Electronic Evidence in Tanzania and its Challenges

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2021 in the subject Law - IT law, , language: English, abstract: This article intends to discuss on the development of electronic evidence in Tanzania. In my discussion, I will begin with a conceptualization of electronic evidence, the first hindrance while dealing with the development of electronic evidence in Tanzania and the Admissibility of Electronic Evidence in Tanzania with the aid of case Laws.

The further part of the article provides the Nature of Electronic Evidence and how it is created. The next part of this article includes certain Challenges associated with Electronic Evidence. Additionally and lastly, it will provide a brief discuss on the analysis of the evidence act and the Authentication of electronic evidence.

In the past few years, the world has experienced some major changes due to the advancement of science and technology. This technological advancement tends to affect almost every field and sector across the world.

Under such circumstances the legal field cannot keep lagging behind but cope with the changes and improvements the world is currently facing. This accounts for the rise or the birth of electronic evidence which owes its origin to technological advancement .Basically the court and the whole of the legal fielding general had to cope with the contemporary world and at the pace of the world to ensure justice is done. This is because it is a common knowledge that evidence is the cornerstone of the judgments given in the courts.