1st Edition
Law and Sacrifice Towards a Post Apartheid Theory of Law
Edited By Johan Van der Walt
Copyright 2005
296 Pages
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Birkbeck Law Press
296 Pages
by
Birkbeck Law Press
296 Pages
by
Birkbeck Law Press
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In the wake of apartheid, Law and Sacrifice draws on the uniquely expansive protection of fundamental rights now entrenched in the South African Constitution to outline a new theory of law.
The South African Constitution not only protects the rights of people against abuses of power by the state, but also against abuses of power by private legal subjects. Drawing upon the work of contemporary... Read more
The Distinction Between the Private and the Public in View of the Horizontal Application of Fundamental Rights. The (Im)possibility of Two Together When it Matters. Law as Sacrifice. Blixens Difference: Horizontal Application of Fundamental Rights as Resistance Against Feudalism and Colonialism. Piracy, Property and Plurality: Rereading the Foundations of Modern Law. Psyche and Sacrifice: The Time and Timing of Reconciliation. Law Beyond Sacrifice: From the Sovereignty of the Subject to the Sovereignty
Biography
Johan Van der Walt
'Johan van der Walt's brilliant new book, Law and Sacrifice: Toward a Post-Apartheid Theory of Law is wideranging and ambitious.' - Social and Legal Studies
