Ryan Briggs

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Figure 1: How much of the 1955 French penal code remains in West African nations? This figure measures the extent to which the 1955 AOF (Afrique occidentale française) criminal code remains embedded in present-day legal code. Every country in our study changed more than half of its criminal code after independence, though some countries changed far more than others. Source: Ryan Briggs

MundoÁfrica

When Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo took the oath of office on Jan. 7, by his side was a judge wearing a traditional British horsehair wig and black judicial robes. Just how far had Ghana shifted away from colonial rule since gaining independence in 1957?

Many Africans — and political scientists — believed that the newfound sovereignty of African nations in the 1950s and 1960s would cure ills, from economic underdevelopment to political repression, from low levels of social trust to high levels of corruption.

Many of these hopes remain unrealized. While countries did gain independence, some researchers argue that they held on to many of the rules put in place by former colonizers.…  Seguir leyendo »