Dynamics of Constitutionalism in Africa: National and Regional Scales

This seminar introduces students to the study of constitutionalism with a focus on contemporary Africa. It pays particular attention to the implications of constitutional making and remaking to institutional and political arrangements, and practices. Additionally, it explores the effects of constitutional developments to the land question, climate change, gender equality, the protection of human rights, and undercurrents of horizontal and social democratic accountability in terms of modalities of public power.