The lawyer and the challenges of economic integration

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Title:	The lawyer and the challenges of economic integration
Author:	Kulusika, Simon E.
Year:	2000
Periodical:	Zambia Law Journal (ISSN 1027-7862)
Volume:	32
Pages:	20-50
Language:	English
Notes:	biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:	East Africa Southern Africa Africa
Subjects:	COMESA international relations Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa economic integration Regional integration Law reform international law
Abstract:	The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) was established on 5 November 1993. To ensure its implementation, the Treaty of Comesa created its own organs, the Authority, the Council of Ministers, and the Court of Justice, which are authorized to make decisions binding on member States and on legal persons. The validity of their decisions depends on observance of and adherence to the provisions of the Treaty. The development of a Common Market law will require consistency on the part of the Court of Justice, and member States must recognize the Court's interpretation of Common Market law and apply it within their domestic legal orders. The development of Comesa brings with it serious challenges for the lawyers of eastern and southern Africa. These relate, amongst others, to legal issues arising directly from the process of integration, partial surrender of sovereignty, choice of law, and the free movement of labour and capital, as well as language barriers. Notes, ref.