Table of Contents
Foreword;
Chief Justice Pius Langa;
Introduction: Law’s autonomy;
Stu Woolman & Michael Bishop;
Chapters;
The South African Constitution as the last great modernist project;Stu Woolman;
Reply: A gentle provocation Justice Albie Sachs;
Constitutional supremacy and appellate jurisdiction in South Africa Frank Michelman;
Reply: On the reach of the Constitution and the nature of constitutional jurisdiction Justice Kate O’Regan;
The principle of democracy in South African constitutional law Theunis Roux;
Reply: Writing the law democratically Danie Brand;
True in theory, true in practice: Why direct application still matters Stu Woolman;
Reply: Summarising Proust Iain Currie;
Limitations: Shared constitutional interpretation, an appropriate normative framework and hard choices Stu Woolman & Henk Botha
Reply: Sharing interpretation Johan van der Walt ;
The widening gyre of dignity Stu Woolman;
Reply: The soul of dignity Justice Laurie Ackermann;
Towards a substantive right to equality Cathi Albertyn & Beth Goldblatt;
Reply: A cautionary note regarding substantive equality Karthy Govender;
The ‘arbitrary deprivation’ vortex: Constitutional property law after FNB Theunis Roux;
Reply: Against regulatory taking: In defence of the two-stage inquiry Frank Michelman;
Socio-economic rights: Revisiting the reasonableness review/minimum core debate Sandra Liebenberg;
Reply: On ‘dialogue’, ‘translation’ and ‘voice’ Marius Pieterse