Politics and Law
Author: A. S. Akpotor
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 108
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Author: A. S. Akpotor
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 108
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Karin van Marle
Publisher: Pretoria University Law Press
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 32
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKLegal academics and progressive politics in South Africa: Moving beyond the ivory tower - PULP FICTIONS No.2 Edited by Karin van Marle 2006 ISSN: 1992-5174 Pages:30 Print version: Available Electronic version: Free PDF available About PULP FICTIONS - A space for dialogue: Central to the becoming of a society in the context of posts (postapartheid, postcolonial, postmodern) and in the context of trans-formations of the political, legal, socio-economic and cultural is the creation of a vibrant and active public sphere. Of particular concern is an insistence on democracy and transparency radically different from strategic and instrumental conceptions – a space for dialogue and dissent, an opportunity for crea-tivity, experimentation and re-imaginings. About the publication In the second edition of PULP FICTIONS we continue the search for a vibrant and active public sphere through debate. As in the first edition, the dialogue is one between two academics from the faculty of law and, as in the first edition, different conceptions of law, politics and the role of the academic are teased out. The context of the debate in this edition is a series of research meetings of the Department of Legal History, Comparative Law and Jurisprudence at the UP Law Faculty. Over a course of a few of these meetings different perspectives on law, politics and the limits/ potential of the law were voiced by different colleagues.Tshepo Madlingozi presented in one of the meetings his views on the role of legal academics in progressive politics. In this contribution, which appears here, he urges all of us to move ‘beyond the ivory tower’, get out of our ‘air conditioned offices’ and embrace participatory action research. Madlingozi defines the latter as field research where the researcher interacts and participates with communities and engages in research that is ‘unashamedly’ political. Anton Kok in response takes what he calls a ‘pragmatic instrumentalist’ view in contrast to Madlingozi’s more ‘ambitious critique’. Focusing more on law’s potential he highlights the areas where law could contribute to transformation. Both colleagues are not afraid to put their personal political/ideological views on the table. In this way they contribute to the vision of creating a space for dialogue, dissent, creativity and re-imaginings. About the authors: Mr Tshepo Madlingozi works at the Department of Legal History, Comparitive Law and Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria. His article: Legal academics and progressive politics in South Africa: Moving beyond the ivory tower. Mr Anton Kok is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Legal History, Comparitive Law and Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria. His article: Legal academics and progressive politics in South Africa: Moving beyond the ivory tower - A reply to Tshepo Madlingozi About the editor: Karin van Marle is a Professor at the Department of Legal History, Comparitive Law and Jurisprudence, at the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.
Author: Richard A. Wilson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001-05-02
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780521802192
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was set up to deal with the human rights violations of apartheid. However, the TRC's restorative justice approach did not always serve the needs of communities at a local level. Based on extended anthropological fieldwork, this book illustrates the impact of the TRC in urban African communities in Johannesburg. It argues that the TRC had little effect on popular ideas of justice as retribution. This provocative study deepens our understanding of post-apartheid South Africa and the use of human rights discourse.
Author: Julius Lewin
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Published: 1963
Total Pages: 128
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Wessel Le Roux
Publisher: Unisa Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781868884056
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses the tension between public and private and between equality and dignity; the notions of sovereignty; aesthetics; action and revolt in South Africa.
Author: NA NA
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-09-23
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1137064609
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the ongoing resurgence of traditional power structures in South Africa. Oomen assesses the relation between the changing legal and socio-political position of traditional authority and customary law and what these changes can teach us about the interrelation between law, politics, and culture in the post-modern world.
Author: Mark S. Kende
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009-03-02
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0521879043
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the South African Constitutional Court to determine how it has functioned during the nation's transition.
Author: John Hund
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 140
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKArgues that different systems of law pre-suppose different legal ideologies, and explores the nature of these ideologies in the context of different legal and political problems in South Africa. This volume interprets South African law and legal ideology in novel ways intended to open up the dialogue about that nation's ideological problems. Thus, the book adds to our understanding of the nature of ideological conflict in South Africa and sketches one possible method for dealing with the intense ideological polarization found in that society. Co-published with the Centre for Intergroup Studies.
Author: South African Republic
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 106
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Shadrack Gutto
Publisher: New Africa Books
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9781919876559
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study explores and critiques law and law making in the nascent constitutional democracy in the new South Africa, with a focus on the complex roles of the executive, parliament, political parties, the media and civil society. The capacity and potential in the judiciary and the legal profession in promoting and protecting values and rights of equality and non-discrimination is examined. Substantive equality and non-discrimination law in theory and in practice is considered critically, from a broad historical and social context that highlights areas of race, gender, disability, harassment and hate speech, socio-economic rights, and legal services. International human rights law and comparative law aspects are skillfully interwoven in this pioneering scholarly work.