International law in post-colonial Africa /

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Note by the Series Editor. About the Author. Preface. I: Creating and Situating International Law. 1. Custom, Authority and the Creation of International Law. 2. Situating International Law in Municipal Legal Systems in Africa. II: Pre-Independence Treaty Obligations and the Post-Colonial State. 3. The Newly Emergent State and the Devolution of Pre-Independence Treaties. 4. Succession to Treaties and International Fluvial Law in Africa: The Niger Treaties. III: Human Rights. 5. Contextualizing Democracy and Human Rights in Africa. 6. Protecting Human Rights in the Constitution: The Case of Malawi. IV: Refugee Rights. 7. The Refugee Problem in Post-Apartheid Southern Africa. 8. Refugees, Law and Politics: The Evolution of Refugee Policy in Malawi. V: Territory, Sovereignty and Dispute Settlement. 9. The Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes in Post-Colonial Africa: The First Two Decades. 10. Regulating the Common Utilization and Management of International Watercourses: The Senegal Regime. VI: Implementing New International Law. 11. Southern African Land-Locked States and Rights of Access and Transit under the New Law of the Sea. 12. Environment and Development in Africa in the 1990s: Some Legal Issues. Appendix: Bilateral Treaties Concluded by the United Kingdom and Other Parties Still in Force in Malawi. Index. Index of Cases.