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Gunning for Democracy: The Military and Power Transfers in Malawi and Zambia
The proposed research will investigate the political role of the military in securing democratic gains in Zambia and Malawi.
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A New Path to Welfare: Rights and Constitutionalism in the Global South
The rise of neoliberalism caused a ‘lost decade’ of development in large parts of the global South.
Publication
Constitutional Identity and Constitutionalism in Africa
Fombad, Charles M. and Nico Steytler. (Eds.). 2024. Constitutional Identity and Constitutionalism in Africa. Oxford University Press. https:...
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Constitutionalism and the Economy in Africa
Fombad, Charles M. and Nico Steytler. (Eds.). 2022. Constitutionalism and the Economy in Africa. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10...
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Democracy, Elections, and Constitutionalism in Africa
Fombad, Charles M. and Nico Steytler. (Eds.) 2021. Democracy, Elections, and Constitutionalism in Africa. Oxford University Press. https://g...
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Constitutional Identity and Constitutionalism in Africa
The main purpose of this project is to interrogate whether the challenges faced by the new generation of African constitutions to enhance the prospects for constitutionalism was due, inter alia, to their lack of alignment with the African social context in terms of reflecting an African constitutional identity.
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Constitutionalism and the internet in Africa: Progress, challenges and prospects
There is no doubt that significant inroads are made in of information technology in Africa.
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Corruption and Constitutionalism in Africa
Fombad, Charles and Nico Steytler. (Eds.). 2020. Corruption and Constitutionalism in Africa. Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com...
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Decentralization and Constitutionalism in Africa
Fombad, Charles M. 2017. Decentralization and Constitutionalism in Africa. Volume 3 in the Oxford series Stellenbosch Handbooks in African C...
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The political economy of oral health in sub-Saharan Africa – uncovering the silent oral health crisis and exposing reasons for low public health priority
The focus of the Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa (SASCA) 2019 will be on constitutionalism and the economy in Africa.
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Land Restitution and the Moral Modernity of the New South African State
The purpose of this project is to conclude a book-in-progress, entitled Land Restitution and the Moral Modernity of the New South African State.
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Three Paths to Constitutionalism
There are three paths to constitutionalism in the modern world.
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Constitution-building in Africa: Corruption and constitutionalism in Africa – Revisiting control measures and strategies
The focus of the 2017 seminar under this project is on the theme, Corruption and constitutionalism in Africa: Revisiting control measures and strategies.
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Constitution-building in Africa: Decentralisation and constitutionalism in Africa
Under the broad theme of constitution-building in Africa, the focus of this project will be on the issue of decentralisation and constitutionalism in Africa.
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Ethnicity and Constitutionalism in Africa
The focus of the study for this year, under the broad theme of constitution-building in Africa will be the issue of separation of powers.
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Closing the Narrative Loop: Indian and South African Constitutionalism in the Age of Reflexive Globalisation
It is planned to use the time at STIAS to find out whether something like an African type of constitutionalism is developing or whether constitutionalism in Africa develops more or less along the lines of Western constitutionalism.
