The performance of Africa's international courts : using international litigation for political, legal, and social change / edited by James Thuo Gathii.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gathii, James Thuo, editor.

Series:

International courts and tribunals series.

International courts and tribunals series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International courts--Africa.

International courts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Summary:

This text argues that we must look beyond the traditional criteria of compliance and effectiveness to judge the performance of Africa's international courts. It demonstrates how these courts are important venues for activists and opposition parties to wage political, social, environmental, and legal struggles on the international stage.

Contents:

The performance of Africa's international courts / James Thuo Gathii

International courts as coordination devices for opposition parties: the case of the East African Court of Justice / James Thuo Gathii

Sub-regional courts as transitional justice mechanisms: the case of the East African Court of Justice in Burundi / Andrew Heinrich

The ECOWAS Court as a (promising) resource for pro-poor activist forces: sovereign hurdles, brainy relays, and "flipped strategic social constructivism" / Obiora C. Okafor, Okechukwu J. Effoduh

Towards an analysis of the mega-political jurisprudence of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice / Olabisi D. Akinkugbe

Africa's sub-regional courts as back-up custodians of constitutional justice: beyond the compliance question / Solomon T. Ebobrah, Victor Lando

The African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights as an opportunity structure / James Thuo Gathii, Jacquelene Wangui Mwangi

Backlash against international courts in West, East and Southern Africa: causes and consequences / Karen J. Alter, James Thuo Gathii, Laurence R. Helfer

Reference guide to Africa's international courts: an introduction / James Thuo Gathii and Harrison Otieno Mbori.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-19-263896-3

0-19-191309-X

0-19-263895-5