Building the constitution [electronic resource] : the practice of constitutional interpretation in post-apartheid South Africa / James Fowkes, Institute for International and Comparative Law in South Africa, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

"This revisionary perspective on South Africa's celebrated Constitutional Court draws on historical and empirical sources alongside conventional legal analysis to show how support from the African National Congress government and other political actors has underpinned the Court's landmark cases, whi...

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Main Author: Fowkes, James, 1984- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Series:Cambridge studies in constitutional law
Subjects:
South Africa. > Constitutional Court.
Constitutional courts > South Africa.
Constitutional law > South Africa.
Online Access:
Cambridge Books on Core: 2016 (Digital Object Identifier Permalink)
EBSCO eBooks: 2016 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2016 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Building the Constitution: The Practice of Constitutional Interpretation in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Taking reality (legally) seriously
  • Voting rights, politics, and trust
  • The role of the court : standard conceptions
  • The role of the court : constitution-building
  • LGBTI equality
  • Democracy
  • Socio-economic rights
  • Equality, eviction and engagement.