1st Edition
Transitional Justice, Judicial Accountability and the Rule of Law
By Hakeem O. Yusuf
Copyright 2010
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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Transitional Justice, Judicial Accountability and the Rule of Law addresses the importance of judicial accountability in transitional justice processes. Despite a general consensus that the judiciary plays an important role in contemporary governance, accountability for the judicial role in formerly authoritarian societies remains largely elided and under-researched. Hakeem O. Yusuf argues that... Read more
Introduction 1. The Case for Judicial Accountability in Transitions 2. Truth, Transition, and Accountability of the Judiciary 3. Political Change and Judicial Reform: An International and Comparative Perspective 4. Judicial Accountability in Political Transitions: The Nigerian Context 5. Rights, the Judiciary and Constitutionalism in Transitions 6. Transition and the Judicialization of Politics: Dialectics of a Phenomenon 7. Courts to the Rescue? The Judicialization of Politics in Nigeria. Conclusion
Biography
Hakeem O. Yusuf is a lecturer in Law at Queen's University, Belfast.
