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Arowosegbe, Jacob O.
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dc.date.accessioned |
2022-03-10T13:04:41Z |
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dc.date.available |
2022-03-10T13:04:41Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2022-03 |
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dc.description.abstract |
This article revisits the legitimacy question as it touches the Nigerian 1999 Constitution, bringing to the discourse a review and application of pertinent theoretical perspectives on constitution making and constitutional legitimacy. This theoretical and pragmatic approach introduces a refreshing angle to the debate, revealing the paucity of any attempt to ascribe any legitimacy claim to a constitution with a doubtful normative claim and fraudulent attribution of its source and legitimacy to the people. The author finds the consent basis of constitutional legitimacy as most attractive to a divided state like Nigeria, and concludes by advocating the adoption of a blend of the principles of the constituent assembly and post sovereign constitution-making models for the production of a new people-driven and inclusive constitution to meet the needs of the Nigerian people. |
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dc.description.department |
Centre for Human Rights |
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dc.description.librarian |
hj2022 |
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dc.description.uri |
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=GCN |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Arowosegbe, J.O. Revisiting the legitimacy question of the Nigerian 1999 Constitution. Global Constitutionalism , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , March 2022 , pp. 27-54,
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045381721000162. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2045-3817 (print) |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2045-3825 (online) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.1017/S2045381721000162 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/84433 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Cambridge University Press |
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dc.rights |
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press |
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dc.subject |
Constitution making |
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dc.subject |
Constitutional legitimacy |
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dc.subject |
Nigerian Constitution |
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dc.subject |
Ethnic divisions |
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dc.subject |
Sovereign national conference |
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dc.title |
Revisiting the legitimacy question of the Nigerian 1999 Constitution |
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dc.type |
Postprint Article |
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