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FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD
Chief Justice Pius Langa
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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INTRODUCTION: LAW’S AUTONOMY 1
Stu Woolman & Michael Bishop
1 Law’s autonomy
2 The content of these conversations
2.1 The SA Constitution as the last great modernist project
2.2 Rule of law
2.3 Democracy
2.4 Application
2.5 Limitations
2.6 Equality
2.7 Dignity
2.8 Property
2.9 Socio-economic rights
3 Ideal participants in the construction of an ideal
community
THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTITUTION AS THE LAST 25
GREAT MODERNIST PROJECT
Stu Woolman
1 On the role of the legal academy
2 The ideal community of interlocutors
3 The South African Constitution as the last great
modernist project
4 Conclusion
REPLY 37
A gentle provocation: A reply to Stu Woolman
Justice Albie Sachs
CONSTITUTIONAL SUPREMACY AND APPELLATE 45
JURISDICTION IN SOUTH AFRICA
Frank Michelman
1 Introduction
2 History
3 Justification
4 A single system of law
5 Comparative reflections
REPLY 63
On the reach of the Constitution and the nature of
constitutional jurisdiction: A reply to
Frank Michelman
Justice Kate O’Regan
1 Introduction
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