Makenete v. Lekhanya and Others

Abstract

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Recognition — Governments — Coup d'état — New revolutionary government in Lesotho — Whether criteria for recognition of governments in international law applicable to recognition of revolutionary governments by municipal courts — Lesotho Order 1990Recognition — Recognition of governments — Coup d'état — Lawfulness of new revolutionary government in Lesotho — Criteria for recognition by municipal courts — Kelsen's theory — Whether coup d'état or merely a constitutional deviation — Lesotho Order (No 2) 1986 — Lesotho Order 1990