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Battling over Human Rights: Twenty Essays on Law, Politics and Governance

Oloka-Onyango, Joe. 2015. Battling over Human Rights: Twenty Essays on Law, Politics and Governance. Bamenda: Langaa RPCIG. http://langaa-rp...

Joe Oloka-Onyango Joe Oloka-Onyango

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Traditional leadership, democracy and development in the rural eastern Cape: a study of futures past

The problem of how to marry constitutional democracy with traditional authorities in the postcolonial context is not unique to South Africa and has been substantially explored in other contexts.

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