Constitutional Adjudication in Africa

Charles Manga Fombad is Professor of Law and heads the African Constitutional Law Unit at the Institute for International and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria. He has taught at the University of Botswana, the University of Yaounde II at Soa,) and was visiting Professor at the Universities of Dschang and Buea in Cameroon. From 2003 to 2007 he was also a Professor Extraordinarius of the Department of Jurisprudence, School of Law, University of South Africa. Professor Fombad is the author of several books is a member of the editorial board of a number of international journals. He is currently a Vice President of the International Association of Constitutional Law. He is also a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa and a fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study. His research interests are in comparative African constitutional law, media law, and the African Union and legal history, especially issues of legal harmonization.

• PART 1 GENERAL OVERVIEW; PART 2 ARCHETYPICAL EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT MODELS OF AFRICAN CONSTITUTIONAL ADJUDICATION; PART 3 THE IMPACT OF TRANSJUDICIALISM ON CONSTITUTIONAL ADJUDICATION; PART 4 CONSTITUTIONAL ADJUDICATION AND PROMOTION OF CONSTITUTIONALISM; PART 5 DECISION-MAKING AND WORKING PRACTICES; PART 6 CONCLUSION

[Covers] constitutional jurisprudence in specific African jurisdictions, including Benin, Cameroon, Angola, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, and Ethiopia. There are also chapters discussing the impact of transjudicialism on constitutional adjudication, including the effects of international law norms and the work of regional and sub-regional courts in Africa. Another chapter expands on the influence of Ubuntu on constitutional adjudication in Africa. Finally, Professor Fombad's conclusion explores the further development of constitutional justice in Africa in the future ... The content is extensively annotated, providing citations to many other books and articles that researchers can use to perform a deeper dive into this subject. I am glad that Oxford University Press is publishing this series, and I am looking forward to exploring its future volumes as they are released.