MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE v THE PRESIDENT OF ZIMBABWE & ORS 2007 (1) ZLR 257 (H)

2007 (1) ZLR p257

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Administrative law — review — grounds for — legitimate expectation — limits of use of such principle — not a basis on which to found a cause of action

International instruments — effect on domestic law — instrument signed by President but not incorporated into municipal law — no rights given to establish cause of action

Practice and procedure — action — cause of action — whether action may be based on international instrument signed by President but not incorporated into municipal law

Practice and procedure — order — declaratory order — what applicant for such an order must establish — court may not issue order relating to factual issues

Statutes — validity — international instruments — effect on domestic law — no rights given to establish cause of action