Buffalo law review · 2011 · 40 citations · 1 references
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LawConstitutional LawPolitical ScienceConstitutional ChangeConstitutional TheoryDemocratizationAfrican GovernanceConstitution-making ProcessesConstitutional DesignConstitutional DevelopmentConstitutional ReformConstitutional TransformationComprehensive Constitutional ReformConstitutional AuthoritarianismConstitutional Change Over TimeConstitutional Reform HistoryConstitutional Reform PoliticsConstitutional Reform ProcessesDemocratic Constitutional ChangePolitical Constitutional Change
From antiquity down to the modern era, philosophers, political scientists, and jurists have always recognized the imperatives of constitutionalism 1 and the difficulties of attaining it.For Africa, after more than four decades of mostly authoritarian, corrupt, and incompetent rule, the 1990s began with a slow and painful move towards what many optimistically hoped would usher in a new era of democratic governance and constitutionalism.One of the main features of this process has been reforms designed to introduce constitutions that promote constitutionalism and good governance. 2 Many of the apparently radical changes that were introduced by these reforms have been widely
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