Transformative constitutionalism and the development of South African property law (part 1)

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorVan Der Walt, A. J.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-25T12:01:06Z
dc.date.available2018-09-25T12:01:06Z
dc.date.issued2005-01
dc.descriptionCITATION: Van Der Walt, A.J. 2005. Transformative constitutionalism and the development of South African property law (part 1). Journal of South African Law / Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg, 2005(4):655-689.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://journals.co.za/content/journal/ju_tsaren_ZA
dc.description.abstractOne of the most complicated and controversial questions in contemporary South African legal theory is whether (and how, and why) constitutional provisions - particularly the rights provisions in the bill of rights - can and should permeate (or affect the development of) private law. In one sense, this may seem like just another instance of the old problem of properly articulating the relationship between public law and private law, but I intend to analyze the problem with reference to the more problematic, dynamic aspirations of what Klare calls "transformative constitutionalism". In what has become an influential article in South African legal discourse, Klare described transformative constitutionalism as "a long-term project of constitutional enactment, interpretation, and enforcement committed ... to transforming a country's political and social institutions and power relationships in a democratic, participatory, and egalitarian direction." In this context, the project of defining the effect of the constitution on private law assumes urgency and significance beyond traditional (spatially conceived) debates about the "proper" relationship between public and private law. In what follows I will analyse the effect of the constitution on private law from Klare's dynamic perspective of transformative constitutionalism, and therefore a few introductory remarks are necessary to sketch out some of my assumptions and hypotheses about the dynamics of legal change in the South African context.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublishers versionen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan Der Walt, A.J. 2005. Transformative constitutionalism and the development of South African property law (part 1). Journal of South African Law / Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg, 2005(4):655-689.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1996-2207 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0257-7747 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/104483
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherJuta Lawen_ZA
dc.rights.holderJuta Lawen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth African legal theory -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjecttransformative constitutionalism -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectpublic law -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectprivate law -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleTransformative constitutionalism and the development of South African property law (part 1)en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
VanDerWalt_Transformative_2005.pdf
Size:
411.51 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download article
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.95 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Research Articles (Mercantile Law)