Rights and Constitutionalism: The New South African Legal Order

ISBN	9780198262251
Publisher	Oxford University Press, Usa
Manufacturer	Oxford University Press, Usa

This book is an introduction to the new constitutional order in South Africa and it does not aim to provide a detailed commentary on fundamental rights in South Africa. The book instead seeks to place the rights affirmed in the constitution in a comparative and international context, looking at the supremacy of the Constitution, the notion of a democratic constitutional state, and the judicial protection of fundamental rights.

This major work, written by prominent South African academics, is an introduction to the new constitutional order in South Africa. It does not aim to provide a detailed commentary on fundamental rights in South Africa, but instead seeks to place the rights affirmed in the constitution in a comparative and international context, looking at the supremacy of the Constitution, the notion of a democratic constitutional state, and the judicial protection of fundamental rights.