Constitutional adjudication in Africa / edited by Charles M. Fombad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fombad, Charles Manga, editor.

ProQuest ebook central

Series:

Stellenbosch handbooks in African constitutional law ; 2.

Stellenbosch handbooks in African constitutional law ; Book two

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional courts--Africa.

Constitutional courts.

Constitutional law--Africa.

Constitutional law.

Political questions and judicial power--Africa.

Political questions and judicial power.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 378 pages.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Contents:

Introduction / Charles M. Fombad

An overview of contemporary models of constitutional review in Africa / Charles M. Fombad

Centralized model of constitutional adjudication : the Constitutional Court of Benin / Sègnonna Horace Adjolohoun

The Cameroonian Constitutional Council : faithful servant of an unaccountable system / Charles M. Fombad

The Constitutional Court of Angola : judicial restraint in a dominant party state / André Thomashausen

The Supreme Court of Ghana under the 1992 Constitution : nature of jurisdiction as the apex court and contribution to the promotion of constitutionalism / Kofi Quashigah

Constitutional adjudication in Nigeria : formal structures and substantive impact / Ameze Guobadia

Constitutional review in South Africa : features, changes, and controversies / James Fowkes

Unique but ineffective : assessing the constitutional adjudication system in Ethiopia / Adem K. Abebe

The effects of international law norms on constitutional adjudication in Africa / Magnus Killander

The impact of regional and sub-regional courts and tribunals on constitutional adjudication in Africa / Bonolo Ramadi Dinokopila

"Made in courts" democracies? : constitutional adjudication and politics in African constitutionalism / Sègnonna Horace Adjolohoun

Exploring the contribution of ubuntu in constitutional adjudication : towards the idigenization of constitutionalism in South Africa? / Christa Rautenbach

Handling of petitions by the Constitutional Court of Benin / Theodore Holo

The birth of the South African Constitutional Court / Richard J. Goldstone

Decision-making and working practices of the Supreme Court of Ghana / Samuel Kofi Date-Bah

Constitutional adjudication and constitutional justice in Africa's uncertain transition : mapping the way forward / Charles M. Fombad.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780192538628 (electronic bk.)

0192538624 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

99992358101

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