Law, Nation-Building & Transformation

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ISBN: 978-1-78068-184-9
Verlag: Intersentia

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 711 g

Reihe: Series on Transitional Justice

In this volume, fifteen contributors from the disciplines of law, politics and sociology reflect on South Africa’s transition to democracy and the challenges of transformation and nation-building that have confronted the country since the first democratic elections of 1994. The range of topics covered is expansive, in keeping with a broader than usual definition of transitional justice which, it is argued, is more appropriate for states faced with the mammoth tasks of reform and institution-building in a context in which democracy has never been firmly rooted and the existence of widespread poverty gives rise to the dual demands for both bread and freedom. In the case of South Africa, the post-apartheid era has been characterised by wide-ranging attempts at transformation and nation-building, from the well-known Truth and Reconciliation Commission to reforms in education and policing, the promotion of women’s rights, the reform of land law, the provision of basic services to hundreds of thousands of poor households, a new framework for freedom of expression, and the transformation of the judiciary. In the light of South Africa’s commitment to a new constitutional dispensation and to legal regulation, this volume focuses in particular, but not exclusively, on the role that law and lawyers have played in social and political change in South Africa in the post-apartheid era. It sets the South African experience in historical and comparative perspective and considers whether any lessons may be learnt for the field of transitional justice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jenkins, Catherine

du Plessis, Max

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Transformationsprozesse (Politikwiss.)
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editors’ Foreword
Chapter 1. Transitional Justice: Lessons from South Africa? – Catherine Jenkins
Chapter 2. Reflections on Post-Apartheid Nation-Building: Identity, Participation, Community - Gerhard Maré
Chapter 3. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Process: A Retrospective - John Daniel
Chapter 4. Rights at Work: The Transition to Constitutional Democracy and Women in South Africa – Catherine Albertyn
Chapter 5. Crime, Policing and Nation-Building
Antony Altbeker
Chapter 6. Public Schools for Afrikaners in South Africa - Christina Murray
Chapter 7. Behind the Mask of the Rainbow Nation: The Limits of Law in Post-Apartheid South Africa - Stephen Peté and Max du Plessis
Chapter 8. The Transformation of the Judiciary - Murray Wesson and Gilbert Marcus
Chapter 9. Assessing the Social Transformation Performance of the South African Constitutional Court: From Totalitarianism to the Rule of Law - Theunis Roux
Chapter 10. The Transformation of Land Law - A.J. van der Walt
Chapter 11. The South African Presidency in Comparative African Context - Roger Southall
Chapter 12. Aspects of the Treatment of Freedom of Expression in South Africa’s Democratic Transition - Glenn Penfold
Chapter 13. Constitutionalism in Commonwealth Africa: Comparative Perspectives - Peter Slinn