The disbanding of the SADC tribunal : a cautionary tale
| dc.contributor.author | Nathan, Laurie | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-11-03T09:42:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-12-01T00:20:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-11 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In 2011 the heads of state of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) disbanded the SADC Tribunal after the regional court held that the Zimbabwean government’s land seizures violated the rule of law. The disbandment reflects SADC’s hierarchy of values, in terms of which the organization’s formal commitment to human rights and a regional legal order is subordinate to the political imperatives of regime solidarity and respect for sovereignty. The Tribunal saga demonstrates that the jurisdiction of regional courts derives not simply from their official mandates but from an interplay between domestic and regional law and politics. | en_US |
| dc.description.librarian | hb2014 | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Konrad Adenauer Stiftung | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/human_rights_quarterly/ | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nathan, L 2013, 'The disbanding of the SADC tribunal : a cautionary tale', Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 870-892. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0275-0392 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1085-794X (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.1353/hrq.2013.0059 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42461 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press | en_US |
| dc.rights | © 2013 Johns Hopkins University Press | en_US |
| dc.subject | Disbanding | en_US |
| dc.subject | SADC tribunal | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cautionary tale | en_US |
| dc.subject | Southern African Development Community (SADC) | en_US |
| dc.title | The disbanding of the SADC tribunal : a cautionary tale | en_US |
| dc.type | Postprint Article | en_US |