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020			_a9781032186740
050	0	0	_aKQC 514 _bSHOM 2022
100	1		_aShomade, Salmon A., _d1967- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aColonial legacies and the rule of law in Africa : _bcomparing Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe / _cSalmon A. Shomade.
264		1	_aAbingdon, Oxon ; _aNew York, NY : _bRoutledge, _c2022.
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Rule of law and Africa -- Ghana : history, Colonial legacy, and the rule of law -- Kenya : history, Colonial legacy, and the rule of law -- Nigeria : history, Colonial legacy, and the rule of law -- South Africa : history, Colonial legacy, and the rule of law -- Zimbabwe : history, Colonial legacy, and the rule of law -- Comparisons and contrasts of select African nations' experiences -- The way forward...
520			_a"This book focuses on the continued impact of the colonial legacy on the rule of law in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. The legal system is intended to protect regular citizens, but within Africa the rule of law remains infused with Eurocentric cultural and linguistic tropes which can leave its supposed beneficiaries feeling alienated from the structures intended to protect them. This book traces the impact, effect, opportunities, and challenges that the colonial legacy poses for the Rule of Law across Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. The book examines the similarities and differences in the impact of the British colonial legacy on the current legal landscape of each nation and the intersection with the Rule of Law. This important comparative study will be of interest to scholars of Political Science, International Studies, Law, African Politics, and British Colonial History"--
650		0	_aRule of law
650		0	_aLaw
650		0	_aPostcolonialism
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