Transformation and trouble
Subtitle: crime, justice, and participation in democratic South africa
By: Diana R. Gordon.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780472099146; 9780472069149
Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of -- South Africa.; Democracy -- South Africa.; South Africa -- Ethnic relations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : two paradigms and a program; title: Pre-apartheid justice : versatile instrument of repression; title: Apartheid justice : a contradiction in terms; title: Bitter fruit from poison seeds; title: Elements of liberal justice in a new democracy; title: Protection, integrity, and rights : South African achievements; title: Public-empowering justice : resource for a new democracy; title: Participation thwarted : South African failures; title: Wielding the big stick; title: Democratic justice and the competent citizen.