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Accepted Paper
The ECOWAS Court and the Pan-African movement for term limits in insurrectionary Burkina Faso
Peter Brett
(Queen Mary University of London)
Paper short abstract
In 2014, famously, President Compaoré of Burkina Faso failed to modify the constitution and was deposed. Less well known is a 2015 ECOWAS Court ruling invalidating the insurrectionary government's new electoral code. This, however, created acute legitimation problems for the country's new judges.
Paper long abstract
In 2014, famously, President Compaoré of Burkina Faso failed to modify the constitution and was deposed. Less well known is a 2015 ECOWAS Court ruling invalidating the insurrectionary government's new electoral code. This, however, created acute legitimation problems for the country's new judges.
Courts, politics and African democracy
Session 1 Friday 14 June, 2019, -