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Africa extended and strengthened its status as a maker of international law by spearheading the creation and implementation of the norm of "shared sovereignty" in international criminal adjudication and the management of petroleum resources through the Special Court for Sierra Leone that was established to prosecute the principal actors in a devastating war in West Africa in the 1990s and through the Chad–Cameroon Oil Pipeline Project that created a model for effective production and utilization of natural resources for national development. This article argues that by situating itself at the forefront of the shared sovereignty experience, Africa is making significant contributions to the development of international law and, despite an initial setback, Africa's effort represents a firm foundation upon which major progress can be established. This article highlights the key challenges that orchestrated the failure of the Chad project, focusing on the inability of international financial institutions such as the World Bank Group and state actors to successfully manage complex shared sovereignty arrangements, particularly in weak states in unstable regions. The paper further identifies the specific socio-political, economic, structural, and legal mechanisms that are imperative to ensuring the successful implementation of oil revenue management or natural-resource-based shared sovereignty systems in developing nations grappling with sustainable economic development and democratization.

Despite international laws emerging throughout the 20th century declaring and further strengthening the principle of permanent sovereignty over natural resources (PSNR), the ensuing decades have witnessed the mismanagement of these resources, resulting in the transformation of the natural endowment into a crippling curse, instead of the envisaged and deserved blessing. Political leadership in many developing countries continues to corner the natural resource wealth to its benefit, and to the detriment of the general population. This article argues that the realization of the people's right to natural resources necessitates a de-concentration of the right to the management of the resources from the government, particularly in those countries where political leaders have consistently demonstrated an inability to manage the resources for the public good. Adapted from the source document.

This book provides contributions in international law, development, and international relations from a cross section of jurists and scholars including a justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and a former Judge of the International Court of Justice at The Hague. The project, conceived as a festschrift in honor of Professor Christian Okeke, aims to amplify the voices and perspectives that are not often accorded the limelight in international legal discourse. Additionally, the contributors discuss such relevant issues as frozen conflicts in Eastern Europe, counter-terrorism and cyber-security in Central Asia, and judicial contrivance in African countries. Bridging the gap between political science and legal scholarship, the book presents an interdisciplinary perspective on the emergence of an international rule of law and development. It also provides much needed empirical research on the implications of multi-level governance and global legal pluralism for the rule of law beyond the nation state. This book will be highly relevant to scholars, academics, researchers, and students in the fields of international relations, law, and development. Emeka Duruigbo is Professor at Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University. Remigius Chibueze is Adjunct Professor at Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, CA. Sunday Gozie Ogbodo is Professor and Dean at Faculty of Law, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, Nigeria

This book provides contributions in international law, development, and international relations from a cross section of jurists and scholars including a justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and a former Judge of the International Court of Justice at The Hague. The project, conceived as a festschrift in honor of Professor Christian Okeke, aims to amplify the voices and perspectives that are not often accorded the limelight in international legal discourse. Additionally, the contributors discuss such relevant issues as frozen conflicts in Eastern Europe, counter-terrorism and cyber-security in Central Asia, and judicial contrivance in African countries. Bridging the gap between political science and legal scholarship, the book presents an interdisciplinary perspective on the emergence of an international rule of law and development. It also provides much needed empirical research on the implications of multi-level governance and global legal pluralism for the rule of law beyond the nation state. This book will be highly relevant to scholars, academics, researchers, and students in the fields of international relations, law, and development. Emeka Duruigbo is Professor at Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University. Remigius Chibueze is Adjunct Professor at Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, CA. Sunday Gozie Ogbodo is Professor and Dean at Faculty of Law, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, Nigeria.