Hugh Corder, Veronica Federico

The Quest for Constitutionalism (eBook, ePUB)

South Africa since 1994

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume provides a timely assessment on the progress made towards the achievement of a constitutional democracy in South Africa. The chapters collectively present an in-depth analysis of the development of the legal system and of the implications of the Constitution for the social configuration of power.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317018421
• Artikelnr.: 44815869

Autorenporträt

Hugh Corder is Professor of Public Law at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. A graduate of the universities of Cape Town, Cambridge and Oxford, his main teaching and research interests fall within the field of Constitutional and Administrative Law, particularly judicial appointment and accountability and mechanisms to further administrative accountability. He has published extensively in these and related areas. Professor Corder has been widely involved in community work since his student days, concentrating on popular legal education, race relations, human rights and the abolition of the death penalty. He served as a technical adviser in the drafting of the transitional Bill of Rights for South Africa. Dr Veronica Federico is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Public Law, University of Florence, Italy, where she taught Comparative Public Law. She is also a Lecturer with the Boston College, in its study-abroad programme in Italy. She is a former research associate of the School of Social Sciences of the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and has studied and published on constitutionalism and democratic transitions, with a special focus on South Africa, on citizenship, fundamental rights, social enterprise and third sector. Romano Orrù is Full Professor in Comparative Constitutional Law at the University of Teramo, Italy. He also teaches Public Law in the Faculty of Economics at Milan's 'Bocconi' University. He has held a number of visiting fellowships in Europe, the USA, and South Africa. His research interests include Constitutional Justice, Federalism, and Systems of Government (with special focus on African Countries, Portugal, and Brazil). He is an established author who has published in both Italian and English.