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  • The Politics of Principle

    The First South African Constitutional Court, 1995–2005

    by Theunis Roux ...
    Series Book 6 - Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law
    Under its first chief justice, Arthur Chaskalson, the South African Constitutional Court built an unrivalled reputation in the comparative constitutional law community for technically accomplished and morally enlightened decision-making. At the same time, the Court proved remarkably effective in asserting its institutional role in post-apartheid politics. While each of these accomplishments is ... Read more

    $62.39 USD

  • The Politico-Legal Dynamics of Judicial Review

    A Comparative Analysis

    by Theunis Roux ...
    Series series Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
    Comparative scholarship on judicial review has paid a lot of attention to the causal impact of politics on judicial decision-making. However, the slower-moving, macro-social process through which judicial review influences societal conceptions of the law/politics relation is less well understood. Drawing on the political science literature on institutional change, The Politico-Legal Dynamics of ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • Constitutional Triumphs, Constitutional Disappointments

    A Critical Assessment of the 1996 South African Constitution's Local and International Influence

    Edited by Rosalind Dixon, Theunis Roux ...
    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 ... Read more

    $45.09 USD

  • Courts and Social Transformation in New Democracies

    An Institutional Voice for the Poor?

    Edited by Pilar Domingo, Roberto Gargarella, Theunis Roux ...
    Using case studies drawn from Latin America, Africa, India and Eastern Europe, this volume examines the role of courts as a channel for social transformation for excluded sectors of society in contemporary democracies. With a focus on social rights litigation in post-authoritarian regimes or in the context of fragile state control, the authors assess the role of judicial processes in altering (or ... Read more

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  • Constitutional Odyssey

    Can Canadians Become a Sovereign People?, Third Edition

    by Peter H. Russell ...
    Constitutional Odyssey is an account of the politics of making and changing Canada's constitution from Confederation to the present day. Peter H. Russell frames his analysis around two contrasting constitutional philosophies – Edmund Burke's conception of the constitution as a set of laws and practices incrementally adapting to changing needs and societal differences, and John Locke's ideal of a ... Read more

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    An Introduction to Parliamentary Government in Canada, Fifth Edition

    by Patrick Malcolmson, Richard Myers ...
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    Revitalizing Our Politics Through Public Deliberation

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    The Future of International Law

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    Edited by Dinah Shelton ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
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  • Comparative Federalism

    A Systematic Inquiry, Second Edition

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