Federalism and the Courts in Africa: Design and Impact in Comparative Perspective, 1st Edition eBook

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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 organization 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. The book will be of interest to researchers and policy-makers in the areas of comparative constitutional law and comparative politics.

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Federalism and the Courts in Africa: Design and Impact in Comparative Perspective 1st Edition is written by Yonatan T. Fessha; Karl Kössler and published by Routledge. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Federalism and the Courts in Africa are 9781000042245, 1000042243 and the print ISBNs are 9781032237817, 1032237813. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9780367266707, 9780429294501, 9781000042214, 9781000042184.