A transformative justice
Subtitle: essays in honour of Pius Langa
By: edited by Alistair Price and Michael Bishop
Publisher: Juta
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 494
ISBN-13: 9781485108764
Subjects: Constitutional courts; Law
Notes: First published as Acta Juridica 2015.

Published under the auspices of the Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I. Personal tributes. Personal tribute to former Chief Justice Pius Langa / Dikgang Moseneke ; Tribute to Pius Langa / Albie Sachs ; Tribute to Chief Justice Pius Langa / Marumo Moerana ; Working with Justice Langa on press freedom / Anshal Bodasing; title: pt. II. Reflections on Justice Langa's court and philosophy. The Langa court: its distinctive character and legacy / Theunis Roux ; The people, the court and Langa constitutionalism / James Fowkes ; Humility, dissent and community: exploring Chief Justice Langa's political and judicial philosophy / David Bilchitz ; The importance of dissent: two judgments in administrative law / Cora Hoexter ; Transformative constitutionalism: guiding light or empty slogan? / Jason Brickhill, Yana van Leeve ; Legal transformation and legal educatioin: congruence or conflict? / Dennis Davis ; Bridging the gap between people and the law: transformative constitutionalism and the right to constitutional literacy / Tim Fish Hodgson; title: pt. III. Reflections on themes in Justice Langa's judgments. Customary succession and the development of customary law: the Bhe legacy / Sindiso Mnisi Weeks ; Bhe v. Magistrate, Khayelitsha: a cultural conundrum, Fanonian alienation and an elusive constitutional oneness / Sanele Sibanda, Tshepo Bogosi Mosaka ; Contractual obligation and the journey from natural law to constitutional law / François du Bois ; State liability and accountability / Alistair Price ; S v Williams: a springboard for further debate about corporal punishment / Ann Skelton ; Can we discard the doctrine of legal guilt? / Pamela-Jane Schwikkard ; On the reciprocal relationship between the rule of law and civil society / Stu Woolman ; Constitutional protection of the right to privacy: the contribution of Chief Justice Langa to the law of search and seizure / Chuks Okpaluba ; Equality beyond dignity: multi-dimensional equality and Justice Langa's judgments / Catherine Albertyn, Sandra Fredman ; On the limits of cultural accomodation: KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Education v Pillay / Okyerebea Ampofo-Anti, Michael Bishop.