Legal Studies 392R - S-Reading/SouthAfricanConstutn

This course is dedicated to the history, theory, and dilemmas of South Africa?s 1996 Constitution. We will begin by considering the genesis of the Constitution in the negotiations of 1991-1994, culminating in the Interim Constitution of 1994. We shall then consider the Constitution on its own terms, paying close attention to Chapters and Sections that have proven especially controversial in the last twenty years. We will conclude by reflecting upon the limits of constitutionalism in and for the project of the post-apartheid.