{"product_id":"human-rights-under-african-constitutions-9780812236774","title":"Human Rights Under African Constitutions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of the most massive and persistent violations of human rights occur in African nations. In \u003ci\u003eHuman Rights Under African Constitutions: Realizing the Promise for Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e, scholars from a wide range of fields present a sober, systematic assessment of the prospects for legal protection of human rights in Africa. In a series of detailed and highly contextual studies of Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, and Uganda, experts seek to balance the socioeconomic and political diversity of these nations while using the same theoretical framework of legal analysis for each case study.\u003cbr\u003eStandards for human rights protection can be realized only through direct and strong support from a nation''s legal and political institutions. The contributors to this volume uniformly conclude that a well-informed and motivated citizenry is the most powerful force for creating the political will necessary to effect change at the national \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The contributors maintain that a well-informed citizenry is the most powerful (and likely only) force for creating the political will necessary to effect change at the national level. There is no sitting on the fence. . . . The fundamental belief here is that human rights will only be realized once the African people claim their rights, make them their own, and demand their respect.\" * \u003ci\u003eNetherlands Quarterly of Human Rights\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405710664023,"sku":"9780812236774","price":62.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812236774.jpg?v=1730493360","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/human-rights-under-african-constitutions-9780812236774","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}