Bibliographie sélective OHADA

El artículo analiza cómo el crecimiento del comercio internacional ha resaltado la necesidad de marcos jurídicos armonizados para regular relaciones contractuales de carácter internacional. Los Restatements Internacionales han surgido como una herramienta clave para consolidar principios jurídicos comunes. Además, el estudio revisa los esfuerzos de organismos globales y regionales como UNIDROIT y OHADAC, así como iniciativas académicas como los Principios LANDO y los Principios de Derecho Contractual Asiático. The article analyzes how the growth of international trade has highlighted the need for harmonized legal frameworks to regulate international contractual relations. International Restatements have emerged as a key tool for consolidating common legal principles. Additionally, the study reviews the efforts of global and regional organizations such as UNIDROIT and OHADAC, as well as academic initiatives like the LANDO Principles and the Asian Contract Law Principles.

This study interrogates the intersection of climate justice and litigation in the South African context. It addresses the urgent need for legal methods to address the disproportionate impact of climate change on marginalised communities. As climate change has become one of the greatest global challenges, marginalised communities most keenly feel its impacts, particularly those historically disadvantaged by socioeconomic inequalities rooted in apartheid. What follows is a critical examination of the most important international climate frameworks, in particular the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (hereinafter UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement, which have shaped the global discourse on climate change. The increasing recognition of the rights of historically marginalised and vulnerable communities underscores the potential role of climate litigation in achieving climate justice for all by holding both government and corporations accountable for their actions and lack thereof in mitigating climate change. The study examines the South African legal framework and recognises its progressive constitution that guarantees environmental rights. On the other hand, the study highlights significant barriers to effective climate action, particularly for the country’s most vulnerable, poor and marginalised populations, who often lack access to legal resources and skills needed for climate action. Using decided climate cases such as Earthlife Africa v. Minister of Environment, the study highlights the problems that plaintiffs often face when it comes to proving causation and the need for expert evidence in such litigation. Finally, the study concludes that while climate litigation offer opportunities for climate justice, the challenges identified need to be addressed to ensure the effectiveness of climate processes in achieving climate justice. The study therefore makes recommendations for strengthening legal aid, promoting public climate litigation and improving community capacity. By implementing these recommendations, climate justice will be achieved so that South Africa can effectively utilise climate litigation to demand climate justice for both current and future generations.

Fidèle à sa vocation de juridiction suprême, la plus vieille de la République, la Cour suprême se veut résolument gardienne du raisonnement juridique au Bénin. Parce qu'elle entend assumer pleinement cette vocation, elle se par conséquent ouverte dans sa mission fondamentale d'interprétation uniforme des lois de la République sur tout le territoire national et d'uniformisation de la jurisprudence.

Fidèle à sa vocation de juridiction suprême, la plus vieille de la République, la Cour suprême se veut résolument gardienne du raisonnement juridique au Bénin. Parce qu'elle entend assumer pleinement cette vocation, elle se par conséquent ouverte dans sa mission fondamentale d'interprétation uniforme des lois de la République sur tout le territoire national et d'uniformisation de la jurisprudence.

La signature du traité instituant l’Organisation pour l’Harmonisation en Afrique du Droit des Affaires (OHADA) a donné place à une nouvelle pensée de l’intégration communautaire par le droit. Par cet instrument juridique, les États signataires ont manifesté leur volonté de contribuer en Afrique à l’instauration d’un espace économique unifié et apte à répondre aux aspirations des investisseurs. Pour atteindre cet objectif, les États membres de l’OHADA ont entendu remédier à un certain nombre de non-conformités liées à la présence massive de lois nationales contradictoires, au contenu souvent obsolète. Mais en matière pénale, matière charnière du droit, l’on constate que cette uniformisation n’est pas effective. Même si c’est le législateur OHADA qui organise la norme de comportement, la norme de sanction est laissée à la charge de chaque Etats parties. Cette disparité peut alors s’avérer être un frein à la volonté des Etats membres. De ce fait, il est impératif qu’une unification soit faite pour la matière pénale dans le but d’atteindre l’objectif souhaité qui est celui de la sécurité juridique mais surtout l’exigence d’efficacité et d’effectivité du droit OHADA. The signing of the treaty establishing the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA) gave way to a new way of thinking about community integration through law. Through this legal instrument, the signatory States have demonstrated their desire to contribute in Africa to the establishment of a unified economic space capable of meeting the aspirations of investors. To achieve this objective, OHADA member states intended to remedy a certain number of non-compliances linked to the massive presence of contradictory national laws, often with obsolete content. But in criminal matters, a pivotal area of law, we see that this standardization is not effective. Even if it is the OHADA legislator who organizes the standard of behavior, the standard of sanction is left to the responsibility of each State party. This disparity can then prove to be a brake on the will of Member States. Therefore, it is imperative that a unification be made for criminal matters in order to achieve the desired objective which is that of legal security but above all the requirement for efficiency and effectiveness of OHADA law.