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A politico-legal framework for integration in Africa : exploring the attainability of a supranational African Union
Thesis (LLD)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/28573 A politico-legal framework for integration in Africa : exploring the attainability of a supranational African Union Olivier, Michele Emily babspen27@yahoo.com Fagbayibo, Babatunde Olaitan Institution building International organisations Regional economic communities (RECs) Nucleus au Supranationalism Regional integration Africa African Union (AU) Democratic principles African peer review mechanism UCTD Thesis (LLD)--University of Pretoria, 2010. The emergence of the African Union (AU) is seen as an effort to reposition Africa for the challenges of contemporary global realpolitik and, in particular, it provides a road map towards the attainment of a political union. The institutional architecture of the AU, modelled after the European Union (EU), indicates an intention on the part of the architects of the AU to endow the organisation with supranational attributes. However, none of its institutions has as yet started to exercise supranational powers. It is against this background that this thesis explores the feasibility of transforming the AU from a mere intergovernmental organisation into a supranational entity. In the course of the investigation, it was found that a major obstacle to realising this is the absence of shared democratic norms and standards, a consequence of the unconditional membership ideology of the AU. This thesis argues that the starting point of closer integration in Africa should be the cultivation and adoption of shared norms and values. To address this, the study proposes that the AU design an institutional mechanism for regulating its membership. Using the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) as a case study, this study shows that it is possible to establish a regulatory regime based on strict adherence to shared fundamental norms and values. A major recommendation is the transformation of the APRM into a legally binding instrument for setting continental democratic standards, assessing whether member states fulfil these standards and ultimately determining which member states are qualified, based on objective standards, to be part of a democratic AU. Public Law unrestricted 2013-09-07T13:44:01Z 2010-10-09 2013-09-07T13:44:01Z 2010-09-01 2010-10-09 2010-10-09 Thesis Fagbayibo , BO 2010, A politico-legal framework for integration in Africa : exploring the attainability of a supranational African Union, LLD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28573 > D10/627/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28573 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10092010-143207/ © 2010 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Institution building International organisations Regional economic communities (RECs) Nucleus au Supranationalism Regional integration Africa African Union (AU) Democratic principles African peer review mechanism UCTD A politico-legal framework for integration in Africa : exploring the attainability of a supranational African Union |
| title | A politico-legal framework for integration in Africa : exploring the attainability of a supranational African Union |
| title_full | A politico-legal framework for integration in Africa : exploring the attainability of a supranational African Union |
| title_fullStr | A politico-legal framework for integration in Africa : exploring the attainability of a supranational African Union |
| title_full_unstemmed | A politico-legal framework for integration in Africa : exploring the attainability of a supranational African Union |
| title_short | A politico-legal framework for integration in Africa : exploring the attainability of a supranational African Union |
| title_sort | politico legal framework for integration in africa exploring the attainability of a supranational african union |
| topic | Institution building International organisations Regional economic communities (RECs) Nucleus au Supranationalism Regional integration Africa African Union (AU) Democratic principles African peer review mechanism UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28573 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10092010-143207/ |