Transitional justice, judicial accountability and the rule of law:
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX
FOREWORD XI
PROFESSOR ABIMBOLA OLOWOFOYEKU
INTRODUCTION: TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE, JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
AND THE RULE OF LAW 1
1 THE CASE FOR JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN TRANSITIONS 7
INTRODUCTION 7
STATE POWERS AND THE JUDICIARY 8
THE JUDICIARY IN AUTHORITARIAN CONTEXTS 12
JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND RULE OF LAW 13
THE CASE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE JUDICIARY IN TRANSITIONS 14
JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE 17
JUDICIAL IMMUNITY 22
THE JUDICIARY AS VICTIM 23
JUDGING THE JUDGES? 25
CONCLUSION 27
2 TRUTH, TRANSITION, AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE JUDICIARY 33
INTRODUCTION 33
THE JUDICIARY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE PAST - THE TRUTH COMMISSION
AS AN UNLIKELY FORUM 34
TRANSITION, TRUTH AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN NIGERIA 40
THE CONTEXT 40
WITHER ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE JUDICIARY? 42
VI CONTENTS
THE DELE GIWA PETITION: TRUTH-SEEKING AND THE JUDICIARY IN
NIGERIA S TRANSITION 44
CONCLUSION 45
3 POLITICAL CHANGE AND JUDICIAL REFORM: AN INTERNATIONAL
AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 50
INTRODUCTION 50
JUDICIAL REFORM - THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT 51
A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 55
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE: POLITICAL CHANGE, COURTS AND
CONSTITUTIONALISM 56
INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION SANS ACCOUNTABILITY? THE CASE OF
NIGERIA S NATIONAL JUDICIAL COUNCIL 61
CONCLUSION 64
4 JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN POLITICAL TRANSITIONS: THE NIGERIAN CONTEXT
68
INTRODUCTION 68
THE TRANSITION JUDICIARY: A LEGAL PREMISE
FOR ACCOUNTABILITY 69
THE ACCOUNTABILITY GAP 72
LEGAL-JURISPRUDENTIAL DIMENSION 74
LEGITIMIZING MILITARY RULE 74
IMPERATIVES OF POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY 77
SOCIO-POLITICAL DIMENSION 79
CORRUPT AND COMPROMISED 79
PUBLIC APATHY FOR DUE PROCESS OF LAW 80
UNACKNOWLEDGED VICTIMS? 82
CONCLUSION 84
5 RIGHTS, THE JUDICIARY AND CONSTITUTIONALISM IN TRANSITIONS 90
INTRODUCTION 90
JUDICIAL REVIEW IN THE NIGERIAN COURT SYSTEM 92
BACKWARDS WITH PLAIN-FACT JURISPRUDENCE: THE OPUTA PANEL CASE 93
THE FACTS, THE DECISION 93
BETWEEN EXECUTIVE FAILURE AND JUDICIAL COMPLACENCY 94
AGAIN, THE RULE OF LAW DILEMMA 96
THE JUDICIARY, TRANSITION AND THE TRANSFORMATIVE AGENDA 97
VIII CONTENTS
THE JUDICIARY IN INSTITUTIONAL RECONSTRUCTION 157
THE LADOJA CASE: THE GODFATHER VERSUS THE PEOPLE 160
THE SOCIO-POLITICAL BACKGROUND 160
NEITHER IMPEACHMENT NOR REMOVAL 160
COURTS AND THE POLITICAL QUESTION 161
CHECKMATING JUDICIAL IMPUNITY 163
THE OBI TENURE CASE - SPEAKING LAW TO POWER 165
TOWARDS A NEW CONSTITUTIONALISM 166
TIMELY INTERVENTION AND CHECKMATING ELECTORAL IMPUNITY 167
LADOJA (NO. 2) - BETWEEN SYMPATHY AND THE LAW 169
NO TO TENURE-ELONGATION - THE COURT IS PLAIN 169
THE JUDGE IN THE COURT OF THE PEOPLE 170
TURNING THE TABLES? POLITICIZATION OF THE JUDICIARY IN
NIGERIA 173
CONCLUSION 177
CONCLUSION 183
BIBLIOGRAPHY 188
INDEX 201
CONTENTS VII
SAFETY IN A COCOON: IGNORING INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW 100
PRIVILEGING DOMESTIC LAW OVER INTERNATIONAL LAW 102
POLICY CONSIDERATIONS AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE CLAIMS 103
TWO DECISIONS AND THE PURPOSIVE APPROACH: HOPES FOR
TRANSFORMATION? 107
THE PDP CASE: WHEN DEATH IS NOT TO DIE 107
A LACUNA, A FORMIDABLE MINORITY AND A SLIM MAJORITY 107
BREAKING AWAY FROM TRADITION 109
THE ICPC CASE: FEDERALISM V COMMONWEAL 110
FROM THE DOLDRUMS OF INFAMY 110
POLICY UNITED ALL THE WAY 113
VALIDITY OF PURPOSIVE JURISPRUDENCE IN NIGERIA S TRANSITION 115
DISPLACING FORMALISM IN TRANSITIONAL CONTEXTS 115
DEEPENING THE RULE OF LAW IN TRANSITIONAL CONTEXTS 116
BEYOND PROVINCIALISM 118
PEACE, ORDER AND GOOD GOVERNANCE TO THE RESCUE 118
DISCORDANT TUNES 119
AMBIVALENCE OR NEW DIRECTIONS? 119
CONCLUSION 121
6 TRANSITION AND THE JUDICIALIZATION OF POLITICS:
DIALECTICS OF A PHENOMENON 128
INTRODUCTION 128
JUDICIALIZATION OF POLITICS, DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW 130
JUDICIALIZATION OF POLITICS AND THE COUNTER-MAJORITARIAN
ARGUMENT 131
JUDICIALIZATION OF POLITICS: AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK 136
COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES 140
A STILL-BORN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT: LEGACY OF A
FAILED TRANSITION AND JUDICIARY 144
COURT-PACKING VERSUS JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE 145
CONCLUSION 149
7 COURTS TO THE RESCUE? THE JUDICIALIZATION
OF POLITICS IN NIGERIA 155
INTRODUCTION 155
DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION AND JUDICIALIZATION OF
POLITICS IN NIGERIA 156
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