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Editors: Nico Horn and Anton Bösl
Published by Macmillan Namibia ISBN 978-99916-0-915-7 298 paginated May 2008 Available from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, P.O. Box 1145, Windhoek This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Foreword by Chief Justice Peter Shivute The Constitution of Namibia is published in full as an Addendum (pp221 - p298) Dr Nico Horn is the Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Namibia (UNAM). Dr Anton Bösl is the resident representative of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation for Namibia and Angola. This book is long overdue.
The main chapters begin with a discussion of the concept Rule of Law, its history, development, definition and even contradictory points of view. It then progresses to a systematic review of Rule of Law as embedded in various structures, legal and otherwise, and the necessity of creating a legal framework to ensure the protection, guarantee and enforcement of human rights. In several chapters, there are references to Rule of Law and human rights in the wider African context. The ten main chapters present the following topics: 1. The constitutional jurisprudential development in Namibia since 1985, by Sam K. Amoo; 2. Traditional governance and African customary law: Comparative observations from a Namibian perspective, by Manfred O. Hinz; 3. The justiciability of social, economic and cultural rights in Namibia and the role of the non-governmental organisations, by John Nakuta; 4. Third-generation human rights and the protection of the environment in Namibia, by Oliver C. Rüppel; 5. The protection and promotion of human rights in Namibia: The constitutional mandate of the Ombudsman, by John Walters; 6. The Human Rights and Documentation Centre at UNAM, by Oliver C. Rüppel; 7. International human rights norms and standards: The development of Namibian case and statutory law, by Nico Horn; 8. The implementation of international and regional human rights instruments in the Namibian legal framework, by Francois-Xavier Bangamwabo; 9. The universality of human rights: Challenges for Namibia, by Salome M. Chomba; 10. The rule of law in sub-Saharan Africa - An overview, by Peter Shivute. The content is generally presented in a reader-friendly format and grammar, avoiding excessive legalese, or the drab uninteresting structure of pure research documents. Yet it is technically advanced, fairly academic and not for the average reader but still accessible to the informed person looking for general information of the combination of topics. (Ed.) |
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