South Africa: The Battle Over the Constitution

ISBN-13: 9780367146368 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 306 str.

Siri Gloppen

Opis

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.

Recenzje

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

Spis treści

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.