КОНСТИТУЦІЇ ЗАМБІЇ ТА ПІВНІЧНОЇ НІГЕРІЇ ПРО СТАТУС ПАЛАТ ВОЖДІВ У ЗАКОНОДАВЧИХ УСТАНОВАХ (ПОРІВНЯЛЬНИЙ АНАЛІЗ)
Здійснюється порівняльний аналіз викладених конституціями африканських держав Замбії та Північної Нігерії статусів Палат вождів у законодавчих та адміністративних установах. Особливу увагу автор звертає на висвітлення ступеневих рівнів Палат вождів, форми їх участі у роботі законодавчих й адміністративних установ та в органах місцевого управління, специфіки їх формування і складу установ, їх адміністрації, змісту, обсягів та меж їхніх повноважень, особливостей функціонування. Дослідник доходить висновку про наявність істотних відмінностей у статусі Палат вождів Замбії та Північної Нігерії. Осуществляется сравнительный анализ изложенных конституциями африканских государств Замбии и Северной Нигерии статусов Палат вождей в законодательных и административных учреждениях. Особое внимание автор обращает на освещение степенных уровней Палат вождей, формы их участия в работе законодательных учреждений и в органах местного управления, специфики их формирования и состава учреждений, их администрации, содержания, объемов и границ их полномочий, особенностей функционирования. Исследователь приходит к заключению о наличии существенных отличий в статусе Палат вождей Замбии и Северной Нигерии. ; The author carries out a comparative analysis on status of the Houses of Chiefs in legislative and administrative bodies stated in the Constitutions of African states Zambia and Nigeria. The special attention is focused on the following points: the interpretation of power levels of the Houses of Chiefs, the forms of their participation in the work of the legislative bodies and the local government bodies, specific character of their formation and structure of these institutions, their management, content, the extent and limits of their powers, the peculiarities of their functioning. The researcher draws the conclusion that there are some essential distinctions on status of the Houses of Chiefs of Zambia and Nigeria. The Constitution of the Republic of Ghana contains only 2 short articles which proclaim that the House of Chiefs is established in every part of the country, the chiefs have the functions which are in the sphere of the common law and their status, membership, forming peculiarities and powers are determined in the individual law. More detailed status of the House of Chiefs in legislative and administrative bodies is expounded in the Constitution of Zambia which provides for their participation in activities of national and provincial levels. Twelve members of the Republican Council of Chiefs are appointed by the provincial Councils of Chiefs. The Council has got deliberative powers which consist of consideration and debating bills and other issues, passing resolutions and sending them to the President of the state. The House of Chiefs elects its leaders: the Chairman and the Vice-chairman of the House and regulates proceedings of its activity i.e. it carries the House regulations. The Constitution allows the President of the country to interfere in the work of the Houses of Chiefs and to change their membership and structure. The main law expounds in detail on the procedure of electing the members of the provincial Houses of Chiefs but it doesn't fix their quantitative membership and it resembles the separate electoral law which is peculiar to European states. In conformity with the Constitution of Northern Nigeria the House of Chiefs' status differs from Zambia's one: firstly, in national House of Chiefs and in availability of regional Houses of Chiefs. There is a difference in quantity of the Nigerian House of Chiefs which includes all the chiefs of the first class, 95 ordinary chiefs and 1 chief-expert on Islamiclaw. The Constitution contains the definition of the essence of chiefs of Chairman of the House of Chiefs and determines the House of Chiefs' duties. The status of the Houses of Chiefs in the Constitutions of African states has a rudimentary form. For example, in spite of evident conciseness of two articles of the main law of Ghana, they are of the great information importance exceeding the limits of one country and making a stress on a direct connection between the founding of the Houses of Chiefs and the influence of the common law. It is confirmed by Article 14 of the Order on Independence of Zambia in which the Royal Council retained traditional «administrative» bodies in a new state system. The membership of experts on Islamic law in authoritative structures of Northern Nigeria regions is evidence that not only Traditional law but also Islamic law have influence on the development of public administrative system.