Constitution-Building in Africa

Recht und Verfassung in Afrika - Law and Constitution in Africa 26

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Constitution-Building in Africa

Edited by: Jaap de Visser, Nico Steytler, Derek Powell and Ebenezer Durojaye

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Table of Contents

Constitution-building in Africa: introductory remarks 9 Jaap de Visser, Nico Steytler, Derek Powell, Ebenezer Durojaye

The Global Political Agreement (GPA) Constitution in Zimbabwe: A New People-Driven Constitution or a Misnomer? Wurayayi Zembe and Octavious Chido Masunda 19 Wurayayi Zembe

Standing on the Sidelines Watching: Women and Zambia’s Constitutional Processes 48 Tabeth Masengu

Pre-Testing Proposed Constitutions through Intelligent Scenario- Building as a Means of Promoting Their Viability: A Case Study of Kenya 75 Linda Musumba

The Inevitable: Devolution in Zimbabwe – From Constitution- Making to the Future 104 Davison Muchadenyika

The Best Loser System in Mauritius: An Essential Electoral Tool for Representing Political Minorities 135 Amar Roopanand Mahadew

The Judiciary: Emerging Vanguard of Kenya’s New Constitution 161 Melizsa Mugyenyi

Reflections on Transitional Constitutional Law in the Light of the Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Courts of the Comoros and Madagascar 182 Laurent Sermet

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They Keep Saying, ‘My President, My Emperor, and My All’: Seeking an Antidote to the Perpetual Threat to Constitutionalism in Malawi 200 Enoch MacDonnell Chilemba

Legislative–Executive Relations in the Ethiopian Parliamentary System: Towards Institutional and Legal Reform 239 Assefa Fiseha

More than Enacting a Just Constitution: Lessons from Kenya on the Challenges of Establishing a Rule-Based Democratic Politics 271 Solomon Ayele Dersso

Why Do Constitutions in Africa Not Stand the Test of Time? Lessons and Perspectives from Uganda 293 Sauda Nabukenya

Index 327