African Regional Community Courts and their Contribution to Continental Integration
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- Recht und Verfassung in Afrika - Law and Constitution in Africa, Volume 29
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- 2016
Summary
African Regional Communities have been portrayed by international legal scholars on a regular basis. Yet, this is only partially the case with regard to their respective judicial organs. For the first time a contribution exclusively focuses on the West African ECOWAS, the Southern African SADC and the East African EAC courts and their jurisprudence.
After outlining the potential of community courts to contribute to integration follows a microscopic analysis of pertinent extracts from their judgments regarding the courts‘ methodology, their jurisdiction and procedural law, the hierarchy between community and national legislation, the question of regional human rights protection and the essential obstacle to integration, which is non-compliance. The research is completed by evaluating whether the three courts had a share in the integration process and to what extent they are able to further promote integration in the future.
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- 2016
- ISBN-Print
- 978-3-8487-3132-9
- ISBN-Online
- 978-3-8452-7500-0
- Publisher
- Nomos, Baden-Baden
- Series
- Recht und Verfassung in Afrika - Law and Constitution in Africa
- Volume
- 29
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 392
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Table of contents
- Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 28
- 1.1.1 The case of the Court of Justice of the European Union No access
- 1.1.2 The freedom of scope of African Community Courts No access
- 1.2.1 Assessment criteria: Structure, process and outcome No access
- 1.2.2.1 Dependency on state consent No access
- 1.2.2.2 Jurisdiction No access
- 1.2.2.3 Case load and case quality No access
- 1.2.2.4 Differences of legal systems and cultures No access
- 1.2.2.5 Characteristics of judiciaries No access
- 1.3 Overview of contents and clarifications No access
- 2.1 Introduction No access
- 2.2 Regionalism as an alternative No access
- 2.3.1 Economic integration No access
- 2.3.2 Political integration No access
- 2.3.3 Legal integration No access
- 2.4.1 The Economic Community of West African States No access
- 2.4.2 The Southern African Development Community No access
- 2.4.3 The East African Community No access
- 2.4.4 Three communities and one objective No access
- 2.4.5 External environmental outlook No access
- 2.5 Conclusion No access
- 3.1 Introduction No access
- 3.2.1 The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States No access
- 3.2.2 The Southern African Development Community Tribunal No access
- 3.2.3 The East African Community Court of Justice No access
- 3.2.4 Strategic plans and extra-judicial activities No access
- 3.3.1 Qualification requirements and nomination procedure No access
- 3.3.2 Ensuring independence No access
- 3.3.3 Removal from office No access
- 3.4 Court administration and finances No access
- 3.5 Conclusion No access
- 4.1 Introduction No access
- 4.2 Structure and outline No access
- 4.3.1 Diction and characteristics of style in judgment composition No access
- 4.3.2 Proportionality of language No access
- 4.4.1 Judicial discretion No access
- 4.4.2 Instruments for decision-making No access
- 4.4.3 Logic and comprehensibility for legally impermeable derivations No access
- 4.5 Conclusion No access
- 5.1 Introduction No access
- 5.2.1.1 Interpretation and application of Treaties No access
- 5.2.1.2 Internal community-employee disputes No access
- 5.2.1.3 Arbitral jurisdiction No access
- 5.2.1.4.1 Southern Africa: Deriving human rights jurisdiction from Campbell v. Zimbabwe No access
- 5.2.1.4.2 East Africa: Deriving human rights jurisdiction from Katabazi v. Uganda No access
- 5.2.2.1 Actors and constellations No access
- 5.2.2.2.1 Koraou v. Niger: The local remedies rule in West Africa No access
- 5.2.2.2.2 Campbell v. Zimbabwe: Applying the exception to the local remedies rule in Southern Africa No access
- 5.2.2.2.3 Rugumba v. Rwanda: The local remedies rule in East Africa No access
- 5.2.2.2.4 Locus standi No access
- 5.2.3 Territorial and temporal jurisdiction No access
- 5.2.4 Conflict of jurisdiction: The principles of lis pendens and res judicata No access
- 5.2.5 Appellate jurisdiction No access
- 5.3.1 Written proceedings No access
- 5.3.2 Oral proceedings No access
- 5.3.3 Judgment publication and legal effects No access
- 5.4.1 Issuance of interim measures No access
- 5.4.2 Third party interventions No access
- 5.4.3 Preliminary reference procedure No access
- 5.4.4 Advisory opinions No access
- 5.5 Conclusion No access
- 6.1 Introduction No access
- 6.2.1 Supremacy, direct applicability and direct effect of community law No access
- 6.2.2 Implications of relational principles for the integration process No access
- 6.2.3 The law of integration: Instruments of community legislation No access
- 6.3.1 Implications from Anyang’ Nyong’o v. Kenya No access
- 6.3.2 Implications from the Zimbabwean land reform law suits No access
- 6.3.3 Commonalities in legal reasoning and decision-making No access
- 6.3.4.1 Harmonization of laws as a third path in East Africa No access
- 6.3.4.2 Putting legislative theory into practice – experiences from West Africa No access
- 6.3.4.3 Addressing the need for cross-border related applications in West and Southern Africa No access
- 6.3.4.4 Integrative jurisprudence through common market law and proper jurisdiction: Recent developments in East Africa No access
- 6.4.1 National legal culture as a factor for assessing the integrative potential of jurisprudence No access
- 6.4.2 The role of national courts in clarifying community law status No access
- 6.4.3 Interim conclusion: (Un)justified reluctance on the part of national courts? No access
- 6.5 Conclusion No access
- 7.1 Introduction No access
- 7.2.1 Human rights agendas in Regional Economic Communities? No access
- 7.2.2 The legal dimension of community human rights objectives No access
- 7.3.1 Human rights case law to strengthen the environment of integration No access
- 7.3.2 Fostering economic freedoms through human rights No access
- 7.4.1.1 Community Courts as proper fora for human rights protection No access
- 7.4.1.2 The applicable human rights law No access
- 7.4.1.3 Relational problems of a four-level human rights system No access
- 7.4.2 First steps towards a continental human rights architecture No access
- 7.5 Conclusion No access
- 8.1.1 Solely a question of legitimacy? No access
- 8.1.2 Understanding non-compliance to ease legitimacy challenges No access
- 8.2 Non-compliance as a common theme in international regimes No access
- 8.3.1 Judgment enforcement in Regional Communities No access
- 8.3.2 Comparative approach: The European Union enforcement mechanism No access
- 8.3.3 Evaluation of enforcement mechanisms No access
- 8.4.1 European enforcement schemes as solution statement for African Regional Communities? No access
- 8.4.2.1 Stage one: No relation of non-compliance due to resource incapacities or legal uncertainty No access
- 8.4.2.2 Stage two: Calling on community main institutions No access
- 8.4.2.3 Stage three: Court ruling on sanctions No access
- 8.4.2.4 Stage four: Suspension of membership No access
- 8.5 Conclusion No access
- 9.1.1 The Courts’ contribution to integration: Putting the findings into perspective No access
- 9.1.2 Legal transplants for African economic integration? No access
- 9.2 Extending the effective range: Proposals to effectuating the integration process No access
- 9.3 Future outlook No access
- Bibliography No access Pages 373 - 392
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