International law and domestic human rights litigation in Africa
By: Magnus Killander (editor)
Publisher: Pretoria University Law Press (PULP)
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [Pretoria]
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780986985720; 9789869857208
Subjects: Human rights; International and municipal law
Description: "African civil law countries are traditionally described as monist and common law countries as dualist.  This book illustrates that the monism-dualism dichotomy is too simplistic, in particular in the field of human rights.  Academics and practitioners from across the continent illustrate how domestic courts in Africa have engaged with international human rights law to interpret or fill gaps in national bills of rights. The authors also consider the challenges encountered in increasing the use of international human rights law by African domestic courts."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-229) and index.

Chapters mainly in English with one chapter in French.
Table of contents: title: International law and domestic human rights litigation in Africa : an introduction / Magnus Killander & Horace Adjolohoun; title: Navigating past the 'dualist doctrine' : the case for progessive jurisprudence on the application of international human rights norms in Kenya / J Osogo Ambani; title: An examination of the use of international law as an interpretative tool in human rights litigation in Ghana and Botswana / Emmanuel K Quansah; title: The place of international law in human rights litigation in Tanzania / Chacha Bhoke Murungu; title: Domestication of international human rights law in Zambia / Michelo Harsungule; title: The application of international human rights in the Ugandan judicial system : a critical enquiry / Busungye Kabumba; title: International law and human rights litigation in Côte d'Ivoire and Benin / Armand Tanoh & Horace Adjolohoun; title: Equality has no mother but sisters : the preference for comparative law over international law in the equality jurisprudence in Namibia / Dunia P Zongwe; title: Litigating the right to health in Nigeria : challenges and prospects / Ebenezer Durojaye; title: The role of international law in the development of children's rights in South Africa : a children's rights litigator's perspective / Karabo Ngidi; title: La Convention contre la torture et son application au niveau national : Le cas du Sénégal dans l'affaire Hissène Habré / Fatou Kama Marone; title: The role of national human rights institutions in promoting international law in domestic legal systems : case study of the Unganda Human Rights Commission / Kenechukwu C Esom.