An Intellectual Giant

Essays in Honour of Muna Ndulo

Marja Hinfelaar, O'Brien Kaaba, Pamela Towela Sambo

• Publisher: Gadsden Publishers
• Year: 2025
• Edition: 0
• eBook ISBN:
  9789982241632
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Essays in Sociology
• Index: Social Sciences

"For several decades, this Harvard and Oxford trained legal luminary has had a great range of achievements - as legal scholar, law school teacher... and international public servant." Mumba Malila, Chief Justice of Zambia"An internationally acclaimed legal scholar, Muna Ndulo has made an outstanding contribution to constitution making in several African countries, East Timor and Afghanistan; and to global governance, institution building, human rights, international trade and legal education." Pamela Towela Sambo, Lecturer in Law at the University of Zambia and environmental activistAn Intellectual Giant: Essays in Honour of Muna Ndulo doubles as an account of the exemplary professional life of a globally renowned Zambian legal luminary - Muna Ndulo - and also as a versatile exposition towards understanding the global demands placed on professionals, particularly legal scholars. This collection of academically-inspired essays demonstrates how Muna Ndulo has contributed towards building global social justice, human rights and good governance. The essays in this book dissect global and national concerns such as constitutionalism and constitution making, women's rights, legal education, transitional justice and fair international investment law. These areas of the law are directly linked to the public scholarship that has earned Muna Ndulo immense international acclaim and continue to inspire upcoming professionals.

Table of contents

• Front cover
• Title page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Legal Education in Zambia as a Pathway to the Globalised World of Opportunities
• Secession Movements, the Right to Self-determination and the Challenge of Constitutional Design in a Multi-ethnic African State: The Case of Barotseland in Zambia
• The Pitfalls of Bill 10 in Modern Constitution Making Experience: A Post-mortem
• As Tedious as a Twice-told Tale: The Struggle for a Legitimate and Democratic Constitution in Zambia (2012)
• Traditional Dispute Resolution Mechanisms and Access to Justice for Women in Zambia:- Lessons from Lower State “Customary” Law Courts
• Public Policy in Uncertain Times: Responding to Covid-19 in Uganda and Zambia, 2020
• Transnational Cooperation and Regional Integration in Africa: A Case for Compliance Monitoring through the African Peer Review Mechanism
• Compensation Standards Under the SADC Protocol on Finance and Investment
• The R4I Doctrine: A Theory of Large-scale Infrastructure Finance
• Annexes
• Back cover