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041			_aeng
050		0	_aKTL2620 _b.R68 2013
090			_aKTL2620 .R68 2013
100	1		_aRoux, Theunis _9100876
245	1	4	_aThe politics of principle : _bthe first South African Constitutional Court, 1995-2 005 / _cTheunis Roux.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013
264		4	_a©2013 _b
300			_axvi,433 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aCambridge studies in constitutional law.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aMachine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. The Chaskalson Court's achievement; 2. A conceptual framework for assessing the performance of constitutional courts; 3. Operationalising the conceptual framework to explain the Court's achievement; 4. The political context for judicial review, 1995-2005; 5. Constraints and opportunities: the law/politics distinction in South African legal-professional culture; 6. Death, desire and discrimination: the Chaskalson Court between constitutional and positive morality; 7. Social rights; 8. Property rights; 9. Political rights; 10. Cross-cutting strategies; 11. Conclusion.
520			_a"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 noteworthy in its own right, the Court's simultaneous success in legal and political terms demands separate investigation. Drawing on and synthesising various insights from judicial politics and legal theory, this study offers an interdisciplinary explanation for the Chaskalson Court's achievement. Rather than a purely political strategy of the kind modelled by rational choice theorists, the study argues that the Court's achievement is attributable to a series of adjudicative strategies in different areas of law. In combination, these strategies allowed the Court to satisfy institutional norms of public reason-giving while at the same time avoiding political attack".
650		0	_aConstitutional courts _zSouth Africa _xHistory _9100877
650		0	_aConstitutional law _zSouth Africa _987064
651		0	_aSouth Africa _xPolitics and government _xHistory _9100878
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