Constituting democracy : law, globalism, and South Africa's political reconstruction / Heinz Klug.
2000
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Constituting democracy : law, globalism, and South Africa's political reconstruction / Heinz Klug.
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Description
1 online resource (xi, 270 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series
Cambridge studies in law and society.
Formatted Contents Note
Post twentieth-century constitutionalism?
Legal legacies and constitutional paths
Constitutionalism in global perspective
Constitutional strategies
Constitutionalism in the democratic transition
Global impact: international imperatives and their hybridization
The constitutional court and the institutional dynamics of constitutionalism
Constitutional imaginations and the possibilities of justice.
Legal legacies and constitutional paths
Constitutionalism in global perspective
Constitutional strategies
Constitutionalism in the democratic transition
Global impact: international imperatives and their hybridization
The constitutional court and the institutional dynamics of constitutionalism
Constitutional imaginations and the possibilities of justice.
Summary
Against the backdrop of South Africa's transition from apartheid, this provocative book explores the role of late twentieth century constitutionalism in facilitating political change. Using South Africa as a case study, Klug's larger project is to investigate why there has been renewed faith in justiciable constitutions and democratic constitutionalism despite the widespread recognition that courts are institutionally weak, lack adequate resources and are largely inaccessible to most citizens. He places this question in a broader context, evaluating the appeal of different constitutional models and illustrating how globalized institutions can be adapted to serve local domestic needs. Incorporating constitutional law, politics and legal history, this examination of South Africa's constitution-making process provides important insights into the role of law in the transition to democracy.
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Cambridge Core.
Language
English
ISBN
9780511560156 ebook
9780521781138 (hardback)
9780521786430 (paperback)
9780521781138 (hardback)
9780521786430 (paperback)
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