Human Rights and African Customary Law Under the South African Constitution
Author: T. W. Bennett
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 272
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKReprint of the 1995 edition with 1999 addendum.
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Human Rights and African Customary Law Under the South African Constitution
Author: T. W. Bennett
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 174
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHuman Rights Under African Constitutions
Author: Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2013-10-09
Total Pages: 446
ISBN-13: 0812201108
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSome of the most massive and persistent violations of human rights occur in African nations. In Human Rights Under African Constitutions: Realizing the Promise for Ourselves, scholars from a wide range of fields present a sober, systematic assessment of the prospects for legal protection of human rights in Africa. In a series of detailed and highly contextual studies of Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, and Uganda, experts seek to balance the socioeconomic and political diversity of these nations while using the same theoretical framework of legal analysis for each case study. Standards for human rights protection can be realized only through direct and strong support from a nation's legal and political institutions. The contributors to this volume uniformly conclude that a well-informed and motivated citizenry is the most powerful force for creating the political will necessary to effect change at the national level. In addition to a critical evaluation of the current state of human rights protection in each of these African nations, the contributors outline existing national resources available for protecting human rights and provide recommendations for more effective and practical use of these resources.
The Future of African Customary Law
Author: Jeanmarie Fenrich
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011-07-18
Total Pages: 563
ISBN-13: 1139497820
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book promotes discussion and understanding of customary law and explores its continued relevance in sub-Saharan Africa. It considers the characteristics of customary law and efforts to ascertain and codify customary law, and how this body of law differs in content, form and status from legislation and common law.
African Customary Law: An Introduction
Author: Peter Onyango
Publisher: African Books Collective
Published: 2013-12-29
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9966031928
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe author is a Don at the School of Law, University of Nairobi Kenya and a development consultant with various NGOs and other international bodies in Eastern Africa region and Italy. He is a researcher and writer of articles and texts on matters concerning law and culture. Dr. Onyango is an expert in modern legal science with wide knowledge of law ranging from comparative legal system, international public law, ethics, philosophy, theology, sociology, mass media and social realities today. He is currently teaching Social Foundations of Law, Customary Law, International Public Law and International Relations at the University of Nairobi and he is a part-time lecturer at St. Pauls University. Among his publication are Cultural Gap and Economic Crisis in Africa and, Dholuo Grammar for Beginners.
Human dignity and fundamental rights in South Africa and Ireland
Author: Anne Hughes
Publisher: PULP
Published: 2014-04-11
Total Pages: 659
ISBN-13: 1920538216
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPost-apartheid South Africa has yielded enlightened judicial decisions in contrast to the limited interpretation of human rights in Ireland. The value of human dignity with its central position in international law underpins both countries’ Constitutions, but has left a more striking mark in South Africa. There it has impacted significantly on punishment for crimes, family life, children’s rights, defamation, sexual violence investigations, substantive equality and socio-economic rights. Practical guidance can be gleaned from South Africa to revitalise Irish jurisprudence. While its focus is on South Africa and Ireland, this book draws on the experience of many countries and regions.
Human Rights in Africa
Author: C. R. M. Dlamini
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 192
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Commentary on the South African Bill of Rights
Author: G. E. Devenish
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 740
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKInternational Law and Domestic Human Rights Litigation in Africa
Author: Magnus Killander
Publisher: PULP
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 0986985724
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"African civil law countries are traditionally described as monist and common law countries as dualist. This book illustrates that the monism-dualism dichotomy is too simplistic, in particular in the field of human rights. Academics and practitioners from across the continent illustrate how domestic courts in Africa have engaged with international human rights law to interpret or fill gaps in national bills of rights. The authors also consider the challenges encountered in increasing the use of international human rights law by African domestic courts."--Back cover.
The Protection of Human Rights in South Africa
Author: John C. Mubangizi
Publisher: Juta and Company Ltd
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780702167300
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book provides useful information about international human rights norms and their relevance to South Africa. Considering the interplay between international and domestic human rights standards, it explains and explores how the South African Constitution protects human rights.
