A discourse on just and unjust legal institutions in African English-speaking countries / Ejakait (J.S.E.) Opolot.
2002
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Title
A discourse on just and unjust legal institutions in African English-speaking countries / Ejakait (J.S.E.) Opolot.
Published
Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, [2002]
Copyright
©2002
Call Number
KQC457 .O66 2002
Former Call Number
Af 710 Op5 2002
ISBN
0773470069
0889461759 (AS Series)
0889461759 (AS Series)
Description
x, 311 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)49565294
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-291) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Commendatory Preface / McKen V. Carrington
Acknowledgments
Ch. I
Introduction
1
Inter-Related Attendant Major Themes and Issues
9
Definitions of the Key Terms
17
The Theoretical Perspective Focus of the Book
20
Ch. II
The Colonial Courts
25
Ch. III
Post-Colonial Courts from the 1960s Through the 1980s
95
Self-Government as a Prelude to Independence
98
The Former British Colonies as Members of the Commonwealth the Initial Constitutions
108
Court Personnel Other than Judges and Magistrates Appointment of Judges: Appointment Past and Present Practices
147
Independence of the Judiciary as an Ideal and
151
Professional Conduct
157
Confrontations Over the Independence of the Judiciary
158
The Vulnerability of the Legislatures/Parliaments
169
Ch. IV
Efforts at Restructuring the Judiciary
191
New Checks and Balances Between the Executive and the Judiciary: Appointment of Ombudsman
210
Doctoral Dissertations on Gender-Related Issues
218
Efforts to Evolve a Single Model of Judiciary: The Cameroon Case in Point
221
Ch. V
Summary and Conclusions
231
Bibliography
263
App. A
African Charter on Human and People's Rights
292
App. B
Constitution and Statutes of the International Association of Colleges
300
App. C
Results of Woods (1972) Survey of the African Faculty of Law Academic Programs
304
App. D
The Dakar Declaration on the Right to Fair Trial in Africa
308