MAKING OF THE ERITREAN CONSTITUTION : The Dialectic of Process and Substance - Softcover

Berekt Habte Selassie

9781569021613: MAKING OF THE ERITREAN CONSTITUTION : The Dialectic of Process and Substance

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1569021619 ISBN 13: 9781569021613

Publisher: THE RED SEA PRESS, 2003

For the first time in their history, Eritreans were engaged in the making of a document by which they would be governed. Seen as the culmination of their struggle for self-determination, the Constitution was written over a three-year period, informed by intensive public debate held in villages and towns throughout the newly liberated country. Written by a scholar who led the process of constitution drafting, this book analyses the process from beginning to end, arguing that the value of a constitution lies in the degree of pubic participation that goes into its making.

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Between 1994 and 1997, and for the first time in their history, Eritreans were engaged as a sovereign people in the making of the basic document by which they would be governed. Regarded by Eritreans as the culmination of their legitimate struggle for national self-determination, the Eritrean Constitution is seen as an integral part of their continuous and crucial struggle for independence. Written by a scholar and practitioner who led the process of constitution drafting in the newly independent Eritrea, this book analyses the process from beginning to end, recording in concise summaries the intensive public debates held in village and town meetings during that three-year period which informed the final draft. Arguing that the value of a constitution lies in the degree of public participation that goes into its making, Bereket Habte Selassie pays careful attention to the drafting process, while also offering chapter-to-chapter text analysis and commentaries of the Eritrean constitution itself.

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