The politics of principle : the first South African Constitutional Court, 1995-2005 / / Theunis Roux.
"Under its first chief justice, Arthur Chaskalson, the South African Constitutional Court built an unrivalled reputation in the comparative constitutional law community for technically accomplished and morally enlightened decision-making. At the same time, the Court proved remarkably effective...
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| Superior document: | Cambridge studies in constitutional law ; 6 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in constitutional law ;
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 433 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. The Chaskalson Court's achievement; 2. A conceptual framework for assessing the performance of constitutional courts in interdisciplinary terms; 3. Operationalising the conceptual framework to explain the Court's achievement; 4. The political context for judicial review, 1995-2005; 5. Constraints and opportunities: the law/politics distinction in South African legal-professional culture; 6. Death, desire and discrimination: the Chaskalson Court between constitutional and positive morality; 7. Social rights; 8. Property rights; 9. Political rights; 10. Cross-cutting strategies; 11. Conclusion.