Chapter 4: Constitutional review in Africa

• Hoofdauteur: Böckenförde, Markus (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Cheltenham, UK Edward Elgar Publishing 2022
• Onderwerpen: LAM; Constitutional judicial review; Africa; Basic structure doctrine; Benin; Ethiopia; Kenya
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This chapter discusses the exogenous (colonial legacy) and endogenous (configuration of political elites were at the table during the drafting of new transformational constitutions) factors that have left imprints on the design of the constitutional adjudication/review system. The chapter notes that...