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The South African Constitution as a Reflection of the Societas Understanding of the State : an Oakeshottian Perspective
Dissertation (MPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/46045 The South African Constitution as a Reflection of the Societas Understanding of the State : an Oakeshottian Perspective Wolmarans, Frederik Gerhardus Van Berkel, David W.K. UCTD Oakeshott Societas Universitas South African Constitution Character of a state Dissertation (MPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2014. This study is an application of the political theory of Michael Oakeshott aimed at enhancing understanding of the South African state. Oakeshott posits that the modern state is comprised of two separate modes of association, namely societas and universitas. Universitas refers to an association to attain a specific substantive purpose, while societas is an association based on common submission to the recognition of, and adherence to, prescribed formal laws. Each tends towards self‐destruction when the character of a given state is reflected by that mode of association exclusively. The presence of both modes of association in tension with each other produces a stable state. The South African state has been shown to reflect a dominantly universitas character, but, since a monopolar state cannot exist, it follows that the societas understanding of the state must also be present. In this study, the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 108 of 1996, is assessed to determine whether it reflects a societas understanding of the state. Two formal conditions for a societas are identified in the work of Oakeshott, namely a system of rules and norms, and the recognition of this system as being authoritative. These formal conditions are employed as a benchmark against which to test the character of the South African Constitution. tm2015 Philosophy MPhil Unrestricted 2015-07-02T11:06:38Z 2015-07-02T11:06:38Z 2015/04/24 2014 Dissertation Van Berkel, DW 2014, The South African Constitution as a Reflection of the Societas Understanding of the State : an Oakeshottian Perspective, MPhil Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46045> A2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46045 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Oakeshott Societas Universitas South African Constitution Character of a state The South African Constitution as a Reflection of the Societas Understanding of the State : an Oakeshottian Perspective |
| title | The South African Constitution as a Reflection of the Societas Understanding of the State : an Oakeshottian Perspective |
| title_full | The South African Constitution as a Reflection of the Societas Understanding of the State : an Oakeshottian Perspective |
| title_fullStr | The South African Constitution as a Reflection of the Societas Understanding of the State : an Oakeshottian Perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | The South African Constitution as a Reflection of the Societas Understanding of the State : an Oakeshottian Perspective |
| title_short | The South African Constitution as a Reflection of the Societas Understanding of the State : an Oakeshottian Perspective |
| title_sort | south african constitution as a reflection of the societas understanding of the state an oakeshottian perspective |
| topic | UCTD Oakeshott Societas Universitas South African Constitution Character of a state |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46045 |