Constitutional government and human rights in Uganda

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Title:	Constitutional government and human rights in Uganda
Author:	Ovonji, I.C.
Year:	1990
Periodical:	Lesotho Law Journal: A Journal of Law and Development
Volume:	6
Issue:	1
Pages:	207-250
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Uganda
Subjects:	constitutions human rights
Abstract:	Uganda has undergone several constitutional changes since the advent of British colonial rule. These constitutional developments all followed, and indeed were wrought in response to, political crises. The author presents a constitutional history of the country from precolonial times to the present, examining developments under British colonial rule, during the post-World War II period, between 1952 and 1962 when the country became independent, during the military regime of Idi Amin from 1970 to 1979, and under UNLF (Uganda National Liberation Front) government and after. At the end the author outlines trends in Uganda's constitutional history and points to factors militating against constitutionalism. Notes, ref.