John Hatchard (Milton Keynes The Open University), Muna Ndulo (New York Cornell University), Peter Slinn (University of London)

Comparative Constitutionalism and Good Governance in the Commonwealth

An Eastern and Southern African Perspective

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Key constitutional issues in the process of developing, strengthening and consolidating the capacity of states to ensure good governance are analysed here. Utilising comparative material, the book draws lessons about the problems of constitutionalism and critically addresses the legal issues involved in making constitutions 'work' in practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 634g
• ISBN-13: 9780521118293
• ISBN-10: 0521118298
• Artikelnr.: 26488762

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
List of cases
List of constitutions
List of statutes
List of other instruments
Map
Introduction
1. The democratic state in Africa: setting the scene
2. Constitutions and the search for a viable political order
3. Devising popular and durable national constitutions: the new constitutions of the 1990s
4. Perfecting imperfections: amending a constitution
5. Presidentialism and restraints upon executive power
6. Enhancing access to the political system
7. Making legislatures effective
8. The judiciary and the protection of constitutional rights
9. The devolution of power to local communities
10. Developing autochthonous oversight bodies: human rights commissions and offices of the ombudsman
11. Seeking constitutional control of the military
12. Constitutionalism and emergency powers
13. Constitutional governance: the lessons from southern and eastern experience
Bibliography
Index.