Legal Aspects of Economic Integration in Africa

CONTENTS......Page 8
TABLES......Page 12
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 13
TABLE OF TREATIES......Page 14
TABLE OF CASES (INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL COURTS)......Page 19
TABLE OF CASES (NATIONAL COURTS)......Page 24
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 29
Introduction......Page 32
1.1 Introduction......Page 37
1.2 Relational issues and Africa's integration......Page 43
1.3 Selected RECs - an overview......Page 45
1.3.1 African Economic Community......Page 48
1.3.2 Economic Community of West African States......Page 53
1.3.3 The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa......Page 54
1.3.4 East African Community......Page 55
1.3.5 Southern African Development Community......Page 56
1.4 Socio-economic matrix of Africa's economic integration......Page 57
1.5 Conclusion......Page 60
2.1 Introduction......Page 61
2.2 Relational issues, public and private international law......Page 63
2.3 Economic community as a legal system......Page 68
2.4 Relational principles and mechanisms for economic integration......Page 70
2.4.1 Community autonomy as the foundation of relations......Page 71
2.4.2 Direct applicability of community law......Page 73
2.4.3 Direct effect of community law......Page 75
2.4.4 Supremacy of community law......Page 78
2.4.5 Preliminary reference procedure......Page 79
2.4.6 Individuals' participation and standing......Page 82
2.4.7 Inter-system jurisprudential communication......Page 84
2.4.8 Interpretive and adjudicative relational principles......Page 86
2.4.9 Recognition and enforcement of foreign normative acts......Page 89
2.5 Relational principles - features and importance of context......Page 90
2.6 Conclusion......Page 93
3.1 Introduction......Page 95
3.2 Existing regulatory legal framework......Page 97
3.3.1 Legal status of AEC within the AU and RECs......Page 100
3.3.2 Future merger of the regional economic communities......Page 103
3.3.3 Conflict of laws and jurisdictions......Page 107
3.3.4 Multiple membership and inter-community relations......Page 108
3.4 Conclusion......Page 112
4.1 Introduction......Page 113
4.2.1 AEC as a legal system......Page 115
4.2.2 AEC and member states'
 sovereignty......Page 119
4.3 Supremacy of AEC law......Page 123
4.3.1 Response of national courts......Page 128
4.3.2 Political reaction......Page 133
4.4.1 Differences in national laws......Page 137
4.4.2 Paths to harmonization of laws......Page 142
4.5 Conclusion......Page 146
5.1 Introduction......Page 148
5.2 Organization and jurisdiction......Page 149
5.2.1 Structure of the community courts......Page 150
5.2.2 Subject-matter jurisdiction......Page 155
5.2.3 Standing and preconditions......Page 159
5.3 Emerging jurisprudence......Page 164
5.3.1 Mwatela v. East Africa Community......Page 165
5.3.2 Anyang' Nyong'o v. AG of the Republic of Kenya (I and II)......Page 166
5.3.4 Olajide Afolabi v. Federal Republic of Nigeria......Page 169
5.3.5 Mike Campbell v. Republic of Zimbabwe......Page 170
5.4.1 Role of individuals......Page 173
5.4.2 Role of national courts......Page 180
5.4.3 Role of public international law......Page 187
5.4.4 Sovereignty and inter-institutional relational problems......Page 190
5.5 Conclusion......Page 195
6.1 Introduction......Page 196
6.2.1 Executive institutions......Page 197
6.2.2 Pan-African Parliament......Page 200
6.2.3 African Court of Justice......Page 202
6.3 AU institutions doubling as AEC institutions......Page 214
6.4 Looking beyond institutions......Page 216
6.5 Conclusion......Page 217
7.1 Introduction......Page 219
7.2 Community treaties and community law implementation......Page 220
7.2.1 Direct applicability of community law......Page 221
7.2.2 Direct effect of community law......Page 226
7.2.3 'Automatically enforceable'
 community law......Page 227
7.2.4 Protecting implemented community laws......Page 231
7.3.1 National constitutions and community law......Page 234
7.3.2 National judicial philosophy and community law......Page 246
7.3.3 National legal culture and community law......Page 253
7.4 Conclusion......Page 258
8.1 Introduction......Page 260
8.2.1 Arbitration in community courts - jurisdiction, choice of law and enforcement......Page 262
8.2.2 Enforcing judgments of community courts by national courts......Page 275
8.2.3 Using national courts to enforce community judgments - challenges......Page 280
8.2.4 Conflict of jurisdiction between community courts......Page 286
8.2.5 Judicial cooperation between community and national courts......Page 290
2. Interpretation......Page 295
4. Challenging registration orders......Page 296
7. Effect of registration of Community judgment......Page 297
3. Application for assistance in obtaining evidence for Community court proceedings......Page 298
5. Privilege of witnesses......Page 299
7. Offences against administration of Justice in the Community court......Page 300
8.4 Conclusion......Page 301
9.1 Introduction......Page 302
9.2 Function of private international law in communities......Page 303
9.3.1 Through a private international law lens......Page 306
9.3.2 Through a comparative law lens......Page 312
9.4.1 History and relevance......Page 316
9.4.2 Enforcement of foreign judgments......Page 319
9.5.1 State of existing regime......Page 329
9.5.2 Role of various constituencies......Page 333
9.5.3 Need for continental and international engagement......Page 337
9.5.4 Values to inform Africa's private international law regime......Page 339
9.6 Conclusion......Page 340
10.1 The current state of affairs......Page 341
10.2 Moving forward......Page 349
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 351
INDEX......Page 377