The Role of the Courts in Mitigating Election Violence in Nigeria

Violence occurs in a slight majority of elections held in sub-Saharan Africa. Several recent studies have examined the effectiveness of various interventions on the prevalence of violent elections; however, the role of the courts has been relatively less studied. Using data on electoral violence dur...

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Main Authors: Stephanie M. Burchard, Meshack Simati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa 2019-12-01
Series:Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cea/4407
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