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245 00 $aConstitutional adjudication in Africa /$cedited by Charles M. Fombad.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aOxford :$bOxford University Press,$c2017.
300 $a1 online resource
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490 1 $aStellenbosch handbooks in African constitutional law
588 0 $aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 27, 2017).
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPreface -- Table of cases -- Table of legislation -- List of abbreviations -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1. General overview. 1. An overview of contemporary models of constitutional review in Africa -- Part 2. Archetypal examples of different models of African constitutional adjudication. 2. Centralized model of constitutional adjudication: the Constitutional Court of Benin ; 3. The Cameroonian Constitutional Council: faithful servant of an unaccountable system ; 4. The Constitutional Court of Angola: judicial restraint in a dominant party state ; 5. The Supreme Court of Ghana under the 1992 Constitution: nature of jurisdiction as the apex court and contribution to the promotion of constitutionalism ; 6. Constitutional adjudication in Nigeria: formal structures and substantive impact ; 7. Constitutional review in South Africa: features, changes, and controversies ; 8. Unique but ineffective: assessing the constitutional adjudication system in Ethiopia -- Part 3. The impact of transjudicialism on constitutional adjudication. 9. The effects of international law norms on constitutional adjudication in Africa ; 10. The impact of regional and sub-​regional courts and tribunals on constitutional adjudication in Africa -- Part 4. Constitutional adjudication and promotion of constitutionalism ; 11. 'Made in courts' democracies? Constitutional adjudication and politics in African constitutionalism ; 12. Exploring the contribution of Ubuntu in constitutional adjudication-​towards the indigenization of constitutionalism in South Africa? -- Part 5. Decision-​making and working practices. 13. Handling of petitions by the Constitutional Court of Benin ; 14. The birth of the South African Constitutional Court ; 15. Decision-​making and working practices of the Supreme Court of Ghana -- Part 6. Conclusion. 16. Constitutional adjudication and constitutional justice in Africa's uncertain transition: mapping the way forward -- Index.
520 $aProviding the first comparative analysis of African attempts to promote respect for rule of law and constitutional justice, this book examines the diverse and distinctive approaches to constitutional adjudication taken. It captures positive and negative developments, and future prospects for the different models of constitutional review.
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