Namibia

Namibia
Author: Dawid Hercules Van Wyk
Publisher: Verloren Van Themaat Centre for Public Law
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1991
Genre: Law
ISBN:

Constitution of Namibia

Constitution of Namibia
Author: Government of Namibia
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 69
Release: 2022-08-10
Genre: History
ISBN:

The Constitution of Namibia is the supreme law of the Republic of Namibia. Adopted on February 9, 1990, a month before Namibia's independence from apartheid South Africa, it was written by an elected constituent assembly.

The Constitution of the Republic of Namibia

The Constitution of the Republic of Namibia
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2016
Genre: Constitutional law
ISBN:

The Constitution of the Republic of Namibia has been amended three times: by Act No. 34 of 1998, known as the Namibian Constitution First Amendment Act 1998; by Act No. 7 of 2010, known as the Namibian Constitution Second Amendment Act, 2010; and by Act No. 8 of 2014, known as the Namibian Constitution Third Amendment Act, 2014.

Constitutional Rights in Namibia

Constitutional Rights in Namibia
Author: Gino J. Naldi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 146
Release: 1995
Genre: Law
ISBN:

This book focuses on the constitutional developments in Namibia since 1990. It begins with an account of Namibia's struggle for self-determination that serves to put the Namibian constitution in context and then proceeds to consider the principal features of the Namibian constitution, the organs of state and the fundamental principles that provide a framework for the effective functioning of a democratic state. It goes on to examine in depth the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights and freedoms protected by the Declaration of Rights, analysing the relevant jurisprudence of the Namibian courts in the light of international human rights law.

Re-invigorating ubuntu through water: A human right to water under the Namibian Constitution

Re-invigorating ubuntu through water: A human right to water under the Namibian Constitution
Author: Ndjodi Ndeunyema
Publisher: Pretoria University Law Press
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2021-10-01
Genre: Law
ISBN:

This book argues for the existence of a court enforceable human right to water that is implied from the right to life in Article 6 of the Namibian Constitution. The book builds this argument by using tools of constitutional interpretation and with the aid of comparative materials. As such, the African value of ubuntu is invoked. Ubuntu – which is legally developed through its four key principles of community, interdependence, dignity and solidarity – is anchored in a novel approach to Namibian constitutional interpretation that is conceptualised as ‘re-invigorative constitutionalism’. The book advances the ‘AQuA’ (adequacy – quality – accessibility) content of water and articulates the correlative duties within the context of the respect – protect – fulfil trilogy, which are duties imposed upon the Namibian state as the primary duty bearer for a right to water. These duties include irreducible essential content duties that are argued to be immediate when compared to general obligations. In giving substance to duties that flow from a right to water, international law interpretative resources are also relied upon, including General Comment No 15 by the United Nations Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights, the African Commission’s Principles and Guidelines on Social and Economic Rights, and the World Health Organisation’s Drinking-water Quality Guidelines. Moreover, the book addresses various justiciability concerns that may arise, arguing that Namibian courts are institutionally competent and legitimate in enforcing right to water claims through the application of the bounded deliberation model. Additionally, because the Principles of State Policy in Article 95 of the Namibian Constitution are rendered court unenforceable by Article 101, the argument is made that this does not undermine the claim that a right to water, anchored in the right to life, can be enforced through the courts. - Dr Ndjodi Ndeunyema Modern Law Review Early Career Research Fellow, University of Oxford.

An Introduction to Namibian Law

An Introduction to Namibian Law
Author: Amor, S.K.
Publisher: University of Namibia Press
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2019-04-15
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9991642412

The author of this book, Prof. S.K. Amor, is Acting Director of the Justice Training Centre and lecturer at the University of Namibia. The writing of this book was inspired mainly by the fact that, despite Namibia's independence in 1990, Namibian legal practitioners, academics and students lecturing and studying law at the University of Namibia (UNAM) still do not have a truly Namibian reference book. Instead, they rely heavily on legal literature from South Africa and other countries. An Introduction to Namibian Law is an attempt to bridge this gap by introducing law academics, lecturers and students to the most important aspects of Namibian law. It explains the origin of the country's law and looks at the various influences over the years. The book contains material covered in various UNAM courses, such as Jurisprudence, Introduction to Cases, Comparative Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law, Interpretation of Statutes, and Civil and Criminal Procedure. It also contains various extracts in support of legal arguments, in which legal concepts are illustrated and thoroughly explained, as well as sample legal forms. Full accounts of certain cases are included to give students of Namibian law a depth of understanding of how Namibian law has been applied over the years.