Design and implementation of an online court of law case scheduling system

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Abstract The aim of this research work is to design and implementation of an online case scheduling system for Imo State High Court.  The judicial arm of government is the third organ of government besides the legislature and the executive, the major functions of this arm include the setting of cases, punishing the guilty people and also interpreting the constitution of the land as well as administration of justice.  The current process of case scheduling is being operated manually and due to this procedure, numerous problems are been encountered. A design was taken to computerize the manual process in order to check this problem. The problems were identified after series of interviews and examination of documents after which analysis was made and a computerized procedure recommended. This project will also suggest how to successfully implement the computerized procedure and to overcome the obstacle that would hinder the successful implementation of the system. Structure System Analysis and Design Methodology (SSADM) was adopted in the analysis. The development tools used are PHP, HTML, and MySQL for the database design. The project through the development of the new system provides a more suitable and reliable means of the scheduling of cases in Imo State High Court.…