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Informationen zum Autor Jens Meierhenrich is Assistant Professor of Government and of Social Studies at Harvard University! where he is also a Faculty Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. He recently served as the Carlo Schmid Fellow in Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and has previously worked with Luis Moreno Ocampo! the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Professor Meierhenrich is also the author of a genocide trilogy! comprising The Rationality of Genocide! The Structure of Genocide! and The Culture of Genocide (all forthcoming). Klappentext Focusing on South Africa from 1650 2000! Meierhenrich examines how law structures democracy in changing societies. Zusammenfassung Focusing on South Africa from 1650–2000, this book examines the role of law in making democracy work in changing societies. Meierhenrich argues that legal norms and institutions have an important structuring effect on democratic outcomes. Law appears able to reduce uncertainty in democratization by invoking common cultural backgrounds. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; Part I. A Theory of Law: 2. A typology of law; 3. Path dependence and the law; Part II. A History of Law: 4. Apartheid and the law I; 5. Apartheid and the law II; 6. Apartheid's endgame and the law I; 7. Apartheid's endgame and the law II; Part III. A Comparative Analysis: 8. A plausability probe; 9. Conclusion.
