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OverviewThis book explores the resilience of constitutional government in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, connecting and comparing perspectives from ten countries in sub-Saharan Africa to global trends. In emergency situations, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, a state has the right and duty under both international law and domestic constitutional law to take appropriate steps to protect the health and security of its population. Emergency regimes may allow for the suspension or limitation of normal constitutional government and even human rights. Those measures are not a license for authoritarian rule, but they must conform to legal standards of necessity, reasonableness, and proportionality that limit state action in ways appropriate to the maintenance of the rule of law in the context of a public health emergency. Bringing together established and emerging African scholars from ten countries, this book looks at the impact government emergency responses to the pandemic have on the functions of the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary, as well as the protection of human rights. It also considers whether and to what extent government emergency responses were consistent with international human rights law, in particular with the standards of legality, necessity, proportionality, and non-discrimination in the Siracusa Principles. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ebenezer Durojaye , Derek M. PowellPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2022 Weight: 0.678kg ISBN: 9783031064005ISBN 10: 3031064003 Pages: 405 Publication Date: 18 November 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Constitutional Resilience and the Covid-19 PandemicDerek Powell and Ebenezer Durojaye Chapter 2. International Human Rights Norms and Standards on Derogation and Limitation of Rights during a Public EmergencyAdetoun Adebanjo and Ebenezer Durojaye Chapter 3. Addressing Covid-19: A Test of Kenya’s Constitutional and Democratic ResilienceJosephat Muuo Kilonzo and Balla Galma Chapter 4. Covid-19 and Zambia’s Constitutional DilemmaChristopher Phiri Chapter 5. Constitutional Resilience and Limitation of Rights under Covid-19 Response in South SudanJoseph Geng Akech Chapter 6. The Covid-19 Pandemic and Constitutional Resilience in The GambiaSatang Nabaneh and Basiru Bah Chapter 7. Walking a Tightrope: Balancing Human Rights and Public Health Measures during the Covid-19 Pandemic in NigeriaOlubayo Oluduro Chapter 8. The Constitutionality of Legal Measures Taken by the Government of Mauritius in the Context of the Covid-19 PandemicRoopanand Mahadew Chapter 9. Constitutional and Human Rights Issues Arising from Covid-19: Uganda’s Youth in ContextRobert Doya Nanima Chapter 10. The (Il)legality of Ghana’s Covid-19 Emergency Response: A CommentaryBright Nkrumah Chapter 11. Constitutional and Human Rights Issues Arising from Covid-19 in South AfricaRobert Doya Nanima and Ebenezer Durojaye Chapter 12. Zimbabwe’s Response to Covid-19 and its Socio-economic ImpactTinotenda ChidhawuReviewsAuthor InformationEbenezer Durojaye is Professor and Head of the Socio-Economic Rights Project in the Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights, University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Derek M. Powell is Associate Professor of Law and Head of the Applied Constitutional Studies Project in the Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights, University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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