Research Catalog

Title

Tackling the unconstitutional overthrow of democracies : emerging trends in the Commonwealth / by John Hatchard & Tunde I. Ogowewo.

Author

Hatchard, John.

Publication

London : Commonwealth Secretariat, c2003.

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Additional Authors

• Commonwealth Secretariat
• Ogowewo, Tunde I.

Description

212 p.; 22 cm.

Subject

• Coups d'état > Commonwealth countries
• Coups d'état > Fiji
• Legitimacy of governments > Commonwealth countries
• Legitimacy of governments > Fiji

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Part I: Coup-proofing democracies: the need for a proactive approach -- The role of law in eradicating the culture of coups -- The implicit bargain theory -- The emergence of 'dodgy' jurisprudence -- The road map of the jurisprudence on coups -- The emergence of the new jurisprudence -- The need to refine the emerging jurispredence -- The problem with collective action -- Background to the Fijian cases.
• Part II: Constitutional and other measures that directly or indirectly address the problem of unconstitutional changes of government -- Fundamental principles.
• Part III: Commonwealth responses -- The impact of the Harare and Millbrook Declarations -- Harare Commonwealth Declaration 1991 -- The Millbrook Commonwealth Action Programme on the Harare Declaration -- The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group on the Harare Declaration (CMAG) -- The future of CMAG -- "Realising Millbrook" -- Report by the Commonwealth High Level Review Group to Commonwealth Heads of Government, Coolum, Australia -- Coolum Communique 2002 -- Dealing with other serious violations -- The case of Zimbabwe -- Marlborough House Statement on Zimbabwe -- Conflict and resolution: the role of the Commonwealth Secretary-General -- Report of the High Level Review Group -- Overview.

ISBN

0850927218

LCCN

^^2004401950

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library