Contents:Table of Contents
Introduction, Charles M. Fombad;
Part 1 General Overview;
1. An Overview of Contemporary Models of Constitutional Review in Africa, Charles M. Fombad;
Part 2 Archetypical Examples of Different Models of African Constitutional Adjudication;
2. Centralized Model of Constitutional Adjudication: The Constitutional Court of Benin, Segnonna Horace Adjolohoun;
3. The Cameroonian Constitutional Council: Faithful Servant of an Unaccountable System, Charles M. Fombad;
4. The Constitutional Court of Angola: Judicial Restraint in a Dominant Party State, Andre Thomashausen;
5. The Supreme Court of Ghana under the 1992 Constitution: Nature of Jurisdiction as the Apex Court and Contribution to the Promotion of Constitutionalism, Kofi Quashigah;
6. Constitutional Adjudication in Nigeria: Formal Structures and Substantive Impact, Ameze Guobadia;
7. Constitutional Review in South Africa: Features, Changes, and Controversies, James Fowkes;
8. Unique but Ineffective: Assessing the Constitutional Adjudication System in Ethiopia, Adem Abebe;
Part 3 The Impact of Transjudicialism on Constitutional Adjudication;
9. The Effects of International Law Norms on Constitutional Adjudication in Africa, Magnus Killander;
10. The Impact of Regional and Sub-Regional Courts and Tribunals on Constitutional Adjudication in Africa, Bonolo Ramadi Dinokopila;
Part 4 Constitutional Adjudication and Promotion of Constitutionalism;
11. 'Made in Courts' Democracies? Constitutional Adjudication and Politics in African Constitutionalism, Segnonna Horace Adjolohoun;
12. Exploring the Contribution of Ubuntu in Constitutional Adjudication - Towards the Indigenization of Constitutionalism in South Africa?, Christa Rautenbach;
Part 5 Decision-Making and Working Practices;
13. Handling of Petitions by the Constitutional Court of Benin, Theodore Holo;
14. The Birth of the South African Constitutional Court, Richard J. Goldstone;
15. Decision Making and Working Practices of the Supreme Court of Ghana, Samuel Kofi Date-Bah;
Part 6 Conclusion;
16. Constitutional Adjudication and Constitutional Justice in Africa's Uncertain Transition: Mapping the Way Forward, Charles M. Fombad;
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