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dc.contributor.advisorde Ville, Jacques
dc.contributor.authorMatakane, Gcina M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-12T12:50:26Z
dc.date.available2017-10-12T12:50:26Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/5625
dc.descriptionMagister Philosophiae - MPhilen_US
dc.description.abstractThe South African negotiations process, in the true spirit of classical liberalism, emphasised juridical continuity, legality, and gradual political change. But in spite of this and the fact that South Africa’s constitution-making process is acclaimed as the most successful negotiated revolution, it is generally recognised that there is incongruity between the promise and hope brought about by South Africa’s constitution-making process and the political and social crises that ensued after the advent of constitutional democracy in the country. I argue in this analysis that the South African constitutional discourse must undergo a fundamental shift by abandoning the normative regulation of the constituent power of the people in order to allow for the people to truly govern. The acknowledgement of the possibility of the unregulated exercise of constituent power through people-driven initiatives can mitigate the current malaise facing South Africa’s constitutional democracy.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectConstituent poweren_US
dc.subjectSouth African Constitutionen_US
dc.subjectConstitution-makingen_US
dc.subjectRelationalismen_US
dc.subjectLiberalismen_US
dc.subjectNormativismen_US
dc.subjectConstitutional democracyen_US
dc.titleThe people shall govern: Constituent power and the South African Constitutionen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US


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