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Falls the shadow : between the promise and the reality of the South African Constitution / / edited by Kristina Bentley, Laurie Nathan & Richard Calland ; Monique Cleghorn, cover design
| Falls the shadow : between the promise and the reality of the South African Constitution / / edited by Kristina Bentley, Laurie Nathan & Richard Calland ; Monique Cleghorn, cover design |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cape Town, South Africa : , : UCT Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (229 pages) |
| Disciplina | 342.6802 |
| Soggetto topico |
Constitutional law - South Africa
Civil rights - South Africa Democracy - South Africa |
| ISBN | 1-77582-057-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front cover; Title page; Copyright; Table of contents; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Acronyms; Table of cases; Introduction: Mind the gap! The Constitution as a blueprint for security; The Constitution as a blueprint for security; Government constrained by law; The gap between the constitutional promise and the reality; Outline of the book; Conclusion; End notes; References; Chapter 1: You can't eat the Constitution: Is democracy for the poor?; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Progress and challenges in the alleviation and eradication of poverty
1.2.1 Income poverty: Progress and challenges 1.2.2 Human capital poverty; 1.2.3 Asset poverty; 1.2.4 Economic growth and employment; 1.2.5 Inequalities; 1.3 Gap between promises and performance: Basis and implications; 1.3.1 Basis for the challenges; 1.3.2 Implications and consequences of high levels of poverty and inequality; 1.4 Ensuring democracy for the poor; 1.5 Conclusion; End notes; References; Chapter 2: Access to justice: The role of legal aid and civil society in protecting the poor; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Background: Access to justice and public interest litigation in South Africa 2.3 The development of the Legal Aid Board 2.3.1 Reconstitution of the LAB in 1996; 2.3.2 An emerging and expanding mandate: 1996-2006; 2.3.3 Consolidation and challenges in the period: 2007-2011; 2.4 The role of civil society, past and present; 2.5 Landmark cases; 2.5.1 Access to justice and the right to legal representation; 2.5.2 Social and economic rights: Housing, land and healthcare; 2.6 Recent positive developments; 2.7 Conclusion; End notes; References; Chapter 3: Security and the Constitution: Xenophobia. Whose rights? Whose safety?; 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Non-nationals enjoy constitutional rights in theory in South Africa 3.3 International response to xenophobia in South Africa; 3.4 The 2008 xenophobic crisis; 3.5 The SAHRC's response to the xenophobic crisis; 3.6 The impact on economic and social rights; 3.7 The impact on civil and political rights; 3.8 Victims of xenophobia have little access to remedies; 3.9 Few perpetrators were held accountable for the xenophobic violence; 3.10 Conclusion; End notes; References; Chapter 4: Custom and constitutional rights: An impossible dialogue?; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Village case studies 4.2.1 Masakhane 4.2.2 Ndlambe; 4.2.3 Prudhoe; 4.2.4 Rabula; 4.3 Historical evolution of tribal governance; 4.3.1 Apartheid co-option of traditional leaders; 4.3.2 Rural democratic struggles; 4.4 Traditional leadership in the Constitution; 4.5 Impact of the TLGFA in the four villages; 4.6 Traditional leaders and the democratisation of rural local government; 4.7 Who makes customary law?; 4.8 Democracy and tradition: the permanence of co-option; 4.9 Conclusion; End notes; References; Chapter 5: Access to social security: The case of mining diseases in South Africa; 5.1 Introduction 5.2 The right to access social security and compensation for mining diseases |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829585203321 |
| Cape Town, South Africa : , : UCT Press, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Negotiations, continued : ensuring the positive performance of power-sharing arrangements / / by David Lanz, Laurie Nathan, and Alexandre Raffoul
| Negotiations, continued : ensuring the positive performance of power-sharing arrangements / / by David Lanz, Laurie Nathan, and Alexandre Raffoul |
| Autore | Lanz David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : United States Institute of Peace, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (15 pages) : color illustrations |
| Collana | Special report |
| Soggetto topico |
Peace-building
Coalition governments |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Power sharing in practice -- How to overcome the power sharing dilemma? -- Evidence from Northern Ireland, Nepal, Burundi, and Bosnia -- Findings and recommendations -- Applications to current negotiations. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910717236603321 |
Lanz David
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| Washington, DC : , : United States Institute of Peace, , 2019 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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