| Description |
1 online resource (289 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Table of Contents; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- The Salient Features of the Interim Constitution; 3 -- The New South African Constitution; 4 -- The President and the Executive; 5 -- The Constitutional Court; 6 -- The Electoral System; 7 -- South Africa's Party System; 8 -- South Africa's Changing External Relations; 9 -- The New South Africa and the Armed Forces; 10 -- Administrative Justice in the Public Service Administration Interpretation of Section 24 of the Constitution; 11 -- Relations between State, Capital and Labour in South Africa: Towards Corporatism? |
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12 -- The Politics of Affirmative Action in the Old and the New South Africa13 -- The Reconstruction and Development Programme; 14 -- South Africa's Constitutional Development; 15 -- The New Parliament: Transforming the Westminster Heritage; Index |
| Summary |
The Republic of South Africa (RSA) held its first fully democratic elections in April 1994. They were a highly visible signal that the RSA is really moving from the era of apartheid towards a democratic constitutional state. The process is an archetypal case of a negotiated transition of a regime, and as such it is of great interest to students of constitutional mechanisms. The contributors to this book, leading South African political scientists, discuss the process, the difficulties and the achievements in the transformation of the RSA's political and legal institutions. They address various |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Politics and government
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Government - Non-U.S.
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Government - Asia.
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Law, Politics & Government.
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| SUBJECT |
South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1994- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94003600
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| Subject |
South Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lane, Jan-Erik
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| LC no. |
96221699 |
| ISBN |
9780857026088 |
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0857026089 |
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1446279383 |
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9781446279380 |
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1282622943 |
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9781282622944 |
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9786612622946 |
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6612622946 |
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