Journal of African Law

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of African Law is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Implementing the AfCFTA Agreement: A Case for the Harmonization of Data Protection Law in Africa9
Mandatory Reviews in Criminal Cases in Malawi: The Recent Understanding and Its Implications6
The Independence of Morocco's Competition Council5
The Interplay between Hereditary Traditional Leaders, Democratically Elected Leaders and Succession: A Case Study from Makapanstad, North West Province, South Africa4
Community Based Natural Resources Management in Botswana4
Safeguarding South African Consumers’ Socio-Economic Rights During COVID-19: Competition Commission v Babelegi Workwear and Industrial Supplies4
Integrating Competition and Consumer Protection in Africa: The Law and Practice of Nigeria’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission4
Judges Guarding Judges: Investigating Regional Harbours for Judicial Independence in Africa4
Law Versus What People Want: Stroke Neurobiobanking and Genomics Research in Nigeria and Ghana3
The Right to Health in Nigeria and Its Impact on Citizens’ Access to Medical Care3
Child Labour in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mines in Uganda: Are Legal Protections Adequate?2
State Responsibility for Violations of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law by Private Security Companies in Africa: The Case of the Wagner Group and Africa Corps2
Striking a Balance between Protecting the Matrimonial Home and the Mortgagee's Right of Sale in Nigeria: Lessons from England2
Prohibiting Political Party Membership as a Condition for Receiving Political Service Retirement Benefits under Ethiopian Law: A Comparison with Kenya and Tanzania2
The Right to External Self-Determination of the South-East People of Nigeria: A View from International Law2
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The Supreme Court Affirmation of the Status and Autonomy of Local Governments under the 1999 Nigerian Constitution2
Women, Climate Change and the Law: Lessons for Tanzania from an Analysis of African Nationally Determined Contributions2
A New Dawn for Gay Rights in Botswana: A Commentary on the Decision of the High Court and Court of Appeal in the Motshidiemang Cases1
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The Doctrine of Inherent Powers under the Sudanese Civil Procedure Code: Its Origin, Nature and Scope1
Right to Restitution under Illegal Contracts: Seeking Clarity in Ghana1
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Political Parties in African Constitutions: Expectation and Suspicion1
Reconciling Constitutional Values in Ghana Through Purposive Interpretation1
Fairness and Equity in South African Competition Law: A New Direction1
Evaluating the Application of Probation as a Non-Custodial Sentence under the Nigerian Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015: Lessons from Kenya1
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An Assessment of the Doctrine of Commorientes and Its Implications for the Devolution of Testate and Intestate Property in Ghana1
The Admissibility of Expert Evidence in Criminal Proceedings in Malawi: A Call for Reliability Safeguards1
Pregnancy Scams as Actionable and Unactionable Fraud in Ghana1
Revisiting the Right in Zimbabwe of a Subrogated Insurer to Proceed against a Third Party in the Name of the Insured: Lessons from South Africa1
A Conflict of Laws Analysis of the Nigerian Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act (2013)1
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The Role of Copyright Law in the Attainment of Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education in English-Speaking West African Countries1
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How Far Are Kenya’s Courts? Distance as a Barrier to Justice in Kenya1
Promoting Digitalization of Electronic Trade Documents in Nigeria through the Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records1
Towards a Public Law Perspective on the Constitutional Law of Privacy in South Africa in the Age of Digitalization1
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International Human Rights Obligations and the Influence of Economic Principles on Education Delivery in Nigeria as an E-9 Country0
Same Naira, More Possibilities! Assessing the Legal Status of the eNaira and Its Potential for Privacy and Inclusion0
Disputes Relating to the Appointment of Imams in Nigeria: Jurisdictional Competition Between Islamic Courts and the High Court0
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Challenges in Applying Colonial Boundary Treaties to the Resolution of the Djibouti–Eritrea Border Dispute0
Improving Constitutional Adjudication in Francophone Africa through Human Rights Treaties and Case Law: the Benin Constitutional Court0
Regulating Surrogacy in Nigeria: Issues, Challenges and the Role of Culture0
Rejection, Re-victimization and Human Rights Violations of Female Survivors of Boko Haram’s Sexual Violence in Nigeria: Legal Analysis0
Access to Legal Aid for Accused Persons with Disabilities in Kenya’s Criminal Justice System: An Outcomes-based Approach0
From Timbuktu to the International Community: Intertextuality, Expressivism and Legitimacy in the ICC’s Al Mahdi Trial0
Mediation and the Structural Interdict as Legal Options to Resolve Service Delivery Failures in South Africa0
Product Liability in an Age of Development Risks: Should South Africa Reconsider Adopting a Development Risk Defence?0
Judicial Design, Gender and Ethnicity: A Typology Applied to the Burundi Constitutional Court0
Deaf People in Kenya’s Courts: Communication Barriers in the Criminal Justice System0
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South African Courts’ Current Definition of Suitable Alternative Accommodation in Eviction Matters0
Presidential Veto in the Law-Making Process: The Case of Kenya's Amendatory Recommendations0
All Progressives Congress v Bashir Sheriff and Others: The Conflict Between Legal Technicalities and Justice0
Enhancing the Right to Health in Nigeria through Judicial Intervention0
Reflections on Constitutionalism and Democratic Governance in Africa0
Policing Women’s Dressing in 21st Century Nigeria: Prioritizing Dignity Rights0
Judicial Marginalization of Communal Land Tenure in South Africa: A Critique of CASAC v Ingonyama Trust0
A Review of the Effectiveness of the Nigerian Whistleblowing Stopgap Policy of 2016 and the Whistleblower Protection Bill of 20190
The Interaction Between the Competition Council and the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority in Algerian Law0
The Remaking of South African Administrative Law0
Editors’ Foreword0
When the Corporate Veil Hides the Matrimonial Estate: A Case for Legal Reform in Ghana0
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The Trap of Path Dependence: A Case Study of OHADA0
Historic Monuments and Religious Buildings as Victims in Prosecutor v Al Mahdi at the International Criminal Court0
Rethinking Ownership, Power and Policy in Drug Patents: The Case for an Ubuntu-Infused Approach0
Evaluating South Africa's Special Economic Zones0
A Critical Analysis of the Corporate Whistleblowing Provisions of the South African Companies Act0
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Mergers and Acquisitions and the Incorporation of the Public Interest in Africa's Regional Competition Laws: A Case Study of COMESA0
Deconstitutionalizing Decolonization and Self-Reflective Reparation: John Ssempebwa v Kampala Capital City Authority [2025] UGHCCD 430
The Nigerian Cabotage Act and the Ideals of the African Continental Free Trade Area: An Unwholesome Alliance?0
Foreign Influence and the Legitimacy of Constitution Building in South Sudan0
Beyond Legal Measures: A Review of the DRC's Initial Report under the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa0
Factors Hindering Couples from Accessing Marriage Conciliation Boards in Mainland Tanzania0
Pitfalls of Shareholder-Centric Corporate Law in an Unequal Society: A South African Perspective0
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Custom Versus Customary Law: Does South African Jurisprudence Draw the Distinction?0
Reforming Ethiopian Bilateral Investment Treaties in Line with Domestic Development Policies: Challenges, Prospects and Simplified Reform Options0
Interpretation of the Mental Stress Taxonomy under Nigeria's Employees’ Compensation Act 20100
Conducting Socio-Legal Research in a Conflict Area during a Pandemic: Reflections and Lessons for Future Researchers0
Taking One for the Team? Some Reflections on the Trial of Malawi's Hyena-man0
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Legal Barriers to Women's Access to Elected Parliamentary Seats in Light of 30 Years of Multiparty Democracy in Tanzania0
Infusion of ICT into Nigeria's Corporate Democracy: A Proposal for a New Reform Initiative0
Right to Peaceful Protest in Nigeria and the Recurrent Syndrome of Brutalization: The #EndSARS Protest Debacle0
Are Sections 7(7) and 7(8) of South Africa’s Divorce Act Applicable When Retirement Fund Members Exit Their Funds before Divorce?0
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Gender-Responsive Public Procurement in Africa: Barriers and Challenges0
Substantive Equality in the Private Sphere: Developments in South African Law on Testamentary Discrimination0
The Making of Uganda's Equal Opportunities Commission Act and Its Interpretation by the Commission0
Decolonizing African Mental Health Laws: A Case for Kenya0
Judicial Independence Through Accountability: Why and How to Remove Judges in Zambia0
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Informality in Governance: Evaluating Intergovernmental Relations in Kenya’s Health Sector During the COVID-19 Pandemic0
The Contribution of Uganda's Constitutional Court Petition No 16 Judgment to the Right of Access to Quality Emergency Obstetric Care under International Law0
A Postcolonial Legal Critique of Online Expression in Africa0
One Offence, Different Intentions: The Judicial Controversy of the Mens Rea for the Offence of Attempted Murder in Botswana0
Private Property Rights in Company Ownership in Nigeria: Neoliberal Policies and Structural Injustice0
Right-to-Development Governance: An Alternative Development Model for Africa0
Financial Support to Apartheid: Outstanding Debts0
Going It Alone or Acting as a Collective? Evaluating the East African Community Policy on Implementing TRIPS Obligations0
The Legal System for Compensation for Vessel-Source Oil Pollution in South Africa0
The Pursuit of an Appropriate Dispute Resolution Philosophy for Africa0
Rules of Origin, Value Chains and African Development under the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement0
Mpho le Mphonyana: Two Iterations of Admissibility in Africa0
Bailment of Intellectual Property in Nigeria: A Conceptual Possibility0
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The Nigerian Anti-Torture Act of 2017 and Its Compatibility with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the African Charter on Human and Peopl0
Sentencing Reform in Tanzania: Moving from Uhuru to Ubuntu?0
The AU Free Movement Protocol: Challenges in Its Implementation0
Lost in Transplantation: Revisiting Indigenous Principles as a Panacea to Natural Resource Sustainability in Nigeria0
Conceptual or Pragmatic? Differentiating Floating Charges from Unitary Security Interests under Nigerian Law0
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Balancing Retributive and Restorative Justice Processes at the National Level: Addressing Violence Against Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Uganda0
Legal Imperatives for the Implementation of Energy Auctions in Nigeria0
South African Lessons for the Development of the Doctrine of Legality in Lesotho0
The Evolution of Umbrella Clauses and the Interpretation of Chinese Concession Loan Agreements in Nigeria0
Breathing Life into the Kampala Convention: Towards Workable Enforcement Mechanisms0
Judicial Legislation: The Supreme Court of Nigeria’s Model for Strategic Decision-Making?0
A Critical Examination of the African Legal Framework for Indigenous Knowledge0
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Human Rights Implications of Unregulated Energy Drink Advertisements in Nigeria0
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The Right to Run for Election in Zambia: A Preserve of the “Educated” Class?0
The Mediation Framework in Botswana's Trade Disputes Act: A Unique Approach to Dispute Resolution0
Certificate of Title: A Discussion of Contemporary Challenges to the Protection of Land Interests in Uganda0
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