Edited by Charles M. Fombad
2016
ISBN: 978-1-920538-65-1
ICLA contribution: Edited by Charles M. Fombad
About the publication
In “The implementation of modern African Constitutions: challenges and prospects”, the authors try to identify obstacles to constitutional implementation in Africa and, on the basis of good practice, assess how this could be overcome. A single volume like this cannot unravel the complexity of the causes and effects of, and solutions to, the problem of non-implementation of constitutions in Africa: the subject is far too intricate.
Nevertheless, this study, represents a first attempt to draw attention to the issue, and hopes to open a serious debate about it and pave the way for making this issue an integral consideration in constitution-building in the future. The variety of perspectives provided in analysing the challenges to constitution-implementation in this volume should make it to appeal to academics, practitioners, policy makers and postgraduate research students interested in the intricacies of comparative African constitutional law.
Table of contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
Contributors
PART 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION
- Introduction
Charles M. Fombad - Problematising the Issue of Constitutional Implementation in Africa
Charles M. Fombad
PART 2 COUNTRY CASE STUDIES - Constitutional Implementation: The Nigerian Experience
Nathaniel A Inegbedion - Constitutional Implementation: The Swaziland Experience
Thulani R. Maseko and Lukman Abdulrauf - Three Years into the Implementation of the Zimbabwean Constitution of 2013: Progress, Challenges, Prospects and Lessons
Tinashe Chigwata - Constitutional Implementation 20 Years Later: The Uganda Report Card
Donald Rukare
PART 3 THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS - The Role of Civil Society Organisations and the Chapter 9 Institutions in Implementing South Africa’s Constitution
Wandisa Phama and Palesa Madi - Women’s Rights and Gender Equality in the New Zimbabwean Constitution: The Role of Civil Society in Implementation and Compliance
Makanatsa Makonese
PART 4 THE USE OF SPECIALISED CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSIONS - The Use of Specialised Commissions for Constitutional Implementation: An Insider View of the Kenyan CIC
Kamotho Waiganjo - The Use of Specialised Commissions for Constitutional Implementation: An Outsider View of the Kenyan CIC
Jane R. Serwanga
PART 5 GENERAL CONCLUSION - Constitutional Implementation in Perspective: Developing a Sustainable Normative Constitutional Implementation Framework
Charles M. Fombad