| Título : | Precedent and possibility: The (ab)use of law in South Africa | | Tipo de documento: | texto impreso | | Autores: | Davis Dennis, Autor ; Michelle Le Roux, Autor | | Editorial: | Cape Town [South Africa] : Double storey | | Fecha de publicación: | 2009 | | Número de páginas: | 199 p. | | ISBN/ISSN/DL: | 978-1-7701-3022-7 | | Idioma : | Inglés (eng) | | Etiquetas: | HISTORIA SUDÁFRICA ACTIVISMO SOCIAL DERECHO JUSTICIA CONDICIONES SOCIALES POLÍTICA | | Clasificación: | 968 ÁFRICA DEL SUR - REPÚBLICA DE SUDAFRICA | | Resumen: | Not a day goes by in present South Africa when the role of law, the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary and the future of constitutional democracy is not debated. This book will take the reader into the heart of the legal system, the understanding of which is necessary when wrestling with these pressing questions. The book examines a series of key cases over the past 60 years, the judgements in which changed the political or social landscape of the country. The choice of cases for inclusion in the book was made both to tell compelling and significant historical stories, as well as to illustrate the possibilities inherent in law, and the potential for its abuse and use. All of the chosen cases were ones where the country held its collective breath before judgement was delivered. Through the stories told, the reader will not only engage with critical aspects of South African history, but will be exposed to the manner in which the possibility of our new constitutional democracy is linked to the legal precedents, traditions and culture which were built up over the past century. | | Nota de contenido: | Foreword / by Cyril Ramaphosa
Introduction
Who can rid me of this troublesome court? : the first installment
The Rivonia trial : competing visions for South Africa
The challenge to the pass laws : the beginning of the end; or they did not even know his name
Exposing detention without trial
A bridge over troubled waters?
A break with the past, a view of the future
Activism, denialism, socio-economic rights and beetroot
A special relationship
Conclusion. |
Precedent and possibility: The (ab)use of law in South Africa [texto impreso] / Davis Dennis, Autor ; Michelle Le Roux, Autor . - Cape Town (South Africa) : Double storey, 2009 . - 199 p. ISBN : 978-1-7701-3022-7 Idioma : Inglés ( eng) | Etiquetas: | HISTORIA SUDÁFRICA ACTIVISMO SOCIAL DERECHO JUSTICIA CONDICIONES SOCIALES POLÍTICA | | Clasificación: | 968 ÁFRICA DEL SUR - REPÚBLICA DE SUDAFRICA | | Resumen: | Not a day goes by in present South Africa when the role of law, the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary and the future of constitutional democracy is not debated. This book will take the reader into the heart of the legal system, the understanding of which is necessary when wrestling with these pressing questions. The book examines a series of key cases over the past 60 years, the judgements in which changed the political or social landscape of the country. The choice of cases for inclusion in the book was made both to tell compelling and significant historical stories, as well as to illustrate the possibilities inherent in law, and the potential for its abuse and use. All of the chosen cases were ones where the country held its collective breath before judgement was delivered. Through the stories told, the reader will not only engage with critical aspects of South African history, but will be exposed to the manner in which the possibility of our new constitutional democracy is linked to the legal precedents, traditions and culture which were built up over the past century. | | Nota de contenido: | Foreword / by Cyril Ramaphosa
Introduction
Who can rid me of this troublesome court? : the first installment
The Rivonia trial : competing visions for South Africa
The challenge to the pass laws : the beginning of the end; or they did not even know his name
Exposing detention without trial
A bridge over troubled waters?
A break with the past, a view of the future
Activism, denialism, socio-economic rights and beetroot
A special relationship
Conclusion. |
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