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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Foreword12
Implementing the AfCFTA Agreement: A Case for the Harmonization of Data Protection Law in Africa9
JAL volume 65 issue S1 Cover and Front matter8
Re-Conceptualizing the Rule of Law in Africa: Metaphors of the Tool and the Causeway7
Community Based Natural Resources Management in Botswana5
The Independence of Morocco's Competition Council4
The Nature and Constitutionality of Statutorily-Imposed (Non-Contractual) Arbitration in Ghana4
Traditional Knowledge and the Inclusive Subordination of African Customary Law in Kenya: Lessons from Personal Law3
Deprivation of Retirement Benefits on Divorce through Living Annuities in South Africa3
Judges Guarding Judges: Investigating Regional Harbours for Judicial Independence in Africa3
The Interplay between Hereditary Traditional Leaders, Democratically Elected Leaders and Succession: A Case Study from Makapanstad, North West Province, South Africa3
Safeguarding South African Consumers’ Socio-Economic Rights During COVID-19: Competition Commission v Babelegi Workwear and Industrial Supplies3
Child Labour in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mines in Uganda: Are Legal Protections Adequate?2
Prohibiting Political Party Membership as a Condition for Receiving Political Service Retirement Benefits under Ethiopian Law: A Comparison with Kenya and Tanzania2
Editors’ Note2
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The Right to Health in Nigeria and Its Impact on Citizens’ Access to Medical Care2
Sedition and Freedom of Expression for Journalists in Botswana: A Comment on Mokone v Attorney General and Others2
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Striking a Balance between Protecting the Matrimonial Home and the Mortgagee's Right of Sale in Nigeria: Lessons from England1
Political Parties in African Constitutions: Expectation and Suspicion1
The Islamic Law of Marriage and Inheritance in Kenya1
On Disinformation, Elections and Ethiopian Law1
Local Content Requirements in Nigeria's Extractive Sector and the Implications for Sustainable Development1
Mental Stress, Workplaces and Nigeria's Employees’ Compensation Act1
Women, Climate Change and the Law: Lessons for Tanzania from an Analysis of African Nationally Determined Contributions1
The Admissibility of Expert Evidence in Criminal Proceedings in Malawi: A Call for Reliability Safeguards1
Legal Protection of the Marine Environment from Vessel-Source Oil Pollution: Progress and Challenges in Tanzania1
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
Right to Restitution under Illegal Contracts: Seeking Clarity in Ghana1
Towards a Public Law Perspective on the Constitutional Law of Privacy in South Africa in the Age of Digitalization1
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Promoting Digitalization of Electronic Trade Documents in Nigeria through the Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records1
An Assessment of the Doctrine of Commorientes and Its Implications for the Devolution of Testate and Intestate Property in Ghana1
Regulating Innovation for Financial Inclusion: Lessons from Nigeria0
Reforming Ethiopian Bilateral Investment Treaties in Line with Domestic Development Policies: Challenges, Prospects and Simplified Reform Options0
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
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A Review of the Effectiveness of the Nigerian Whistleblowing Stopgap Policy of 2016 and the Whistleblower Protection Bill of 20190
Factors Hindering Couples from Accessing Marriage Conciliation Boards in Mainland Tanzania0
Lost in Transplantation: Revisiting Indigenous Principles as a Panacea to Natural Resource Sustainability in Nigeria0
Unlawful Occupiers, Eviction and the National State of Disaster: Considering South Africa's Emergency Legislation and Jurisprudence During COVID-190
One Offence, Different Intentions: The Judicial Controversy of the Mens Rea for the Offence of Attempted Murder in Botswana0
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A New Dawn for Gay Rights in Botswana: A Commentary on the Decision of the High Court and Court of Appeal in the Motshidiemang Cases0
Foreign Influence and the Legitimacy of Constitution Building in South Sudan0
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Right to Peaceful Protest in Nigeria and the Recurrent Syndrome of Brutalization: The #EndSARS Protest Debacle0
The Role of Copyright Law in the Attainment of Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education in English-Speaking West African Countries0
All Progressives Congress v Bashir Sheriff and Others: The Conflict Between Legal Technicalities and Justice0
COVID-19 and the Violation of the Right to Basic Education of Learners with Disabilities in South Africa: An Examination of Centre for Child Law v Minister of Basic Education0
The Pursuit of an Appropriate Dispute Resolution Philosophy for Africa0
International Solidarity and the Global Compact on Refugees: What Role for the African Union and the European Union?0
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A Postcolonial Legal Critique of Online Expression in Africa0
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Judicial Legislation: The Supreme Court of Nigeria's Model for Strategic Decision-Making?0
The AU Free Movement Protocol: Challenges in Its Implementation0
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The Right to Run for Election in Zambia: A Preserve of the “Educated” Class?0
Editors’ Foreword0
Introduction: Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa0
JAL volume 65 issue S2 Cover and Back matter0
A Critical Analysis of the Corporate Whistleblowing Provisions of the South African Companies Act0
Evaluating South Africa's Special Economic Zones0
Africa and the Domestic Implementation of the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols: Problems and Solutions0
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The Limits of “Good Law”: Civil Society Regulation in South Africa and Ethiopia0
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Sentencing Reform in Tanzania: Moving from Uhuru to Ubuntu?0
Infusion of ICT into Nigeria's Corporate Democracy: A Proposal for a New Reform Initiative0
Bailment of Intellectual Property in Nigeria: A Conceptual Possibility0
Editors’ Note0
A Critical Assessment of Pertinent Locus Standi Features of the Derivative Remedy under Zimbabwe's New Companies and Other Business Entities Act0
Custom Versus Customary Law: Does South African Jurisprudence Draw the Distinction?0
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Reflections on Constitutionalism and Democratic Governance in Africa0
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The Legal, Practical and Policy Dilemmas in Enforcing the Sexual Offences Act of Kenya in Relation to Consensual Adolescent Sex0
The Making of Uganda's Equal Opportunities Commission Act and Its Interpretation by the Commission0
Mergers and Acquisitions and the Incorporation of the Public Interest in Africa's Regional Competition Laws: A Case Study of COMESA0
The Remaking of South African Administrative Law0
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Rethinking Ownership, Power and Policy in Drug Patents: The Case for an Ubuntu-Infused Approach0
Challenges in Applying Colonial Boundary Treaties to the Resolution of the Djibouti–Eritrea Border Dispute0
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COVID-19 Contact Tracing and Privacy Rights in Ghana: A Critical Analysis of the Establishment of Emergency Communications System Instrument, 2020 (EI 63)0
Electoral Governance and Human Rights Amid Pandemics in Africa: Key Lessons from the Early COVID-19 Experience0
Legal Barriers to Women's Access to Elected Parliamentary Seats in Light of 30 Years of Multiparty Democracy in Tanzania0
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Certificate of Title: A Discussion of Contemporary Challenges to the Protection of Land Interests in Uganda0
Same Naira, More Possibilities! Assessing the Legal Status of the eNaira and Its Potential for Privacy and Inclusion0
Interpretation of the Mental Stress Taxonomy under Nigeria's Employees’ Compensation Act 20100
Right to Development Governance in the Advent of the African Continental Free Trade Area0
Judicial Independence Through Accountability: Why and How to Remove Judges in Zambia0
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Mediation and the Structural Interdict as Legal Options to Resolve Service Delivery Failures in South Africa0
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
Decolonizing African Mental Health Laws: A Case for Kenya0
Product Liability in an Age of Development Risks: Should South Africa Reconsider Adopting a Development Risk Defence?0
Right-to-Development Governance: An Alternative Development Model for Africa0
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The Evolution of Umbrella Clauses and the Interpretation of Chinese Concession Loan Agreements in Nigeria0
Enhancing the Right to Health in Nigeria through Judicial Intervention0
Free, Prior and Informed Consent in Kenyan Law and Policy After Endorois and Ogiek0
Informality in Governance: Evaluating Intergovernmental Relations in Kenya's Health Sector During the COVID-19 Pandemic0
Re-evaluating the Admiralty Jurisdiction of Nigeria's Federal High Court in the Age of Combined Transport Shipping0
JAL volume 65 issue S2 Cover and Front matter0
Introduction: COVID-19 and the Law in Africa0
African Migration, Human Rights, and Literature Fareda Banda Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2020. 376 pp. Hardback £63.00, ISBN 97815099383460
Breathing Life into the Kampala Convention: Towards Workable Enforcement Mechanisms0
Mpho le Mphonyana: Two Iterations of Admissibility in Africa0
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Niger Delta: Past, Present and Future Challenges0
Crisis as Opportunity: Exploring the African Union's Response to COVID-19 and the Implications for Its Aspirational Supranational Powers0
Gender-Responsive Public Procurement in Africa: Barriers and Challenges0
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The Mediation Framework in Botswana's Trade Disputes Act: A Unique Approach to Dispute Resolution0
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Financial Support to Apartheid: Outstanding Debts0
Fostering a Constructive Intra-African Legal Dialogue in Post-Colonial Africa0
Legal Imperatives for the Implementation of Energy Auctions in Nigeria0
Liberalization of the Rule on Locus Standi before Nigerian Courts: Lessons from India0
Evaluating the Application of Probation as a Non-Custodial Sentence under the Nigerian Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015: Lessons from Kenya0
A Critical Examination of the African Legal Framework for Indigenous Knowledge0
Containing COVID-19 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Government Measures and Women's Compliance0
The Nigerian Cabotage Act and the Ideals of the African Continental Free Trade Area: An Unwholesome Alliance?0
Rules of Origin, Value Chains and African Development under the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement0
Access to Pharmaceutical Patents in the COVID-19 Emergency: A Case for Government Use in Nigeria0
The Doctrine of Inherent Powers under the Sudanese Civil Procedure Code: Its Origin, Nature and Scope0
Regulatory Imperatives for Renewable Energy: South African Perspectives0
Poor Lives Matter: COVID-19 and the Plight of Vulnerable Groups with Specific Reference to Poverty and Inequality in South Africa0
Going It Alone or Acting as a Collective? Evaluating the East African Community Policy on Implementing TRIPS Obligations0
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Taking One for the Team? Some Reflections on the Trial of Malawi's Hyena-man0
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Conceptual or Pragmatic? Differentiating Floating Charges from Unitary Security Interests under Nigerian Law0
The Legal System for Compensation for Vessel-Source Oil Pollution in South Africa0
The Contribution of Uganda's Constitutional Court Petition No 16 Judgment to the Right of Access to Quality Emergency Obstetric Care under International Law0
Presidential Veto in the Law-Making Process: The Case of Kenya's Amendatory Recommendations0
The Continued Criminality of Selling Sex: A Trajectory of South African Sex Work Law Reform0
Conducting Socio-Legal Research in a Conflict Area during a Pandemic: Reflections and Lessons for Future Researchers0
COVID-19 and Sudan: The Impact on Economic and Social Rights in the Context of a Fragile Democratic Transition and Suspended Constitutionalism0
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