African legislatures in social emergencies: challenges and outcomes

IF 1.5 Q1 LAW

Theory and Practice of Legislation Pub Date : 2022-05-04 DOI:10.1080/20508840.2022.2107825

Adewale V Aderemi, O. Akanji

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Social emergencies of different kinds are common in Africa. Violent protests and secessionist agitations, terrorism and insurgencies, coups and conflicts, climate change and droughts, conflict and climate-induced internal displacement, drug/human trafficking, and lately the Covid-19 pandemic have ravaged the continent. This has raised the question of how African legislatures deal with crises; how they perform their statutory functions during crises, and the issues that shape their operation during such times. This editorial introduces the special edition on ‘African Legislatures in Social Emergencies: Challenges and Outcomes’ and provides an overview of its collection of interesting articles.

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社会紧急情况下的非洲立法机构:挑战和结果

不同类型的社会突发事件在非洲很常见。暴力抗议和分裂主义煽动、恐怖主义和叛乱、政变和冲突、气候变化和干旱、冲突和气候导致的国内流离失所、毒品/人口贩运以及最近的Covid-19大流行肆虐着非洲大陆。这就提出了非洲立法机构如何处理危机的问题;他们如何在危机期间履行法定职能，以及在此期间影响其运作的问题。这篇社论介绍了“非洲立法机构在社会紧急情况下:挑战和结果”的特别版，并概述了其收集的有趣文章。

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期刊介绍： The Theory and Practice of Legislation aims to offer an international and interdisciplinary forum for the examination of legislation. The focus of the journal, which succeeds the former title Legisprudence, remains with legislation in its broadest sense. Legislation is seen as both process and product, reflection of theoretical assumptions and a skill. The journal addresses formal legislation, and its alternatives (such as covenants, regulation by non-state actors etc.). The editors welcome articles on systematic (as opposed to historical) issues, including drafting techniques, the introduction of open standards, evidence-based drafting, pre- and post-legislative scrutiny for effectiveness and efficiency, the utility and necessity of codification, IT in legislation, the legitimacy of legislation in view of fundamental principles and rights, law and language, and the link between legislator and judge. Comparative and interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged. But dogmatic descriptions of positive law are outside the scope of the journal. The journal offers a combination of themed issues and general issues. All articles are submitted to double blind review.