Institutional Transformation of the Economic Community of West African States

Dr Kofi Otneg Kufuor is a Reader in the School of Law, University of East London, UK. He was previously Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House).

'A significant contribution to the scholarship on the challenges to economic integration among African States.' Ben Chigara, Brunel University, UK

• Contents: Preface; Introduction; Schools of thought for the study of ECOWAS: new institutional economics and ordoliberalism; The origins and evolution of regional integration in West Africa; The revised ECOWAS Treaty; The exclusion of domestic interests from decision-making within ECOWAS constituent units; The utility of National Courts and private citizens in ECOWAS; Recent centralizing tendencies in the community; Conclusion; Appendix; Index.