Law and Revolution in South Africa: Ubuntu, Dignity, and the Struggle for Constitutional Transformation

by Drucilla Cornell

Book Overview

The relation between law and revolution is one of the most pressing questions of our time. As one country after another has faced the challenge that comes with the revolutionary overthrow of past dictatorships, how one reconstructs a new government is a burning issue.

South Africa, after a long and bloody armed struggle and a series of militant uprisings, negotiated a settlement for a new government and remains an important example of what...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823257576
• ISBN13: 9780823257577
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"