The Constitutional History and Law of Sierra Leone (1961-1995) is a legal analysis of the complex interaction between constitutional norms and institutional and societal forces. Sierra Leone, a new Commonwealth state once regarded as a model of British parliamentary democracy in West Africa, offers both an extraordinary constitutional setting and a fertile source of material for legal analysis in that it has not escaped the wave of revolutionary change and constitutional instability that has swept the new Commonwealth after independence. In this book the author examines, from a comparative perspective, the complex interaction of constitutional standards and institutional and societal forces as a constraining influence on constitutional democracy in Sierra Leone. This book illustrates Sierra Leone's experience with one of constitutional law's most fundamental and enduring problems-the delicate relationship between its legal and political components.

About the Author
Bankole Thompson is Professor in the Department of Police Studies in the College of Law Enforcement at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky.

Reviews
Thomson's work is a valuable additional to the studies of constitutional development in sierra Leone. It will make interesting reading for academics, and compulsory reading for those politicians, who now seek to design the destiny of this nation. -- Alfred Zack-Williams, University of Central Lancashire * Journal Of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics *
...by far the most comprehensive treatment of the constitutional development to date. Scholars of comparative law with interest in British commonwealth countries will find this very comprehrehensive book interesting. * Law and Politics Book Review *
...by far the most comprehensive treatment of the constitutional development to date. Scholars of comparative law with interest in British commonwealth countries will find this very comprehrehensive book interesting. * Law and Politics Book Review *



Book Information
ISBN 9780761804734
Author Bankole Thompson
Format Hardback
Page Count 340
Imprint University Press of America
Publisher University Press of America
Weight(grams) 567g
Dimensions(mm) 225mm * 149mm * 30mm