Dr Kofi Otneg Kufuor is a Reader in the School of Law, University of East London, UK. He was previously Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House).

• Contents: Preface; Introduction; Schools of thought for the study of ECOWAS: new institutional economics and ordoliberalism; The origins and evolution of regional integration in West Africa; The revised ECOWAS Treaty; The exclusion of domestic interests from decision-making within ECOWAS constituent units; The utility of National Courts and private citizens in ECOWAS; Recent centralizing tendencies in the community; Conclusion; Appendix; Index.

'A significant contribution to the scholarship on the challenges to economic integration among African States.' Ben Chigara, Brunel University, UK

Dr Kofi Otneg Kufuor is a Reader in the School of Law, University of East London, UK. He was previously Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House).

• Contents: Preface; Introduction; Schools of thought for the study of ECOWAS: new institutional economics and ordoliberalism; The origins and evolution of regional integration in West Africa; The revised ECOWAS Treaty; The exclusion of domestic interests from decision-making within ECOWAS constituent units; The utility of National Courts and private citizens in ECOWAS; Recent centralizing tendencies in the community; Conclusion; Appendix; Index.

'A significant contribution to the scholarship on the challenges to economic integration among African States.' Ben Chigara, Brunel University, UK

Dr Kofi Otneg Kufuor is a Reader in the School of Law, University of East London, UK. He was previously Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House).

• Contents: Preface; Introduction; Schools of thought for the study of ECOWAS: new institutional economics and ordoliberalism; The origins and evolution of regional integration in West Africa; The revised ECOWAS Treaty; The exclusion of domestic interests from decision-making within ECOWAS constituent units; The utility of National Courts and private citizens in ECOWAS; Recent centralizing tendencies in the community; Conclusion; Appendix; Index.

'A significant contribution to the scholarship on the challenges to economic integration among African States.' Ben Chigara, Brunel University, UK