David Hofisi

David Tinashe Hofisi is a doctoral candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. Prior to his current role in UW-Madison, David worked as human rights lawyer with the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights for seven years. He is a Mandela Washington Fellow under the Young African Leaders Initiative and an ILS Law and Society Graduate Fellow. His research interests include constitutional law, legal history, courts, human rights and law and development. He is currently studying constitutional courts in common-law Africa.

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Standard of Proof in Zimbabwe’s Presidential Petition: A Response

Standard of Proof in Zimbabwe’s Presidential Petition: A Response

On 5 September 2018, renowned scholar Alex Magaisa published a piece on the standard of proof in Zimbabwe’s presidential petition. He argued that the ruling of the Constitutional Court led to uncertainty regarding the standard of ...