Constitutional Law of South Africa is the most widely cited treatise, domestically and internationally, on South African constitutional law. Its 77 chapters and 5 volumes cover every dimension of court practice (standing, costs, remedies, amici), core principles that animate the basic law (democracy, legality, the rule of law, co-operative governance), institutional constitutional law (national governance, provincial governance, municipal governance, (as well as the unique independent entities designed to support constitutional democracy) and all of the operational provisions (application, interpretation, limitations) and substantive provisions of the Bill of Rights (equality, dignity, expression, and health, housing, water, education). The 5 volumes are divided into 2 parts Part I (ISBN: 9781485101277): Courts, Principles of Government & Structures of Government and Part II (ISBN: 9781485101222): The Bill of Rights.
It distinguishes itself through sustained engagement with its subject matter. Not content to reiterate black letter law, this treatise offers complete, subtle good faith reconstructions of legal doctrine and alternative readings of constitutional provisions where required and appropriate analysis of government policy and legislation. Constitutional Law of South Africa achieves its place amongst the premier treatises in the field through this comprehensive treatment of the case law and relevant statutes, a thorough review of the secondary literature; and the authors' ability to draw on relevant international and comparative jurisprudence. It also fills a unique space in the South African and international legal academy as well as the profession.
ABOUT THE EDITORS
Stu Woolman, Editor-in-Chief, and primary author, is Professor and Elizabeth Bradley Chair of Ethics, Governance and Sustainable Development at the University of Witwatersrand. He is also Academic Director, Symposia and Colloquia, of the South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law and founding editor of the Constitutional Court Review. He holds degrees in philosophy and in law from Wesleyan University, Columbia University, Columbia Law School and the University of Pretoria. He is the author of two monographs -- The Constitution in the Classroom: Law and Education in South Africa, 1994-2008 and The Selfless Constitution: Experimentalism and Flourishing as Foundations of South Africa's Basic Law. He is co-editor and co-author of several collections -- Constitutional Conversations; The Business of Sustainable Development in Africa, Is This Seat Taken? Conversations at the Bar, the Bench and the Academy about the South African Constitution and The Dignity Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
Michael Bishop , Managing Editor, holds degrees in law and philosophy from the University of Pretoria and Columbia Law School. He is a Member of the Cape Bar and practices as counsel for the Legal Resources Centre's Constitutional Litigation Unit. He is an Honorary Research Associate at the Department of Public Law of the University of Cape Town, an editor of the Constitutional Court Review and the author of chapters on constitutional law for Juta's Quarterly Review, the Annual Survey of South African Law and Superior Court Practice.
