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The Performance of Africa's International Courts: Using Litigation for Political, Legal, and Social Change. Edited by James Thuo Gathii. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2020. Pp. xxv, 384. Index.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2021

Tom Ginsburg*
Affiliation:
University of Chicago Law School

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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press for The American Society of International Law

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References

1 Yuval Shany, Assessing the Effectiveness of International Courts (2014).

2 Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong'o and Others v. Attorney General of Kenya and Others, Reference No. 1 of 2006 (Judgment), [2007] EACJ 6 (E. Afr. Ct. Just. Mar. 30, 2007).

3 Hirschl, Ran, The Judicialization of Mega-Politics and the Rise of Political Courts, 11 Ann. Rev. Pol. Sci. 93 (2008)Google Scholar.

4 Ugokwe v. Nigeria, Merits, ECW/CCJ/APP/02/05, IHRL 3117 (ECOWAS Oct. 7, 2005).

5 African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights Strategic Plan 2021–2025, “Deepening Trust in the African Court by Enhancing Its Efficiency and Effectiveness,” at https://www.african-court.org/wpafc/african-court-on-human-and-peoples-rights-strategic-plan-2021-2025.