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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      06 July 2010
      04 September 2000
      ISBN:
      9780511560156
      9780521781138
      9780521786430
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511560156
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.58kg, 284 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.42kg, 284 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Socio-Legal Studies, African Studies, Law
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, Socio-Legal Studies, African Studies, Law
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
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    Against the backdrop of South Africa's transition from apartheid, this provocative book explores the role of late twentieth century constitutionalism in facilitating political change. Using South Africa as a case study, Klug's larger project is to investigate why there has been renewed faith in justiciable constitutions and democratic constitutionalism despite the widespread recognition that courts are institutionally weak, lack adequate resources and are largely inaccessible to most citizens. He places this question in a broader context, evaluating the appeal of different constitutional models and illustrating how globalized institutions can be adapted to serve local domestic needs. Incorporating constitutional law, politics and legal history, this examination of South Africa's constitution-making process provides important insights into the role of law in the transition to democracy.

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    ‘Constituting Democracy is essential reading for anyone who is interested in comparative constitutionalism, the politics of constitutional adjudication, and the role of the Constitutional Court in South Africa’s democratic transition. It is an important attempt to rethink the relationship between democracy and constitutionalism, as well as between the global and the local. It is original, engaging, perceptive and well written.’

    Source: Journal of Public Law

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