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Towards An Analyses Of The Mega-Politics Jurisprudence Of The Ecowas Community Court Of Justice, Olabisi D. Akinkugbe
Towards An Analyses Of The Mega-Politics Jurisprudence Of The Ecowas Community Court Of Justice, Olabisi D. Akinkugbe
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The judicialization of mega-political disputes before the ECOWAS Community Court is understudied. The ECOWAS Community Court lacks express mandate to adjudicate over political disputes. Despite this limitation, the court has been innovative in assuming jurisdiction over mega-political disputes where they are intertwined with potential or actual human rights violation. The Ugokwe Doctrine, enunciated in the case of, Dr. Jerry Ugokwe v. The Federal Republic of Nigeria and Dr. Christian Okeke, provides the precedential ‘cause of action’ for the judicialization of mega-political disputes before the ECOWAS Community Court. This chapter addresses this new body of jurisprudence by critically analyzing judicialized political …