....the law of contempt must be properly defined and properly codified so that it doesn't depend on the whim of Judges...We must rethink the law of contempt so that it doesn't only lie in the bosom of Judges. It should be properly defined as in the case of theft, as in the case of libel and so on; so you know the parameters. Otherwise, what the Judge feels is contempt becomes contempt, thus he can jail you. I don't think that is proper," Editor-in-Chief of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr.">
Leaving Contempt Of Court In The Bosom Of Judges Problematic - Pratt

"....the law of contempt must be properly defined and properly codified so that it doesn't depend on the whim of Judges...We must rethink the law of contempt so that it doesn't only lie in the bosom of Judges. It should be properly defined as in the case of theft, as in the case of libel and so on; so you know the parameters. Otherwise, what the Judge feels is contempt becomes contempt, thus he can jail you. I don't think that is proper," Editor-in-Chief of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr.

 
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