Comparative Constitutional Law in Africa

Edited by Rosalind Dixon, Anthony Mason Professor and Scientia Professor of Law, UNSW Sydney, Australia, Tom Ginsburg, Leo Spitz Professor, University of Chicago Law School and Research Associate, American Bar Foundation, US and Adem Kassie Abebe, Senior Advisor, Constitution-Building Programme, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, The Hague, the Netherlands and Extraordinary Lecturer, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa

• Contents:1 Introduction to comparative constitutional law in Africa 1Adem Abebe, Rosalind Dixon and Tom GinsburgPART I CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN, AMENDMENT,AND INTERPRETATION2 Public participation, representative elites and technocratsin constitution-making processes: Nigeria, Uganda, SouthAfrica and Kenya 16Abrak Saati3 Constitutional amendment and term limit evasion in Africa 40Tom Ginsburg, Adem Abebe, and Rosalind Dixon4 Constitutional review in Africa 58Markus Böckenförde5 Political party constitutionalisation in Africa: trends andprospects for deepening constitutionalism 110Charles FombadPART II CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE:DEMOCRATIZATION AND TAMING THE EXECUTIVE6 Democratic constitutional transitions in sub-Saharan Africa 138Duncan M. Okubasu7 Federalism, devolution and territorially based cleavages in Africa 158Assefa Fiseha8 Regulating the exercise of public power through law:a first glance at comparative administrative law/justice in Africa 217Hugh Corder9 Constitutional responses to corruption in Africa 244Selemani KinyunyuPART III CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS10 Constitutions, freedom of expression, internet shutdowns,social media and defamation laws in Africa 269Mugambi Laibuta11 Constitutional protection of socio-economic rights in Africa 293Magnus Killander12 Constitutional regulation of religion in Africa 313Johan D. van der Vyver13 Traditional kingdoms and modern constitutions:parochialism, patriarchy, and despotism vs. indigenoussafeguards against absolutism 329Jan ErkPART IV CONSTITUTIONS AND SUPRANATIONAL LAW14 Africanization of constitutional law 362Micha WiebuschIndex

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