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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789282503321

Autore

Franceschi Luis Gabriel

Titolo

The African human rights judicial system : streamlining structures and domestication mechanisms viewed from the foreign affairs power perspective / / by Luis Gabriel Franceschi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, [England] : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-5794-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (348 p.)

Disciplina

323.096

Soggetti

Human rights - Africa

International agencies - Africa

Judicial process - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONSAfDB; TABLE OF CASES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; EPILOGUE; CONCLUSIONS; CHRONOLOGY OF AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS; APPENDIX I; APPENDIX II; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book deals with two interconnected yet often forgotten realities of the constitutional order in Africa: first, the 'foreign affairs power' that gives the specific organs of the State the capacity to create and empower universal, regional and sub-regional governance and judicial structures. Secondly, the 'international judicial function in Africa', with a specific focus on the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and the upcoming merger with the African Court of Justice to form one ...