The Resource Building the constitution : the practice of constitutional interpretation in post-apartheid South Africa, James Fowkes, (electronic resource)
Building the constitution : the practice of constitutional interpretation in post-apartheid South Africa, James Fowkes, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- 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, which are often applauded too narrowly as merely judicial achievements. Standard accounts see the Court as overseer of a negotiated constitutional compromise and as the looked-to guardian of that constitution against the rising threat of the ANC. However, in reality South African successes have been built on broader and more admirable constitutional politics to a degree no previous account has described or acknowledged. The Court has responded to this context with a substantially consistent but widely misunderstood pattern of deference and intervention. Although a work in progress, this institutional self-understanding represents a powerful effort by an emerging court, as one constitutionally serious actor among others, to build a constitution.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxi, 392 pages)
- Isbn
- 9781316403853
- Label
- Building the constitution : the practice of constitutional interpretation in post-apartheid South Africa
- Title
- Building the constitution
- Title remainder
- the practice of constitutional interpretation in post-apartheid South Africa
- Statement of responsibility
- James Fowkes
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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, which are often applauded too narrowly as merely judicial achievements. Standard accounts see the Court as overseer of a negotiated constitutional compromise and as the looked-to guardian of that constitution against the rising threat of the ANC. However, in reality South African successes have been built on broader and more admirable constitutional politics to a degree no previous account has described or acknowledged. The Court has responded to this context with a substantially consistent but widely misunderstood pattern of deference and intervention. Although a work in progress, this institutional self-understanding represents a powerful effort by an emerging court, as one constitutionally serious actor among others, to build a constitution.--
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- 1984-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fowkes, James
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
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- Cambridge studies in constitutional law
- Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- South Africa
- Constitutional courts
- Constitutional law
- Label
- Building the constitution : the practice of constitutional interpretation in post-apartheid South Africa, James Fowkes, (electronic resource)
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- online resource
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- cr
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- Content category
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- Control code
- CR9781316403853
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxi, 392 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9781316403853
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)965543435
- Label
- Building the constitution : the practice of constitutional interpretation in post-apartheid South Africa, James Fowkes, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- CR9781316403853
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxi, 392 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9781316403853
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)965543435
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