Marius Pieterse

Rights-Based Litigation, Urban Governance and Social Justice in South Africa

The Right to Joburg

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing from literature on law, urban geography and urban planning, as well as reported case-law concerning the invocation of constitutional rights in South African cities, this book examines whether and to what extent the invocation of legal rights before South African courts have contributed to the advancement of social justice

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780367888657
• ISBN-10: 0367888653
• Artikelnr.: 58440928

Autorenporträt

Marius Pieterse is Professor of Law at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Johannesburg as a Site for Rights
2. Inhabiting Joburg: Struggles for Housing and Access to the City
3. Struggles over Essential Services
4. Marginal Struggles: Equality, Public Presence and Livelihood
5. Privileged Struggles: Property, Lifestyle, Business and Safety
6. Struggles over Autonomy, Equality and Identity: Sex, Gender and
Sexuality
7. The Right to Joburg?