Legal Aspects of Economic Integration in Africa / Richard Frimpong Oppong.
2011
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Title
Legal Aspects of Economic Integration in Africa / Richard Frimpong Oppong.
Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Copyright
©2011
Call Number
KQC742 .O67 2011
ISBN
9781107007178 (hardback)
1107007178 (hardback)
1107007178 (hardback)
Description
xxx, 371 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)689005569
Summary
"Richard Frimpong Oppong challenges the view that effective economic integration in Africa is hindered by purely socio-economic, political and infrastructural problems. Inspired by the comparative experiences of other regional economic communities and imbued with insights from constitutional, public and private international law, it argues that even if the socio-economic, political and infrastructural challenges were to disappear, the state of existing laws would hinder any progress. Using a relational framework as the fulcrum of analyses, it demonstrates that in Africa's economic integration processes, community-state, inter-state and inter-community legal relations have neither been carefully thought through nor situated on a solid legal framework, and that attempts made to provide legal framework have been incomplete and, sometimes, grounded on questionable assumptions. To overcome these problems and aid the economic integration agenda that is essential for Africa's long-term economic growth and development, concrete proposals for radical reforms to community and national laws are made"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-345) and index.
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Table of Contents
List of tables
xi
Acknowledgements
xii
Table of treaties
xiii
Table of cases (international/regional courts)
xviii
Table of cases (national courts)
xxiii
List of abbreviations
xxviii
Introduction
1
1.
Africa's economic integration - an introductory overview
6
1.1.
Introduction
6
1.2.
Relational issues and Africa's integration
12
1.3.
Selected RECs - an overview
14
1.3.1.
African Economic Community
17
1.3.2.
Economic Community of West African States
22
1.3.3.
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
23
1.3.4.
East African Community
24
1.3.5.
Southern African Development Community
25
1.4.
Socio-economic matrix of Africa's economic integration
26
1.5.
Conclusion
29
2.
Legal framework for managing relational issues
30
2.1.
Introduction
30
2.2.
Relational issues, public and private international law
32
2.3.
Economic community as a legal system
37
2.4.
Relational principles and mechanisms for economic integration
39
2.4.1.
Community autonomy as the foundation of relations
40
2.4.2.
Direct applicability of community law
42
2.4.3.
Direct effect of community law
44
2.4.4.
Supremacy of community law
47
2.4.5.
Preliminary reference procedure
48
2.4.6.
Individuals' participation and standing
51
2.4.7.
Inter-system jurisprudential communication
53
2.4.8.
Interpretive and adjudicative relational principles
55
2.4.9.
Recognition and enforcement of foreign normative acts
58
2.5.
Relational principles - features and importance of context
59
2.6.
Conclusion
62
3.
The AU, AEC and regional economic communities
64
3.1.
Introduction
64
3.2.
Existing regulatory legal framework
66
3.3.
Inter-community relational issues
69
3.3.1.
Legal status of AEC within the AU and RECs
69
3.3.2.
Future merger of the regional economic communities
72
3.3.3.
Conflict of laws and jurisdictions
76
3.3.4.
Multiple membership and inter-community relations
77
3.4.
Conclusion
81
4.
Community-state relations in Africa's economic integration
82
4.1.
Introduction
82
4.2.
Legal status of the AEC
84
4.2.1.
AEC as a legal system
84
4.2.2.
AEC and member states' sovereignty
88
4.3.
Supremacy of AEC law
92
4.3.1.
Response of national courts
97
4.3.2.
Political reaction
102
4.4.
Harmonization of law
106
4.4.1.
Differences in national laws
106
4.4.2.
Paths to harmonization of laws
111
4.5.
Conclusion
115
5.
Relational issues before the community courts
117
5.1.
Introduction
117
5.2.
Organization and jurisdiction
118
5.2.1.
Structure of the community courts
119
5.2.2.
Subject-matter jurisdiction
124
5.2.3.
Standing and preconditions
128
5.3.
Emerging jurisprudence
133
5.3.1.
Mwatela v. East Africa Community
134
5.3.2.
Anyang' Nyong'o v. AG of the Republic of Kenya (1 and 11)
135
5.3.3.
Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank v. Ogang
138
5.3.4.
Olajide Afolabi v. Federal Republic of Nigeria
138
5.3.5.
Mike Campbell v. Republic of Zimbabwe
139
5.4.
Community courts' jurisprudence and economic integration
142
5.4.1.
Role of individuals
142
5.4.2.
Role of national courts
149
5.4.3.
Role of public international law
156
5.4.4.
Sovereignty and inter-institutional relational problems
159
5.5.
Conclusion
164
6.
AU/AEC institutions and the enforcement of community law
165
6.1.
Introduction
165
6.2.
Institutions for the enforcement of AEC law
166
6.2.1.
Executive institutions
166
6.2.2.
Pan-African Parliament
169
6.2.3.
African Court of Justice
171
6.3.
AU institutions doubling as AEC institutions
183
6.4.
Looking beyond institutions
185
6.5.
Conclusion
186
7.
Implementing community law in African states
188
7.1.
Introduction
188
7.2.
Community treaties and community law implementation
189
7.2.1.
Direct applicability of community law
190
7.2.2.
Direct effect of community law
195
7.2.3.
`Automatically enforceable' community law
196
7.2.4.
Protecting implemented community laws
200
7.3.
National laws and community law implementation
203
7.3.1.
National constitutions and community law
203
7.3.2.
National judicial philosophy and community law
215
7.3.3.
National legal culture and community law
222
7.4.
Conclusion
227
8.
Inter-institutional relations: public-private international law dimensions
229
8.1.
Introduction
229
8.2.
Inter-institutional relational issues
231
8.2.1.
Arbitration in community courts - jurisdiction, choice of law and enforcement
231
8.2.2.
Enforcing judgments of community courts by national courts
244
8.2.3.
Using national courts to enforce community judgments - challenges
249
8.2.4.
Conflict of jurisdiction between community courts
255
8.2.5.
Judicial cooperation between community and national courts
259
8.3.
Model legislation on community judgments enforcement and judicial cooperation
264
8.3.1.
Enforcement of Community Judgments Act
264
8.3.2.
Judicial Cooperation with Community Courts Act
267
8.4.
Conclusion
270
9.
Interstate relations, economic transactions and private international law
271
9.1.
Introduction
271
9.2.
Function of private international law in communities
272
9.3.
Measuring strength of interstate legal relations in Africa
275
9.3.1.
Through a private international law lens
275
9.3.2.
Through a comparative law lens
281
9.4.
Private international law and economic transactions
285
9.4.1.
History and relevance
285
9.4.2.
Enforcement of foreign judgments
288
9.5.
Developing a private international law regime to aid integration
298
9.5.1.
State of existing regime
298
9.5.2.
Role of various constituencies
302
9.5.3.
Need for continental and international engagement
306
9.5.4.
Values to inform Africa's private international law regime
308
9.6.
Conclusion
309
10.
Conclusion
310
10.1.
The current state of affairs
310
10.2.
Moving forward
318
Bibliography
320
Index
346