Rationalisation of the law-making process in presidential and semi-presidential regimes of francophone African states Cover Image

Racjonalizacja procesu prawotwórczego w prezydenckich i semiprezydenckich ustrojach państw Afryki frankofońskiej
Rationalisation of the law-making process in presidential and semi-presidential regimes of francophone African states

Author(s): Łukasz Jakubiak
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Government/Political systems, Political behavior, Politics and law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: rationalisation; France; francophone African states; law-making process; presidentialism; semi-presidentialism;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with procedures rationalising the course of law-making proceedings in African states that have created their constitutional arrangements on the basis of the model developed in the Constitution of the Fifth Republic of France. In the French case, these mechanisms can be seen as one of the aspects of far-reaching rationalisation of the broadly understood parliamentary system of government, which was maintained (but with significant modifications) in the Constitution of 1958. The author argues that the possibility of applying these constructions in Africa depends, at least to some extent, on the adopted system of government (presidentialism or semi-presidentialism), as well as on the one- or two-chamber structure of the parliament.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 45
  • Page Range: 81-96
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish