Ruppel / Scherr / Berndt Assessing Progress in the Implementation of Zimbabwe's New Constitution

National, Regional and Global Perspectives
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-8452-8374-6
Verlag: Nomos
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 32, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 227 mm

Reihe: Schriftenreihe Recht und Verfassung in Afrika ? Law and Constitution in Africa

This publication is a timely and careful response to some of the opportunities and challenges that Zimbabwe is currently facing. The contributions are an outflow from the conference held in March 2015 in Harare, entitled „Assessing Progress in the Implementation of Zimbabwe’s New Constitution: National, Regional and Global Perspectives“.

Also by drawing from comparative perspectives, the contributors, who include policy-makers, members of the judiciary, and constitutional law experts, both Zimbabwean and international, reflect among others on the challenge of constitutional alignment, the role of the civil and security services in a constitutional democracy and the role of institutions such as independent commissions and related institutions in entrenching a democratic culture and the rule of law. This publication aims to foster an open intellectual and legal dialogue on Zimbabwe’s new Constitution and what it means in daily practice for the people of Zimbabwe.

With contributions by:

Alexander Berndt, Brian D. Crozier, Val A. Ingham-Thorpe, Ulrich Klöckner, Derek Matyszak, Khulekani Moyo, Jacob Francis Mudenda, Teresa P. Mugadza, Elasto H. Mugwadi, Irene Petras, Oliver C. Ruppel, Kathrin Maria Scherr, Georg Schmidt, Annel M. Silungwe, Oskar Wermter SJ, Rüdiger Wolfrum

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ruppel, Oliver C.

Scherr, Kathrin M.

Berndt, Alexander D.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Afrika (außer Südafrika)
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht Verfassungsgeschichte, Verfassungsvergleichung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;PART I: The Conference;13
2.1; Welcome;13
2.2; Keynote Address;18
2.3; Conference Report;25
3; PART II: Constitutional Reform in Africa: Lessons from other Countries;37
3.1; The Constitution-making Process in Zambia;37
3.2; Constitutionalism and Constitutional Reform: Selected Aspects from a Regional Perspective;51
3.3; The Legitimacy of Constitution-making from an International Law Perspective;84
4; PART III: Assessing Progress in the Implementation of Zimbabwe’s Constitution;99
4.1; Executive Compliance with Zimbabwe’s New Constitution;99
4.2; Progress in the Implementation of the New Zimbabwean Constitution;128
4.3; The Role of the Church(es) in the Promotion of the Rule of Law and Democracy in Zimbabwe;136
4.4; The Judicial Enforcement of Socio-Economic Rights under Zimbabwe’s 2013 Constitution: Opportunities and Challenges;162
5; PART IV: The Independent Commissions in the New Zimbabwean Constitution;187
5.1; The Role of Constitutional Commissions in Zimbabwe’s New Constitution;187
5.2; The Independent Commissions: Success or Failure?;197
5.3; The Role of Independent Commissions with Particular Reference to the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission;231
6; Appendix Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013;249