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Judicial activism in South Afica's Constitutional Court : minority protection or judicial illegitimacy?
Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2007.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/5322 Judicial activism in South Afica's Constitutional Court : minority protection or judicial illegitimacy? Sylvia, Tamale Diala, Anthony Chima UCTD South African Constitutional Court Judicial activism Judicial illegitimacy South African Marriage Act Minority rights Majoritarian interests Countermajoritarian difficulty Political questions and judicial power Marriage law Minorities -- Civil rights Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2007. A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of Associate Prof. Tamale Sylvia of the Faculty of Law, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda This study examines the effect of judicial protection of minority rights on the Constitutional Court’s legitimacy. The framing of the Marriage Act shows that Parliament intended marriage to be between a man and a woman. By nullifying section 30(1) of the Act and making the order above, the Court fulfilled its constitutional mandate of upholding fundamental human rights. At the same time, it negated the intention of Parliament which represents majoritarian interests. The Constitutional Court is, in contra-distinction with Parliament, unelected. By voiding section 30(1) of the Marriage Act and arousing public opposition to legal recognition of same-sex unions, it raised a ‘countermajoritarian difficulty.’ This ‘countermajoritarian difficulty’ has elicited intense scholarly debate.17 The study examines how the Court’s negation of majoritarian interests in order to protect minority rights affects its legitimacy. http://www.chr.up.ac.za/ Centre for Human Rights LLM 2008-05-19T06:52:45Z 2008-05-19T06:52:45Z 07-Oct 2007 Mini Dissertation Diala, AC 2007, Judicial activism in South Afica's Constitutional Court : minority protection or judicial illegitimacy?, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/5322> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/5322 en LLM Dissertations Centre for Human Rights, Law Faculty, University of Pretoria 272863 bytes application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD South African Constitutional Court Judicial activism Judicial illegitimacy South African Marriage Act Minority rights Majoritarian interests Countermajoritarian difficulty Political questions and judicial power Marriage law Minorities -- Civil rights Judicial activism in South Afica's Constitutional Court : minority protection or judicial illegitimacy? |
| title | Judicial activism in South Afica's Constitutional Court : minority protection or judicial illegitimacy? |
| title_full | Judicial activism in South Afica's Constitutional Court : minority protection or judicial illegitimacy? |
| title_fullStr | Judicial activism in South Afica's Constitutional Court : minority protection or judicial illegitimacy? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Judicial activism in South Afica's Constitutional Court : minority protection or judicial illegitimacy? |
| title_short | Judicial activism in South Afica's Constitutional Court : minority protection or judicial illegitimacy? |
| title_sort | judicial activism in south afica s constitutional court minority protection or judicial illegitimacy |
| topic | UCTD South African Constitutional Court Judicial activism Judicial illegitimacy South African Marriage Act Minority rights Majoritarian interests Countermajoritarian difficulty Political questions and judicial power Marriage law Minorities -- Civil rights |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/5322 |