The legacies of law : long-run consequences of legal development in South Africa, 1652-2000 / Jens Meierhenrich.
2008
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The legacies of law : long-run consequences of legal development in South Africa, 1652-2000 / Jens Meierhenrich.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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1 online resource (xvii, 385 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
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A typology of law
Path dependance and the law
Apartheid and the law
Apartheid and the law II
Apartheid's endgame and the law I
Apartheid's endgame and the law II
A plausibility probe.
Path dependance and the law
Apartheid and the law
Apartheid and the law II
Apartheid's endgame and the law I
Apartheid's endgame and the law II
A plausibility probe.
Summary
Focusing on South Africa during the period 1650́ђأ2000, this book examines the role of law in making democracy work in changing societies. The Legacies of Law sheds light on the neglected relationship between path dependence and the law. Meierhenrich argues that legal norms and institutions, even illiberal ones, have an important - and hitherto undertheorized - structuring effect on democratic outcomes. Under certain conditions, law appears to reduce uncertainty in democratization by invoking common cultural backgrounds and experiences. In instances where interacting adversaries share qua law reasonably convergent mental models, transitions from authoritarian rule are shown to be less intractable. Meierhenrich's historical analysis of the evolution of law - and its effects - in South Africa during the period 1650́ђأ2000, compared with a short study of Chile from 1830́ђأ1990, shows how, and when, legal norms and institutions serve as historical causes to both liberal and illiberal rule.
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Cambridge Core.
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English
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9780511510571 ebook
9780521898737 (hardback)
9780521156998 (paperback)
9780521898737 (hardback)
9780521156998 (paperback)
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