South Africa's Crisis of Constitutional Democracy: Can the U.S. Constitution Help?

By Robert A. Licht and Bertus de Villiers

Book Overview

This essential collection tackles one of the most pivotal political transformations of the twentieth century, the dismantling of apartheid and South Africa's high-stakes bid to become sub-Saharan Africa's first true liberal democracy, as Robert A. Licht and Bertus de Villiers bring together scholars who draw on American constitutional history and federalism to illuminate pressing questions of self-government, equal citizenship, economic justice, and lasting constitutional design, offering an indispensable roadmap for anyone following the fate of democracy in South Africa and across the African continent.

This book is designed to help bring about the desired transition to liberal democracy in South Africa, particularly as the deliberations about a permanent constitution get under way.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0844738344
• ISBN13: 9780844738345
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: AEI Press
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"