Federalism and the courts in Africa : design and impact in comparative perspective /
Federalism and the courts in Africa : design and impact in comparative perspective /
edited by Yonatan T. Fessha and Karl Kössler.
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020.
- 1 online resource (xiii, 167 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Judicial Federalism in Comparative Perspective / Federalism and the Courts in Nigeria / Giving 'Shape and Texture' to the Federal System? Ethiopia's Courts and its Unusual Umpire / The Courts and the Provinces in South Africa / The Courts and Local Governments in South Africa / The Courts and Devolution: The Kenyan Experience / Comparative Observations / Karl Kössler and Yonatan Fessha -- Erin F. Delaney -- Patrick Ukata -- Yonatan Fessha and Zemelak Ayele -- Victoria Bronstein -- Oliver Fuo -- Conrad M. Bosire -- Yonatan Fessha and Karl Kössler.
"This volume examines the design and impact of courts in African federal systems from a comparative perspective. Recent developments indicate that the previously stymied idea of federalism is now being revived in the constitutional arrangements of several African countries. A number of them jumped on the bandwagon of federalism in the early 1990s because it came to be seen as a means to facilitate development, to counter the concentration of power in a single governmental actor and to manage communal tensions. An important part of the move towards federalism is the establishment of courts that are empowered to umpire intergovernmental disputes. This edited volume brings together contributions that first discuss questions of design by focusing, in particular, on the organisation of the judiciary and the appointment of judges in African federal systems. They then examine whether courts have had a rather centralizing or decentralizing impact on the operation of African federal systems"--
Yonatan T. Fessha (LL. B, LL. M, Ph. D.), currently a Marie Curie Fellow at Eurac Research Bolzano/Bozen (Italy), is Professor of Law at the University of the Western Cape. His research interests include constitutional law and human rights. His teaching and research focuses on examining the relevance of constitutional design in dealing with the challenges of divided societies. He has published widely on matters pertaining to but not limited to federalism, constitutional design, autonomy and politicized ethnicity. Karl K�ssler is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Comparative Federalism at Eurac Research Bolzano/Bozen (Italy). He received his Ph. D. in comparative public law and political science from the University of Innsbruck (Austria). His main fields of interest and expertise are comparative federalism and local government studies, as well as constitutional design in divided societies.
9781000042245 9781000042184 1000042189 9781000042214 1000042219
10.4324/9780429294501 doi
2019051361
GBC027478 bnb
019718878 Uk
Courts--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
State courts--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Federal government--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
LAW--General.
LAW--Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
LAW--Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation.
Courts.
Federal government.
State courts.
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Electronic books.
KQC608 / .F43 2020
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Judicial Federalism in Comparative Perspective / Federalism and the Courts in Nigeria / Giving 'Shape and Texture' to the Federal System? Ethiopia's Courts and its Unusual Umpire / The Courts and the Provinces in South Africa / The Courts and Local Governments in South Africa / The Courts and Devolution: The Kenyan Experience / Comparative Observations / Karl Kössler and Yonatan Fessha -- Erin F. Delaney -- Patrick Ukata -- Yonatan Fessha and Zemelak Ayele -- Victoria Bronstein -- Oliver Fuo -- Conrad M. Bosire -- Yonatan Fessha and Karl Kössler.
"This volume examines the design and impact of courts in African federal systems from a comparative perspective. Recent developments indicate that the previously stymied idea of federalism is now being revived in the constitutional arrangements of several African countries. A number of them jumped on the bandwagon of federalism in the early 1990s because it came to be seen as a means to facilitate development, to counter the concentration of power in a single governmental actor and to manage communal tensions. An important part of the move towards federalism is the establishment of courts that are empowered to umpire intergovernmental disputes. This edited volume brings together contributions that first discuss questions of design by focusing, in particular, on the organisation of the judiciary and the appointment of judges in African federal systems. They then examine whether courts have had a rather centralizing or decentralizing impact on the operation of African federal systems"--
Yonatan T. Fessha (LL. B, LL. M, Ph. D.), currently a Marie Curie Fellow at Eurac Research Bolzano/Bozen (Italy), is Professor of Law at the University of the Western Cape. His research interests include constitutional law and human rights. His teaching and research focuses on examining the relevance of constitutional design in dealing with the challenges of divided societies. He has published widely on matters pertaining to but not limited to federalism, constitutional design, autonomy and politicized ethnicity. Karl K�ssler is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Comparative Federalism at Eurac Research Bolzano/Bozen (Italy). He received his Ph. D. in comparative public law and political science from the University of Innsbruck (Austria). His main fields of interest and expertise are comparative federalism and local government studies, as well as constitutional design in divided societies.
9781000042245 9781000042184 1000042189 9781000042214 1000042219
10.4324/9780429294501 doi
2019051361
GBC027478 bnb
019718878 Uk
Courts--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
State courts--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Federal government--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
LAW--General.
LAW--Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
LAW--Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation.
Courts.
Federal government.
State courts.
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Electronic books.
KQC608 / .F43 2020