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1 online resource (452 pages) |
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Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law |
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Cambridge studies in constitutional law.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Problematic, Theory, Methodology; Chapter 1 The Chaskalson Courts achievement; 1.1 Judicial politics: a brief introduction; 1.2 Criteria of success in political terms; 1.3 The Court' s success in political terms; 1.4 The Court' s success in legal terms: four illustrative responses; 1.5 The ideal of adjudication according to law; 1.6 Translating the common elements of the ideal into shared criteria; 1.7 The distinctiveness of the criteria and the justification for this study |
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2 A conceptual framework for assessing the performance of constitutional courts2.1 Two forms of constraint; 2.2 Four central cases; 2.3 Judge-driven changes to a court' s position on the matrix; 2.4 Constitutional courts in new and old democracies; 2.5 The success of constitutional courts in interdisciplinary law/politics terms; 3 Operationalising the conceptual framework to explain the Court ́s achievement; 3 .1 The Court ́s starting position on the matrix; 3.1.1 The vertical axis: South African legal-professional culture |
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3.1.2 The horizontal axis: the Court ́s relative insulation from political attack3.2 Tracking the Court ́s movement across the matrix; 3.3 Choosing the cases; Part II Context; 4 The political context for judicial review, 1995-2005; 4.1 South Africa ́s pre-democratic tradition of judicial independence; 4.2 The character of the ANC and its commitment to liberal constitutionalism; 4.3 Constitutional provisions affecting the Court ́s independence from political control; 4.3.1 The two-stage constitution-making process; 4.3.2 The judicial appointments process |
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4.4 The changing political context for judicial review4.4.1 Racial reconciliation, 1994-1996; 4.4.2 Technocratic centralism, 1997-2005; 4.5 Conclusion; 5 Constraints and opportunities: The law/politics distinction in South African legal-professional culture; 5.1 The received tradition: South African legal-professional culture before 1994; 5.2 The impact of the post-apartheid Constitutions on South African legal-professional culture; 5.2.1 The character of the post-apartheid Constitutions; 5.2.2 The necessarily entailed impact of the post-apartheid Constitutions |
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5.2.3 The contingent impact: internal factors5.2.4 The contingent impact: external factors; 5.3 The Chaskalson Courts judicial ethic; Part III Thematic Case Studies; 6 Death, desire and discrimination: the Chaskalson Court between constitutional and positive morality; 6.1 Abolishing the death penalty: S. v. Makwanyane; 6.2 Customary law and the right to equality: Bhe; 6.3 Same-sex marriage: Fourie; 6.4 Identifying the strategy; 7 Social rights; 7.1 Background to the inclusion of social rights in the 1996 Constitution; 7.2 An ̀agonising ́ start: Soobramoney |
| Summary |
Uses a single-country case study to enrich research on the role of constitutional courts in new democracies |
| Notes |
7.3 Choosing the strategy: Grootboom |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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South Africa. Constitutional Court -- History
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| SUBJECT |
South Africa. Constitutional Court fast |
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Constitutional courts -- South Africa -- History
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Constitutional law -- South Africa
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LAW -- Constitutional.
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LAW -- Civil Procedure.
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LAW -- Legal Services.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch.
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Constitutional courts
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Constitutional law
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Politics and government
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Verfassungsgericht
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South Africa -- Politics and government -- History
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South Africa
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Südafrika
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781107336490 |
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110733649X |
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9781139005081 |
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1139005081 |
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9781107333178 |
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1107333172 |
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1107234948 |
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9781107234949 |
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1107326737 |
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9781107326736 |
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1107255406 |
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9781107255401 |
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1299408893 |
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9781299408890 |
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1107335663 |
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9781107335660 |
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