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CHAPTER 0NE
INTRODUCTION
1.1
Background of the Study
Case Management Information System is
a piece of computer software that allows you to make fewer trips to the filing
cabinet by managing and keeping all court activities, cases, case file and
proceedings, the judge responsible, the lawyers, the plaintiff and defendant,
nature of case or crime etc. It is a method of keeping records of all the case
involved in Nigerian Court for easy retrieval. The aim of this project is to
design and implement a system that will automate the court routine activities
for efficient and effective management of the court daily routine.Today,
virtually every business and personnel document is prepared on a computer and
mobile hand-held devices. E-mail records and pages visited on the internet
yield even more critical information about our daily lives. More importantly,
the information stored on a computer can make or break a business or a person
or a group of people or a court case.Computer and digital forensics is the
science of retrieving and chronicling evidence located on a computer’s hard
drive and other sources of Electrically Stored Information (ESI) such as
Floppies, CDs and DVDs, External drives, Thumb drives and Voice mail servers,
so that it can be presented as evidence in a court of law. It is the se of
specialized techniques for recovery, authentication and analysis of electronic
data when a case involves issues relating to reconstruction of computer usage,
examination of residual data and authentication of data by technical analysis
or explanation of technical features of data and computer usage. It is also the
professional extraction and handling of potential electronic evidence from any
digital device or digital storage media to assist investigators, prosecutors,
and the Trier of fact (Judges, Magistrates, and Members of Tribunals) in a
criminal justice system in arriving at the right judgment in litigation.
One of the most significant
shortcomings in the delivery of justice is the delay that is encountered by
court users which increases the cost of litigation in both time and money, and
re-suits in pro-longed criminal trials and over-crowded prisons. Delay often
results from the absence of accountability both on a case by case basis and in
overall terms. Officers in all institutions are able to delay or stop cases moving
forward without any fear of being held to account for their actions or
inactions. The lack of any effective coordination between the justice
institutions also contributes to the delays. In the absence of relevant
information on the movement of a case through the system it means that even
when questions are asked, there is little understanding of who to speak to or
which institution or individual to hold responsible or how to try and trace a
case. The lack of reliable central case recording system meant that cases were
in effect impossible to trace without considerable resources, effort and a lot
of luck (SJG,2010). This work therefore, gives an analysis of the design and
implementation of a computerized case management information system for
Nigerian court.
- Problem Statement of the Study
The current process of case management
information system in Nigerian courts is being operated manually and due to
this procedure, numerous problems are been encountered which include:
- Mismatching
of case files
- Misplacement
of case files
- Lose
of case files to rodents; cockroaches, rats etc and fire outbreak.
- Time
wastage in accessing case records.
- Aim of the Study
The aim of this project is to design
and implement a system that will automate the court routine activities for efficient
and effective management of the court’s daily routine.
- Objective of the Study
The objectives of this project study
are:
- To
design and implement a system that will facilitate the delivery of
judgment in Nigerian court.
- To
design a model that will facilitate the filing of case in Nigerian court.
- To
develop an application that will keep the case record in Nigerian courts
to enable easy retrieval of case files.
- To
implement a system that will enable easy case management information
system in Nigerian courts.
- To
save time and stress of moving documents from one place to the other.
- Scope of the Study
This project work (design and
implementation of a case management system for Nigerian court) focuses mainly
on case information in Nigerian courts.
- Significance of the Study
The above stated topic of discussion
will allow society as well as individuals or researcher to have a good
understanding of the structure of the court, the court system as well as its
process with regards to how cases handled and scheduled.
1.7
Definition of Terms
Computer: This is an electronic device that is
cable of solving problems by active data performing prescribed operations on
the data accepted and supplies the result of the operation.
Computerization: This is a technique whereby all
parts of an organization being run manually are taken over by the use of
computer system.
Judge: This is the officer in control
of court law who decides how criminal offenders should be punished.
Crime: This includes all illegal
activities in general dealt with by legal decisions.
Adjudicate: This means to officially decide
who is right in an argument between two groups or organization in a court of
law.
Culprit: The person who is guilty of a
crime.
Defendant: The person whom a case is issued
against.
Plaintiff: This is the person summoning
another on a case in a court of law.
Prosecute: To officially charge somebody
with a crime in a court of law.
Litigation: An action brought in court to
enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing in a lawsuit.
Civil case: These are cases or matters against
individuals, groups or organizations. They include case of damages, violation
of land mark and so on.
Criminal
cases: These are matters
against the state. They include cases of murder, armed robbery and so on.
TOPIC: DESIGN AND IMPLANTATION OF A CASE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR NIGERIAN COURTS
Chapters: 1 - 5
Delivery: Email
Delivery: Email
Number of Pages: 67
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