TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hatchard,John
AU  - Ndulo,Muna
AU  - Slinn,Peter
TI  - Comparative constitutionalism and good governance in the Commonwealth: an Eastern and Southern African perspective 
SN  - 1280540974
AV  - KQC522 .H68 2004
U1  - 342.602342.6802 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Constitutional law
KW  - Africa, East
KW  - Africa, Southern
KW  - Commonwealth countries
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-342) and index; COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CASES; CONSTITUTIONS; STATUTES; OTHER INSTRUMENTS; Introduction; 1 The democratic state in Africa: setting the scene; 2 Constitutions and the search for a viable political order; 3 Devising popular and durable national constitutions: the new constitutions of the 1990s; 4 Perfecting imperfections: amending a constitution; 5 Presidentialism and restraints upon executive power; 6 Enhancing access to the political system; 7 Making legislatures effective; 8 The judiciary and the protection of constitutional rights; 9 The devolution of power to local communities10 Developing autochthonous oversight bodies: human rights commissions and of.ces of the ombudsman; 11 Seeking constitutional control of the military; 12 Constitutionalism and emergency powers; 13 Constitutional governance: the lessons from southern and eastern experience; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
N2  - Key constitutional issues in the process of developing, strengthening and consolidating the capacity of states to ensure good governance are analysed here. Utilising comparative material, the book draws lessons about the problems of constitutionalism and critically addresses the legal issues involved in making constitutions 'work' in practice
UR  - https://portal.knchr.org/Library/My%20eBooks/Comparative%20constitutionalism.pdf
ER  -