Berihun Adugna Gebeye

A Theory of African Constitutionalism

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Produktbeschreibung

Utilizing detailed case studies from Nigeria, Ethiopia, and South Africa, this title traces African constitutionalism from precolonial times to the present. The volume offers a new framework for understanding African constitutionalism and a range of practical proposals for its future development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9780192893925
• ISBN-10: 0192893920
• Artikelnr.: 61934395

Autorenporträt

Berihun Adugna Gebeye is a Humboldt Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg. Previously, he has been a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Gottingen and held visiting fellowships at Columbia Law School and the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies of the University of Oxford. He taught comparative constitutional law and politics at the Central European University, University of Yangon, and the University of Gottingen. He holds degrees in law, human rights, and comparative constitutional law, and has extensively published in these fields with a focus on Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I Theory
1: Legal Syncretism as a Theoretical Framework for African Constitutionalism
2: The Transformation of African Constitutionalism
3: The Design and Practice of African Constitutionalism
Part II Case Studies
4: Federalism
5: The Executive
6: Women's Constitutional Rights
Part III Future Application
7: The Future of African Constitutional Design and Practice
Conclusion