African Judicial Systems (Akech, Von Doepp, Suberu)

African Judicial Systems (Akech, Von Doepp, Suberu)

BONUS LINK:  My entire (so far) grad school notes collection can be found here. 

Embedded below are my class notes on the following articles:

“Constraining Government Power inAfrica” by Migai Akech

“The Problem of Judicial Control in Africa's Neopatrimonial Democracies: Malawi and Zambia” by Peter Von Doepp

“Reworking StrategicModels of Executive-Judicial Relations” by Peter Von Doepp

“The Supreme Court andFederalism in Nigeria” Rotimi Suberu

Somaliland Constitution, Sudan and Samuel Wanjiru

I meant to post this weeks ago.  The insight is still valid.

BBC News - Somali leaders set transition deadline 
This article calls this event historic but doesn't explain why it is historic.  It's historic because they are going to use the Somaliland model.  250 elders will be sitting down to choose the next president.  The

elders will be chosen by July (God willing),  and the President chosen by August (breath held).  An important distinction, however, is that in Somaliland they enacted the policy over numerous conferences (lasting from months and years)—the question will be whether they are too rushed in the case of Somali..

Two other worthy articles to read:
The Sudans at loggerheads: Africa’s next big war? 
Runner Samuel Wanjiru’s Tragic Death : The New Yorker 

LINKS:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/05/21/120521fa_fact_rice
http://bbc.in/JpIuiC
http://econ.st/Le6YqV