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The contractual foundation of justice and democracy as an imperative for social development in Africa
(Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2010) Offor, Francis
In this paper, attempt is made not only to establish the inextricable link between social contract and the notion of justice but to emphasise their imperativeness to democracy as a means of achieving the goals of development in Africa. In examining the relationship between social contract and justice, the paper asserts that our every day dealing with others at various layers of existence is underpinned by the notion of a contract, whether explicit or implicit and that such dealings are meant primarily to facilitate some measure of justice and to foster development in human society. While accepting democracy as the best means for achieving the goals of development, the paper concludes that the reason most African states have not made giant developmental strides, despite their practice of democracy, is because their leaders are yet to accept democracy as a form of contract that carries with it, serious implications bordering on the question of justice, whenever the terms of the contract (represented by the principles of democracy) are not strictly adhered to.