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Constitutional Adjudication in Africa edited by Fombad, Charles M (31st August 2017)
- Preliminary Material
- Stellenbosch Handbooks in African Constitutional Law
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Main Text
- Introduction
- Part 1 General Overview
- 1 An Overview of Contemporary Models of Constitutional Review in Africa
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Background: Classic Models of Constitution Review
- 3 Failure of Constitutional Review under the Post-independence Constitutions?
- 4 Nature and Scope of Contemporary Models of Constitutional Review in Africa
- 5 Some Tentative Conclusions on the Assessment of the Prospects and Challenges of Constitutional Justice
- 6 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 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
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Historical Antecedents
- 3 Scope of the Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
- 4 Nature of the Reference Jurisdiction
- 5 Jurisdiction in Election Petitions
- 6 Promotion of Constitutionalism
- 7 The Interpretative Approach
- 8 Application of International Standards
- 9 Transnational Influences
- 10 Supreme Court and National Development
- 11 Appointment and Removal of Judicial Officers under the 1992 Constitution
- 12 Behaviour of Some Judges and Consequences for the Integrity of the Institution
- 13 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 6 Constitutional Adjudication in Nigeria: Formal Structures and Substantive Impact
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Formal Structures: Courts and ‘Access to Court’ in Constitutional Disputes
- 3 Powers of the Courts in Constitutional Adjudication: Nature and Scope of their Jurisdiction
- 4 Remedies
- 5 Style of Reasoning
- 6 Transnational Influences on Decisions
- 7 Nature of Decisions: Dissenting Opinions
- 8 Effect of Decisions and Impact on Constitutionalism
- 9 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 7 Constitutional Review in South Africa: Features, Changes, and Controversies
- 8 Unique but Ineffective: Assessing the Constitutional Adjudication System in Ethiopia
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Constitutional Review in Previous Ethiopian Constitutions
- 3 Constitutional Review under the 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia
- 3.1 Centralized constitutional review
- 3.2 Composition of the House of Federation and the Council of Constitutional Inquiry
- 3.3 Jurisdiction of the House of Federation with regard to constitutional review
- 3.4 Access to the constitutional review process
- 3.5 Remedies
- 3.6 Principles of constitutional interpretation
- 3.7 Other procedural issues
- 4 Constitutional Review in Practice
- 5 Understanding the Establishment of a Politicized Constitutional Review System
- 6 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 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
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Regional and Sub-regional Courts and Forums in Africa
- 3 Use of the Jurisprudence of Regional and Sub-regional Courts in Constitutional Adjudication in Africa: Selected Examples
- 4 The Basis and Theoretical Issues Involved in Invoking the Jurisprudence of Regional and Sub-regional Courts in Constitutional Adjudication
- 5 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Part 4 Constitutional Adjudication and Promotion of Constitutionalism
- 11 ‘Made in Courts’ Democracies? Constitutional Adjudication and Politics in African Constitutionalism
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Trend towards the Judicialization of Politics
- 3 Politicized Adjudication in African Constitutional Courts
- 4 Judicialization of Politics in African Regional Forums
- 5 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 12 Exploring the Contribution of Ubuntu in Constitutional Adjudication—Towards the Indigenization of Constitutionalism in South Africa?
- 11 ‘Made in Courts’ Democracies? Constitutional Adjudication and Politics in African Constitutionalism
- 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
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The New Constitutional Court
- 3 First Meetings of the Constitutional Court Justices: Fashioning a New Court
- 4 The Constitutional Court and the Media
- 5 New Constitutional Court Building
- 6 Writing of Judgments
- 7 International and Foreign Law
- 8 Operating as a Single Bench
- 9 Social and Economic Rights
- 10 Conclusion
- 15 Decision-making and Working Practices of the Supreme Court of Ghana
- Part 6 Conclusion
- Further Material
