial Gendered Citizenship
This paper makes the case for a theorising of gendered constitutionalism in postcolonial Africa on its own terms, rather than as an appendage or often afterthought to hegemonic and universalising impulses of Western liberal thought. More specifically, the first task is to interrogate the existing body of literature of feminist constitutionalism to examine the extent to which it speaks for the pursuit of gender equality through constitutions in Af…
Constitutions without constitutionalism' and judicial leadership in Kenya
Judicial leadership and 'constitutions without constitutionalism' are two opposing but useful concepts to demonstrate the oppositional stance taken by a minority of judges in safeguarding the rule of law in Kenya. Okoth-Ogendo accused African states of adopting constitutions not for the sake of rule of law, but to consolidate their hegemonic power through law – what has been termed as 'rule by law'. I conducted an empirical study on the role of c…
The Coloniality and Evolution of African Customary Law
African customary law (ACL) is an important legal system that regulates the lives of many people. The colonial origins of this body of law meant that it hasn’t always served the justice needs of Africans. Coloniality and Upendra Baxi’s postcolonial legalities are useful to make sense of ACL, particularly settler colonialism. This paper is focused on the gendered implications of ACL, particularly male primogeniture. The paper examines the applicat…
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Constitutionalism (4 works) · Democracy (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Legal Issues in South Africa (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies (2 works) · Law in Society and Culture (2 works)