CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS IN ZAMBIA

In: The Parliamentarian: journal of the parliaments of the Commonwealth, Band 79, Heft 2, S. 195-198

Abstract

SINCE ACHIEVING POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE IN 1964, ZAMBIA HAS HAD THREE CONSTITUTIONS. IN ADDITION, VARIOUS AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN PASSED TO ALTER SPECIFIC CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS. THIS ARTICLE SUMMARIZES SOME SALIENT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND THE IMPACTS THEY HAVE HAD ON ZAMBIA'S PARLIAMENT, THE JUDICIARY, AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.