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The Tunisian constitutional transition and debates: Islam, women and other actors in the wake of the post Jasmine revolution
(2020)
The Arab uprising in Tunisia, dubbed the Jasmine Revolution
began in 2010, protesting against unemployment, corruption,
injustice and the absence of basic freedoms. The Jasmine
Revolution ousted Ben Ali, the then president ...
Derrida's 'The Purveyor of Truth' and constitutional reading
(Springer, 2008)
In this article the author explores Jacques Derrida’s reading in ‘The Purveyor of Truth’ of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Purloined Letter’. In his essay, Derrida proposes a reading which differs markedly from the interpretation ...
The role of constitution making and institution building in furthering peace, justice and development: South Africa’s democratic transition
(Oxford University Press, 2010)
The international community accepts that peace, justice and development are indivisible properties of human freedom and thus wants a more coordinated approach to post conflict recovery. Today, transitions to democracy are ...
The trial of civilians before courts martial in Uganda: Analysing the jurisprudence of Ugandan courts in the light of the drafting history of articles 129(1)(d) and 120(a) of the constitution
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2022)
Unlike in the constitutions of other African countries such as
Botswana and Lesotho, where the relationship between the High
Court and courts martial is stipulated, the Ugandan Constitution
1995 (the Constitution) does ...
Fact sheets on decentralisation in Africa
(UTS ePRESS, 2022)
A growing number of African countries are considering or implementing reforms that include forms of decentralisation. At times, these reforms are underpinned by (recent) constitutional change, as in Mozambique (2018), ...
Constitutionalism and electoral authoritarianism in Ethiopia: From EPRDF to EPP
(Oxford University, 2020)
Ethiopia has had little experience of democratic political systems. For centuries it
was a monarchy, ruled by successive emperors who traced their political authority
to divine sources as opposed to the people.1 Although ...
South Africa: Homosexual Muslims in South Africa: Some legal implications, including constitutional, marriage and succession’
(Intersentia, 2022)
This chapter focuses on the succession rights and testamentary freedom of male (gay) and female (lesbian) homosexuals in Islam and in South Africa. It highlights that, although the practice of male homosexuality and same-sex ...
Private prosecution in Nigeria under the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015
(Cambridge University Press, 2019)
Private prosecutions have been part of the Nigerian legal system for a long time. In
2015, the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) came into force. The ACJA
provides for, inter alia, circumstances in which a ...