Constitutional Triumphs, Constitutional Disappointments - A Critical Assessment of the 1996 South African Constitution's Local and International Influence (Hardcover)

The 1996 South African Constitution was promulgated on 18th December 1996 and came into effect on 4th February 1997. Its aspirational provisions promised to transform South Africa's economy and society along non-racial and egalitarian lines. Following the twentieth anniversary of its enactment, this book, co-edited by Rosalind Dixon and Theunis Roux, examines the triumphs and disappointments of the Constitution. It explains the arguments in favor of the Constitution being replaced with a more authentically African document, untainted by the necessity to compromise with ruling interests predominant at the end of apartheid. Others believe it remains a landmark attempt to create a society based on social, economic, and political rights for all citizens, and that its true implementation has yet to be achieved. This volume considers whether the problems South Africa now faces are of constitutional design or implementation, and analyses the Constitution's external influence on constitutionalism in other parts of the world.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2018
Editors:	Rosalind Dixon • Theunis Roux
Dimensions:	235 x 157 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	468
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-41533-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Constitution, government & the state Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Books > History > African history > General
LSN:	1-108-41533-4
Barcode:	9781108415330

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