Internationalised Constitution Making and State Formation

Negotiating Peace and Statehood in South Sudan and Somaliland
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-61239-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 314 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 637 g

Reihe: Comparative Constitutional Change

This book presents an in-depth and nuanced interdisciplinary and comparative analysis of (post-)conflict constitution-making in South Sudan and Somaliland, exploring the ways in which the two emerging states negotiate statehood in a globalised world. It critically examines the transfer of international constitution-making models as part of international rule of law promotion frameworks. Specific emphasis is placed on the socio-cultural translation dynamics of these models in conflict settings. The comparative study explores the tensions between state sovereignty and international interventions, examining whether international constitution-making involvement fosters the production of societal consensus or inadvertently impedes efforts to achieve stability and peace. By focusing on constitutional law-making, the book sheds light on how normative ideas are transformed in negotiations and opens up new analytical avenues for re-thinking conventional constitution-making practices. It critically reconsiders the assumption that every emerging state requires a written constitution, alongside the state-centred notion of sovereignty underpinning this paradigm. Additionally, the study addresses the power and knowledge hierarchies inherent in international interventions, providing empirical data from post-conflict African contexts. The book will be of interest to academics, researchers, and policy-makers working in the areas of comparative public law, constitutionalism, sociology of law, anthropology, legal geography, international relations, political science, and African studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Seidel, Katrin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prelude: Rethinking the Narratives of the Birth of a New Nation

1. Framing a Comparative Constitutional Ethnography

2. Travelling Constitution-Making Models and Legal Pluralism

3. Recipients of the Constitution-Making Model: The Case of Post-Colonial Africa

4. Navigating within the Constitution-Making Model: South Sudan

5. Innovating Beyond the Constitution-Making Model: Somaliland

6. Recapsulating Lessons Learned and Spatialising Constitution-Making

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Katrin Seidel is a habilitated adjunct professor, currently working as a senior researcher at the European Center of Just Transition Research and Impact-Driven Transfer at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. She was Acting Professor for Critical African Studies at the Leipzig University and Senior Research Fellow in the Law & Anthropology Department of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. Based on her interdisciplinary background in law, African/Asian studies, and anthropology, her research is situated at the intersection of legal pluralism, statehood and governance, conflict resolution, and postcolonialism.