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Madagascar experiences, once more, political unrest and military intervention in its political life. President Rajoelina, a major political figure especially since 2009, lost his power in October 2025, and it is presently still not clear towards...

The persistence of military coups in the Global South raises new questions in terms of how constitution-makers use constitutions to prevent, deter or resist a coup and to what effect. In this article, we examine how constitution-makers respond to...

In India’s federal constitution, the urban housing agenda is allotted to the state governments. However, the overzealousness of the union government has meant that little of this power has been exercised by the state governments, with policies...

This article interrogates the role of the Public Trust Doctrine in adjudicating urban land disputes, particularly in the context of informal settlements. Through a comparative analysis of Indian and South African jurisprudence, it argues that Indian...

While the establishment of Indonesia’s Constitutional Court is traditionally viewed as an altruistic milestone for institutionalizing democracy and constitutionalism, this narrative remains unsatisfactory when scrutinized through a political...

In India’s booming urban sprawl, Muslim communities are being boxed into corners geographically, socially, and economically. This paper explores the socio-spatial segregation of Muslim communities in Indian megacities, focusing on how systemic...

Possibly more so than ever before, postcolonial states in Africa are pushing back against the hegemony of the liberal democratic model. Such arguments have explained how liberal democracy does not centre socioeconomic rights and group rights enough...

Democracy, as a political system that promotes the participation of all in public management, is implemented in ways that are coloured by the historical and political cultures of the peoples to whom it is to be applied. Cultural and ethnic mosaic,...

Adherence to the Rule of Law is one of the fundamental principles of the East African Community (EAC), anchored in the Treaty establishing the Community. The main judicial organ of the EAC—the East African Court of Justice (EACJ)—and the Supreme...

By replicating the French Constitution at the time of independence, the constitutions of sub-Saharan African states emerging from French colonization incorporated its model of nationhood. Consequently, they largely disregarded the existence of...

In Africa, the persistence of post-electoral crises despite national legal and political solutions necessitates an exploration of alternative remedies. The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) presents a credible and serious...

In midst of unpredictable geopolitical changes accompanying the end of the post-Cold War convergence around liberal-democratic-capitalist ideas, it is difficult to predict what the next global order would look like. What is however very likely is...

Following a series of disputes between the Judiciary and Legislative branches in Brazil, and in the face of yet another myriad of lawsuits focusing on a range of issues regarding indigenous lands, the Brazilian Supreme Court set up a conciliation...

This article investigates the enduring impact of colonialism on gender equality in post-colonial Commonwealth nations, focusing specifically on examples from West Africa and the Caribbean. It focuses on discriminatory provisions embedded in the...