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Browsing Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa by Issue Date
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(The American Society of Comparative Law, 2012)This paper aims to examine the possible impact that the internationalization of constitutional law may have on constitutional developments and the consolidation of constitutionalism and the rule of law in Africa. As an ...
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(Cambridge University Press, 2013)This article critically examines the jurisprudence of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Commission) on the right to development (RTD). Notwithstanding the controversy over the RTD, it is ...
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(Edinburgh University Press, 2013-01)Serious efforts to legally recognise and protect human rights in Africa came only with the constitutional reforms that started in the 1990s.Many of the resulting new or revised constitutions now contain provisions aimed ...
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(Oxford University Press, 2013-02)A major cause of political and constitutional instability in post-independence Africa was the ease with which political leaders subverted constitutionalism by arbitrarily changing constitutions to suit their political ...
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(Brill Academic Publishers, 2014)Constitution-building is a delicate and intricate process which requires ample reflection and careful choices. African constitution-builders and politicians have since the beginning of the 1990s embarked on a process of ...
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(Juta Law, 2014)No abstract available.
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(Oxford University Press, 2014-07)The German Constitutional Court, we often hear, draws its considerable strength from the reaction to the German Nazi past: Because the Nazis abused rights and had been elected by the people, the argument runs, it was ...
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Gender equality in African customary law : has the male ultimogeniture rule any future in Botswana? (Cambridge University Press, 2014-09)The actual and perceived conflicts between customary law and human rights law, especially in issues dealing with gender equality, have remained a major challenge in Africa. Some of these conflicts are further complicated ...
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(North West University, Faculty of Law, 2015)As this is a nation riddled with a history of inequality, the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is a sign-post to what one hopes is an end destination of inclusivity. Post-1994 the new democratic government faced ...
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(Oxford University Press, 2015-02)This paper examines the complex relations that have existed over the years between religious organisations and the state in Cameroon. It focuses on the tensions that have arisen as the state tried, especially after 1990 ...
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(Brill Academic Publishers, 2016-03)It is generally recognised that election management bodies (EMBs) constitute one of the most important institutions needed to sustain Africa‟s fledgling transition to democratic and constitutional governance. They are ...
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(Routledge, 2016-06)It is now widely recognised that the unregulated processing of personal information has had a significant impact on key human rights like privacy, dignity, integrity, personality and autonomy. However, while other regions ...
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(Pretoria University Law Press, 2017)Transformative constitutionalism, popularised in the context of South Africa’s transition from apartheid to constitutional democracy, arguably offers an antidote for failed constitutionalism and weak protection of fundamental ...
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(Paris Legal Publishers, 2017-02)The evolution in the legal regime governing human trafficking can be separated neatly into three eras: the Pre-League of Nations, the League of Nations, and the United Nations. This study considers the first of these eras; ...
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(Edinburgh University Press, 2017-02)Until fairly recently, the issue of constitutional implementation has surprisingly received little attention both in constitutional theory and practice. Yet it is a crucial aspect of constitutional effectiveness. Without ...
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(Springer, 2017-07)The right to personal data protection is, without doubt, an important right in the jurisprudence of rights in the contemporary information society. It is becoming as crucial as other orthodox human rights and also ...
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(Pretoria University Law Press, 2018)Serious efforts to entrench the rule of law in Africa came with the socalled third wave of democratisation in the 1990s. This democratic revival raised hopes of a new era of governance guided by the basic principles of ...
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(Routledge, 2018)The issue of constitutional literacy has attracted very little attention in scholarship on constitutionalism in Africa. This is not surprising, because the early constitutions were virtually imposed by the departing colonial ...
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(Pretoria University Law Press, 2018)After the wave of democratic and constitutional reforms in the 1990s, the rule of law appeared to have enjoyed a revival in Africa. Apparently there were strong constitutional commitments by African countries for ...
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(Cambridge University Press, 2018-06)The prominent place given to decentralization in the design of post-1990 African constitutions has been likened to a silent revolution. This is not surprising, for sharing power has been anathema to post-independence African ...
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