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OverviewA Theory of African Constitutionalism asks and seeks to answer why we need a new theoretical framework for African constitutionalism and how this could offer us better theoretical and practical tools with which to understand, improve, and assess African constitutionalism on its own terms. By locating constitutional studies in Africa within the experiences, interactions, and contestations of power and governance beginning in precolonial times, the book presents the development and transformation of African constitutional systems across time and place, along with the attendant constitutional designs and practices ranging from the nature and operation of the African state to its vertical and horizontal government structures, to its constitutional rights regime. This title offers both a theoretically and comparatively rich, historically and contextually informed, and temporally and spatially extensive account of the nature, travails, and incremental successes of African constitutionalism with detailed case studies from Nigeria, Ethiopia, and South Africa. A Theory of African Constitutionalism provides scholars, policymakers, governments, and constitution builders in Africa and beyond with new insights for reimagining the purpose, substance, and scope of constitutions and constitutionalism. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Berihun Adugna Gebeye (Humboldt Research Fellow, Humboldt Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.570kg ISBN: 9780192893925ISBN 10: 0192893920 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 08 July 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 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 ConclusionReviewsAbove all, for anybody seriously interested in a deeper understanding of the development, character, and predicaments of African constitutionalism, this book is not only essential but indispensable reading. * Rainer Grote, Heidelberg, Buchbesprechungen * Author InformationBerihun 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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