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Jan 30, 2010 by News Gatherer
The "Failed States Index 2008 " Ranking of States – 177 countries are covered during the year – according to the indicators mentioned above are eleven of the twenty states listed as "worse " of cases found in Africa, namely (in order of ranking) (1) Somalia (2), Sudan (3) Zimbabwe (4), Chad (6) Democratic Republic of Congo (8), Côte d 'Ivoire (10), Central African Republic (11) Guinea (16), Ethiopia (17), Uganda (18), Nigeria.
They are more a matter of mind and heart at rest, not only the existence of a formal constitution that respects, but more in attitude, mood, disposition or morals instilled in time for the provision, by example, the custom and tradition. 1 (1920), p. 151. And so, even if freedom, democracy, justice, rule of law and order are concepts enshrined in the constitutions of African countries still have a very lively and active content that govern the behavior and actions of rulers , non – governmental organizations and individuals are and can become just because it is enshrined in the Constitution. The absence of the spirit of the law, the custom of respecting the rule of law in African countries is an important indication of who are yet to attain the status of a free society. They live in the continuity of his moral life. "" Living as a basis for moral action ", wrote Lord Bryce, " is an individual during the short period of its existence here, traditions are a nation whose expectation of life of hundreds or thousands of years. Modern democracies, vol. The spirit of laws and institutions of the state, unlike the laws and the institutions themselves, not an exportable commodity, but can not be packaged and transported. Model law and institutions can be packaged and exported from one country to another, but their spirit can not, because it has no form, no material that can be packaged for export. Being only a moral force, can not grow, can be generated within the company, both for the native or under the influence of foreigners living in their midst. African countries have adopted the attributes of materials and manufactured goods import system of government – the legislature, the laws of the law, courts, armies, police, prisons, banknotes, coins, currency, important occasions of state, etc – but still absorb and assimilate the spirit – the tradition of respect for human rights, established by the authority, the habit of discipline, the ethics of public service, public honesty, responsibility, fairness, love of country, etc. – the conditions in Europe and the U.S. State administration, skills, organization of force, laws, institutions and processes.
There is no good justification for that at the time – the highest honor, is Salus populi suprema lex (safety of people is the supreme law). In all countries recognize that constitutionalism should be limited by the requirements of an emergency, given that an emergency involves a state of danger to public order and public security, which can not be adequately met in the 'scope of government restrictions and limitations imposed by the Constitution. Almost all modern constitutions granted extraordinary powers, including powers to limit the guarantee of human rights and suspend the democratic process, has officially declared an emergency in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. 276. In situations of danger to public safety, it is said, "men more attention to freedom " – to Professor Charles Mcllwain, constitutionalism and the changing world (1939), p. Even the constitutional status of constitutional regimes deemed necessary to arm themselves, according to the Constitution, with special powers to deal with an emergency. There's really nothing unusual about that.
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