South Africa - The Battle Over the Constitution

Sommario

Part 1: Rivalling Realities. 1. Introduction. 2. Obstacles to Democratic Consolidation. Part 2: The Quest for Solutions. 3. Constitutions and Constitutionalism. 4. The Justice Model: Human Rights and Distributive Justice. 5. Consociational Models: Power-Sharing for Stability. Part 3: Assessing the Contenders. 6. Methodological Critique: Valid Models for South Africa? 7. Normative Acceptability. 8. Practical Feasibility. Part 4: The 'Final' Constitution. 9. Constitutional Compromises. 10. Dynamics of Constitution-Making and Constitutionalism.

Riassunto

Originally published in 1997, South Africa: The Battle over the Constitution analyses rivaling positions in the South African constitutional debate from the early 1990s, via the 1993 interim constitution to the adoption and certification of the new, 'Final' Constitution in December 1996.

Testo aggiuntivo

’This is an unusual and thought provoking book...’ Ethnic and Racial Studies

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Siri Gloppen, Gloppen Siri
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780367146313
• ISBN: 978-0-367-14631-3
• Pagine: 306
• Serie: Routledge Revivals; Routledge Revivals
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto pubblico, amministrativo, costituzionale; LAW / General, LAW / Constitutional, Republic of South Africa, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, History of constitution and comparative constitutional law