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"This book explores the complex dynamics between law and politics in three post-independent states of sub-Saharan Africa. It examines the complex and sometimes intriguing relationship between the construction of judicial power on the one hand, and the institutional characteristics of the courts and regime setting on the other. The book asks whether courts are rendered powerful by virtue of their institutional characteristics or by a supportive, perhaps acquiescent, regime setting. By analyzing the historical pathways of courts in Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi this book argues that the emergence of judicial power since the colonial period, though fraught with many challenges, presents a unique opportunity for consolidating democracy. The book examines in detail the significant political decisions of the upper-level courts in Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi from the colonial period to the present day, analyzing them in relation to changes in the political environment over time. Analysis of these decisions is also supplemented by in-depth interviews with judges, lawyers and other important stakeholders in the judicial processes. This book demonstrates that even in the most challenging regime environments effective institutions and determined individuals can push back against interference and issue politically powerful, independent decisions but the way in which judiciaries respond to this regime pressure varies enormously across countries and regions"--

This article focuses on the success of state-sponsored nationalism in Tanzania under the regime of Nyerere. Establishing a socialist structure in which villages & communes became self-sufficient entities -- a concept known as ujamaa -- Neyerere was successful in creating a unified sense of national identity. However, this same system, creating small social islands throughout the country, ultimately led to the bankruptcy of the Tanzanian economy. In the wake of Nyerere's one-party rule, a new plurality of religious identities emerged to fight for supremacy over secular powers. Nyerere is discussed here as a leader whose power as an individual was greater than the power of his regime as a system. With his death, the one-party system that had successfully supported Tanzanian nationalism collapsed almost immediately, challenged by religious & ethnic division. This model's applicability to other parts of Africa is also discussed in conclusion. References. C. Brunski

"Drawing from postcolonial feminism, feminist institutionalism, feminist legal theory, and legal narratives, this book provides fresh and detailed narratives of seven women judges that challenge existing discourse on gender diversity in international courts. It answers important questions about how the politics of judicial appointments, gender, geographic location, class, and professional capital combine to shape the lives of women judges who sit on international courts and argues the need to disaggregate gender diversity with a view to understanding intra-group differences."-- Book p. [i]