Description
Book SynopsisProvides an analysis of the socio-economic rights jurisprudence of the democratic South Africa. This book explores how the judicial interpretation and enforcement of socio-economic rights can be more responsive to the conditions of systemic poverty and inequality characterising South African society.
Table of ContentsForeword; Preface; The struggle for recognition: Including socio-economic rights in the Constitution -- an historical overview; A transformative jurisprudence on socio-economic rights; Socio-economic rights in the context of the Bill of Rights; Reconceiving reasonableness review: Sections 26 and 27; Children, education, persons deprived of liberty: Sections 28(1) (c), 29 and 35(2)(e); A new paradigm for evictions law: Section 26(3); Socio-economic rights in private law; Responsive remedies; Postscript; Conclusion; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; Subject Index.
