Transitional justice, judicial accountability and the rule of law / / Hakeem O. Yusuf

• Autore: Yusuf Hakeem
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Disciplina: 347.669
• Soggetto topico: Law reform - Nigeria; Justice, Administration of - Nigeria; Rule of law - Nigeria; Transitional justice - Nigeria
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: "A GlassHouse book".
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-199) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The case for judicial accountability in transitions -- Truth, transition, and accountability of the judiciary -- Political change and judicial reform : an international and comparative -- Perspective -- Judicial accountability in political transitions : the Nigerian context -- Rights, the judiciary, and constitutionalism in transitions -- Transition and the judicialization of politics : dialectics of a phenomenon -- Courts to the rescue? : the judicialization of politics in Nigeria.
• Sommario/riassunto: Transitional Justice, Judicial Accountability and the Rule of Law addresses the importance of judicial accountability in transitional justice processes. Despite a general consensus that the judiciary plays an important role in contemporary governance, accountability for the judicial role in formerly authoritarian societies remains largely elided and under-researched. Hakeem O. Yusuf argues that the purview of transitional justice mechanisms should, as a matter of policy, be extended to scrutiny of the judicial role in the past. Through a critical comparative approach that cuts thro
• Titolo autorizzato: Transitional justice, judicial accountability and the rule of law
• ISBN: 1-136-97163-7; 1-136-97164-5; 1-282-58640-8; 9786612586408; 0-203-85175-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458905703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Transitional justice.