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Book Book Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue
Title:Judiciary Watch report: readings on the rule of law in Africa
Editor:Ambani, J. Osogo
Year:2008
Volume:7
Pages:315
Language:English
Series:Judiciary Watch series
City of publisher:Nairobi
Publisher:Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists
ISBN:9966958304
Geographic terms:Africa
Kenya
Subjects:rule of law
corruption
violence
social and economic rights
civil society
Abstract:Notwithstanding the obtaining vicissitudes, African States do have constitutional dispensations in line with the rule of law. There is an attempt to observe constitutionalism, together with related principles such as the separation of powers and the rule of law. The introductory chapter traces the concept of the rule of law to the Westminster constitutional set-up before relating it to Africa's context. It provides the conceptual framework within which the succeeding chapters are anchored. These discuss various aspects of the African State, in particular the State in Kenya, through the prism of the doctrine of the rule of law: judicial independence, corruption, gender equality and the socioeconomic rights discourse, violence and anarchy, fiscal and economic policy, as well as the role of civil society organizations in democracy. Contributors: Ibrahim Kabole Alubala, J. Osogo Ambani, Naomi Barasa, Edwin Bikundo, Joseph B. Diescho, Samuel M. Kimeu, Okalle Makanda, Gladys Mirugi-Mukundi, A.M. Mumbi, Githii Mweru, Leon Wessels. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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