The Making, Unmaking and Remaking of Africa’s Independence and Post-Independence Constitutions
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Beschreibung
This book provides a collection of chapters that critically explore the making and development of Africa’s independence constitutions through the different phases in their full generality. Since independence, various constitutions from African countries have undergone a succession of changes, triggered by either the domestic or international environment or both. These processes constitute autonomous epochal ‘waves’ or ‘phases’ of constitution-making which need to be unpacked, historicised and explored in a systematic manner. This work, intended as a distinctive object of positive analysis, historicizes the independence constitutions of selected African states on either country or comparative basis. A historical approach to the continental study of constitutions is rare, meaning the continental coverage of the book is justified by Africa’s rich diversity reflected in its multiple monarchical and colonial backgrounds. The book is of interest to academics interested in having a panoramic view of Africa's constitutional development from a historical perspective.
This book provides a collection of chapters that critically explore the making and development of Africa’s independence constitutions through the different phases in their full generality. Since independence, various constitutions from African countries have undergone a succession of changes, triggered by either the domestic or international environment or both. These processes constitute autonomous epochal ‘waves’ or ‘phases’ of constitution-making which need to be unpacked, historicised and explored in a systematic manner. This work, intended as a distinctive object of positive analysis, historicizes the independence constitutions of selected African states on either a country-specific or a comparative basis. A historical approach to the continental study of constitutions is rare, meaning the continental coverage of the book is justified by Africa’s rich diversity reflected in its multiple monarchical and colonial backgrounds. The book is of interest to academics interested in having a panoramic view of Africa's constitutional development from a historical perspective.
Covers Constitutional developments in 20 selected African countries Unveils and historicizes the novel African republican monarchism Provides a comprehensive review of the economic and neo-colonial dimension of constitution-making in Africa
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Nicodemus Fru Awasom
Themen in »The Making, Unmaking and Remaking of Africa’s Independence and Post-Independence Constitutions«
African post-colonial constitutional developments Gaullist African Constitutions Westminster-inspired African constitutions Eswatini Dyarchy (dual monarchy) Republican presidential monarchism Comparative federalism in Africa Nigerian Fiscal federalism Unitary state model African Extra-constitutional and constitutional dynasties Race and Constitution Making The Economics of Constitution-making