African Judges, in Their Own Cause: Reconstituting Independent Courts in Contemporary Africa

Prempeh, H. Kwasi

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African Judges, in Their Own Cause: Reconstituting Independent Courts in Contemporary Africa

H. Kwasi Prempeh

Seton Hall University School of Law

International Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 4, No. 592, 2006
Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper No. 1016604

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This essay reviews Princeton political scientist Jennifer A. Widner's book, "Building the Rule of Law: Francis Nyalali and the Road to Judicial Independence in Africa" (2001).

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Keywords: Africa, judicial independence, judicial activism, courts

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Date posted: September 25, 2007

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Prempeh, H. Kwasi, African Judges, in Their Own Cause: Reconstituting Independent Courts in Contemporary Africa. International Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 4, No. 592, 2006; Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper No. 1016604. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1016604

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