Human rights under African constitutions : realizing the promise for ourselves
Human rights under African constitutions : realizing the promise for ourselves realizing the promise for ourselves /
edited by Abdullahi Ahmen An-Naʻim.
- Philadelphia, PA : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003.
- x, 434 p. ; 25 cm.
- Pennsylvania studies in human rights .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Expanding legal protection of human rights in African contexts / Ethiopia: processes of democratization and development / Ghana: competing visions of liberal democracy and socialism / Guinea: building the rule of law for social development / Morocco: the imperative of democratic transition / Mozambique: nurturingjustice from liberation zones to a stable democratic state / Nigeria: combating legacies of colonialism and militarism / Rwanda: building constitutional order in the aftermath of genocide / South Africa: the interdependence of all human rights / Sudan: in the shadows of civil war and politicization of Islam / Uganda: the long and uncertain road to democracy / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im -- Meaza Ashenafi -- Nana K.A. Busia. Jr. -- Ibrahima Kane -- Abdelaziz Nouaydi -- Luis Mondlane -- Chinonye Obiagwu and Chidi Anselm Odinkalu -- Bibiane Mbaye Gahamanyi -- Lucrecia Seafield -- Siddig A. Hussein -- Livingstone Sewanyana and Taaka Awori.
9780812236774 (cloth : alk. paper)
2002074030
Human rights--Africa.
Rule of law--Africa.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)--Afrique.
Règle de droit--Afrique.
Africa--Politics and government.
Afrique--Politique et gouvernement.
JC599.A36 / H88 2003
323/.096
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Expanding legal protection of human rights in African contexts / Ethiopia: processes of democratization and development / Ghana: competing visions of liberal democracy and socialism / Guinea: building the rule of law for social development / Morocco: the imperative of democratic transition / Mozambique: nurturingjustice from liberation zones to a stable democratic state / Nigeria: combating legacies of colonialism and militarism / Rwanda: building constitutional order in the aftermath of genocide / South Africa: the interdependence of all human rights / Sudan: in the shadows of civil war and politicization of Islam / Uganda: the long and uncertain road to democracy / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im -- Meaza Ashenafi -- Nana K.A. Busia. Jr. -- Ibrahima Kane -- Abdelaziz Nouaydi -- Luis Mondlane -- Chinonye Obiagwu and Chidi Anselm Odinkalu -- Bibiane Mbaye Gahamanyi -- Lucrecia Seafield -- Siddig A. Hussein -- Livingstone Sewanyana and Taaka Awori.
9780812236774 (cloth : alk. paper)
2002074030
Human rights--Africa.
Rule of law--Africa.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)--Afrique.
Règle de droit--Afrique.
Africa--Politics and government.
Afrique--Politique et gouvernement.
JC599.A36 / H88 2003
323/.096