The Law of Contempt of Court — An Appraisal
Abstract
Introduction
An appropriate way of beginning this paper for the purpose of clarification or by way of expalitation is to define the key concepts in this title. The first of these is the concept of Contempt while the second is the concept of Court.
Ordinarily Contempt means Scorn, disgrace, disregard of the rule or an offence against the dignity of Court or Parliament.1 Again contempt has been defined as a willful disregard or disobedience of a public authority. In other words legally speaking Contempt means a willful disregard of or disrespect for the authority of a Court of Law or Legislative body.2
The word Court (Latin: Curia) has various significations which inter alia are: The place where justice is judicially administered or the judges who sit to administer justice, and in jury trials, the judge or presiding Magistrate, as opposed to the Jury.3
