Pursuing good governance
Subtitle: administrative justice in common-law Africa
By: editors, Hugh Corder, Justice Mavedzenge
Publisher: Siber Ink
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Cape Town, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9781928309307
Subjects: Administrative courts; Judicial review of administrative acts; Administrative procedure; Administrative law; Common law
Description: "In the age of democratic constitutional government, every citizen expects to be treated fairly by the public administration. Constitutions adopted after 1990 have increasingly contained provisions that oblige the public administration to act lawfully, reasonably and procedurally fairly, and frequently grant citizens the legal right to seek review of administrative action affecting them. Southern African nations have led the way in this movement, closely followed by those in East Africa. This book brings together critical accounts of the development of the broad administrative justice landscape in seven national jurisdictions located in these regions. It does this by analysing trends in the review authority and practice of the superior courts, as well as significant developments in non-judicial monitoring institutions, such as ombuds offices, human rights commissions, and mechanisms to access official information."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The state of administrative justice in Lesotho  -- Hoolo 'Nyane; title: The state of administrative justice in Zambia  -- Felicity Kayumba Kalunga and O'Brien Kaaba; title: The control of administrative power in Zimbabwe and implications of substantive fairness as a ground of review  -- Justice Alfred Mavedzenge; title: The state of administrative law in Malawi: systems, structures and emerging Issues  -- Redson E. Kapindu and Fidelis E. Kanyongolo; title: An Overview of the framework governing administrative justice in Kenya  -- Cecil Abungu; title: Resurgent judicial power and administrative law in Uganda  -- Ronald Kakungulu-Mayambala; title: Administrative justice in South Africa: an overview of our curious hybrid -- Lauren Kohn and Hugh Corder.