Creating the Namibian Constitution

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Title:	Creating the Namibian Constitution
Author:	Szasz, Paul C.
Year:	1994
Periodical:	Verfassung und Recht in Übersee
Volume:	27
Issue:	3
Pages:	346-357
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Namibia
Subjects:	constitutions 1990
Abstract:	Unlike most 'first' constitutions of newly independent countries, the Constitution of the Republic of Namibia was formulated not as merely an incidental part of the independence process, but as an integral and essential component thereof, since the collaboration of some of the essential participants in the process, in particular South Africa and the Namibian 'internal parties', was predicated on the adoption of a constitution with certain agreed features and by certain agreed means. For the first time, the constitution of a newly independent State was formulated and brought into force as part of an international process. The constitution-creating process, once formally launched, proceeded with unprecedented speed and smoothness. The Constitution contains far-reaching and generous human rights provisions. This article deals with the process of writing the Namibian Constitution and discusses some of the Constitution's salient provisions. Notes, ref.