"Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America" analyses legal and constitutional developments in all states or regions outside of Europe as well as their regional and international integration. Founded in 1968 and inspired by decolonization and the idea of a cooperative new beginning, the Journal also promotes a special interest in contributions on 'Law and development'. The journal aims to provide a forum for a variety of perspectives on these fields of interest, be they focused on one country or comparative, theoretical or methodological in nature. Next to extensive articles, the journal publishes shorter reports about current events or conferences as well as book reviews. As a special service, each issue of "Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America" contains an international bibliography of relevant publications from around the world. This is compiled in cooperation with the Leibniz-Institute for Global and Regional Studies in Hamburg (GIGA). "Law and Politics" addresses authors and readers on all continents and aims to serve as a forum of mutual exchange. The journal is open for contributions from legal and social sciences as well as for analyses from practitioners. The journal is published quarterly and welcomes contributions in German, English, Spanish and French. Website: www.vrue.nomos.de
This conference celebrates 50 years of our journal “Verfassung und Recht in Übersee”. “Verfassung und Recht in Übersee“, literally “constitution and law overseas”, was founded in 1968. In 1974, acknowledging the fact that from the...
This article responds to the criticism that the “second wave” of socio-economic rights judgments by the South African Constitutional Court unduly defers socio-economic dispute resolution to “outside” democratic structures. Given that...
People’s faith in constitutionalism has become an essential factor in how politics are shaped and performed all over the world. Especially in post-socialist and postcolonial countries constitutions have become icons of national identification but...
In 2015, Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) jointly committed to support the Sustainable Development Goals. This milestone illustrates the gradual integration of the principle of sustainable development in MDB activities over the last forty...
Building on the Brunnée and Toope’s theory of interactional law and its use of Fuller’s criteria of legality, this paper argues that the World Bank safeguards, especially their reincarnation through the Environmental and Social Framework (ESF),...
On 16 June 2017 a special bill on the abdication of the Emperor was promulgated in Japan thereby allowing Emperor Akihito, 83 years old at that time, to step down, the first Emperor to do so in the last 200 years. At first sight, this decision...