Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

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Details

Additional Authors

Fombad, Charles Manga

Description

xxiv, 378 pages; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Stellenbosch handbooks in African constitutional law ; Book two

Uniform Title

Stellenbosch handbooks in African constitutional law ; 2.

Subjects

• Africa
• Constitutional courts > Africa
• Constitutional law > Africa

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 / Sègonna 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 / Sègonna 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.

Call Number

Sc F 17-313

ISBN

• 0198810210
• 9780198810216

OCLC

988388921

Title

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

Publisher

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Stellenbosch handbooks in African constitutional law ; Book two

Stellenbosch handbooks in African constitutional law ; 2.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Fombad, Charles Manga, editor.

Research Call Number

Sc F 17-313