Design and Implementation of Court Proceedings

DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM OF COURT PROCEEDINGS

(A Case Study of Federal High Court of Calabar)

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

A court is a tribunal, often a governmental institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters, in accordance with the rule of law. In both common law and civil law legal systems, courts are the central means for dispute resolution, and it is generally understood that all persons have an ability to bring their claims before a court. Similarly, the rights of those accused of a crime include the right to present a defense before a court.

In Nigeria we have the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the Federal High Court; the High Court, the Sharia Court of Appeal and the Customary Court of Appeal. In addition to these courts created by the Constitution, there also exist Magistrate Courts, District Courts, Area Courts and Customary Courts established in various states by state laws. These courts are of limited jurisdiction as specified in their enabling laws and appeals from them lie to the High Court, Sharia Court of Appeal or Customary Court of Appeal as the case may be.

In the Federal High Court, Calabar, the documentation of court proceedings is done manually at present. This method of documentation has many deficiencies, including: time wasting in searching for case-file, improper communications and filing of documents. In view of these deficiencies, this project designs and develops a computerised system to replace the manual process. The new system will provide the following benefits to the Federal High Court Calabar: It will enhance the speed, accuracy, efficiency, and effective attendance of each and every client in the court; it will help to improve the judiciary of Cross River State to attain maximum utility.

1.2    STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

In the Federal High Court of Calabar, the documentation of court proceedings is done manually. The weaknesses associated with this method include:-

•  Time wasting in searching for case-file      
• Improper communications and filing of documents
• Most of court records, such as criminal files, judgement cases and other documents are being damaged and eaten up by insects, and rats. 

Consequently, this project intends to develop a system that will minimize these weaknesses. 

1.3    OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

The objective of this study is to design and develop a computer software that will:-

       i.            Receive and Store documents relating to court proceedings

     ii.            Retrieve and update court records

  iii.            Protection of integrity and confidentiality of the data stored.

1.4    SCOPE OF THE STUDY

The scope of this study shall specifically concentrate on ascertaining the activities of the Cross River State judiciary system. And it understudies the court management system of Cross River State. The study is limited to the Federal High Court Calabar, and it specifically focuses on the application of computer on their mode of operation.

1.5    SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The importance of this research work is to provide a system that will minimise the challenges associated with the current manual system of storing and processing court proceedings. Furthermore, it will enhance the speed, accuracy, efficiency and effective attendance of each and every client in the court. It will also help to improve the judiciary of Cross River State to attain maximum utility.

TOPIC: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM OF COURT PROCEEDINGS

Chapters: 1 - 5
Delivery: Email

Number of Pages: 70

Price: 3000 NGN

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