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Title The Vulnerability of Judges in Contemporary Africa:
Full text https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8555855; http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8555855; http://dx.doi.org/10.2979/africatoday.63.4.01; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8555855/file/8555868
Date 2017
Author(s) Masengu, Tabeth
Contributor(s) Julien, Eileen; MacLean, Lauren M.; Grosz-Ngaté, Maria; McNaughton, Patrick
Abstract The judicialization of politics has been described as one of the most significant phenomena of late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century government. The courts have more judicial muscle than they did centuries ago, but it would be a mistake to assume that with more power has come more protection. This article discusses judicial independence by highlighting some concerning instances of judicial interference that have occurred in sub-Saharan Africa since 2010. In my discussion of these threats, I highlight that the executive is not the only avenue by which interference in the judiciary occurs. I conclude with suggestions of ways in which judges as social actors can mitigate undue influence and present a stronger judiciary.
Subject(s) Law and Political Science
Language eng
Publisher Indiana University Press
Type of publication journalArticle; info:eu-repo/semantics/article; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Format application/pdf
Source Africa Today; ISSN: 0001-9887; ISSN: 1527-1978
Rights I have transferred the copyright for this publication to the publisher; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Repository Gent - University of Gent
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