African Union Law: The Emergence of a Sui Generis Legal Order by Amao PB..

Name: African Union Law: The Emergence of a Sui Generis Legal Order by Amao PB..
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

African Union LawThe Emergence of a Sui Generis Legal Order\nAuthor(s): Olufemi Amao\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367900281, 978-0367900281\nSynopsis\nThis book explores the emergence of African Union (AU) law as a legal order and its implications for existing order in the region. As an authoritative text on the development of AU law, the book covers such pertinent issues as legislative powers, competences, direct effect in AU law, subsidiarity, interventionism, and enforcement of laws. \n\nOlufemi Amao argues that there is a gradual movement from intergovernmentalism to supranationalism in the African Union legal order, and explores how this trajectory gradually and incrementally de-emphasises the discourse on nation state sovereignty; a concept that has caused many problems in the African context. Drawing upon EU law as a comparison, the book also examines how the development of supranationalism affects cr.