As long as the search for the global constitution remains an aspiration of comparative
constitutional scholarship, the ability to identify trends and forces that drive constitutions …

The book examines if and to what extent the proliferation of direct military assistance on the
request of a recognized government is changing the rules regulating the use of force. Since …

A Theory of African Constitutionalism asks and seeks to answer why we need a new
theoretical framework for African constitutionalism and how this could offer us better …

After the collapse of the Soviet bloc, there are only five socialist or communist countries left
in the world–China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, and Vietnam–which constitute about one …

Names: Lynch, Gabrielle, editor.| VonDoepp, Peter, 1967–editor, author. Title: Routledge
handbook of democratization in Africa/edited by Gabrielle Lynch and Peter VonDoepp …

Constitution-building is a delicate and intricate process which requires ample reflection and
careful choices. African constitution-builders and politicians have since the beginning of the …

ABSTRACT In adopting the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (" African
Child Charter") on July 1, 1990, Africans, through the Organization ofAfrican Unity, officially …

Abstract In 1992 Thomas Franck proclaimed an emerging right to democratic governance in
international law. With reference to developments in the Organization of American States …

Throughout history, scholars and practitioners have struggled to define the political concept
generally referred to as democracy. That exasperation in seeking a definition for democracy …

A central quest in post-Cold War Africa has been to bring the Leviathan of the untrammelled
ruler to heel by means of constitutionalism and, to a lesser extent, decentralisation. 1 …