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Consolidating Democracy On A Troubled Continent: A Challenge For Lawyers In Africa, Okechukwu Oko
Consolidating Democracy On A Troubled Continent: A Challenge For Lawyers In Africa, Okechukwu Oko
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
African countries during the post-colonial era have struggled to establish democratic governments, too frequently succumbing to authoritarian, usually military, rule. This instability, as nations swing from one regime to another, has hindered the economic growth and respect for civil rights that citizens had hoped would be the legacy of independence. Despite such abuses, both the elite and the masses in Africa recognize that democracy represents the best hope for future stability. In countries like Nigeria, citizens are demanding the replacement of corrupt, paternalistic military officers with democratic, civilian rule.
Even the election of civilian administrations, however, offers no guarantee that …
Book Reviews, Edward W. Kuhn President
Book Reviews, Edward W. Kuhn President
Vanderbilt Law Review
Lawyers and Their Work; An Analysis of the Legal Profession in the United States and England. By Quintin Johnstone and Dan Hopson, Jr. Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1967. Pp. x, 604. $10.
Book Reviews, Paul Carrington, J. Allen Smith, Stanley D. Rose
Book Reviews, Paul Carrington, J. Allen Smith, Stanley D. Rose
Vanderbilt Law Review
Book Reviews --
The John Randolph Tucker Lectures--1953-1956 Lexington, Virginia School of Law, Washington and Lee University, 1957. Pp. 208.
reviewer: Paul Carrington
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Desegregation and the Law By Albert P. Blaustein and Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press,1957. Pp. xiv, 332.
reviewer: J. Allen Smith
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The Federal Tort Claims Act By William B. Wright Forward by Emile Z. Berman New York: Central Book Co., 1957. Pp. 248.
reviewer: Stanley D. Rose