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Stu is the creator, the editorinchief and primary author of the 5 volume treatise, constitutional law of south africa 2nd edition, 2008, revised 20 and the foundingmanaging editor of. In an effort to stave off the end of apartheid, south africa adopted a constitution in 1983 that gave. Casebook on the south african law of persons 4th ed1. Oxford university press south african constitutional law. No other law or government action can supersede the provisions of the constitution. Constitution, the bank of the united states and the powers of the federal government, the role of the federal courts in the constitutional framework, separation of powers. Home the law of south africa research guides at maurer. The constitutional court of south africa is a supreme constitutional court established by the constitution of south africa. This book presents the south african constitution in its historical and social context, providing students and teachers of constitutional law and politics an invaluable resource through which to understand the emergence, development and continuing application of the supreme law of south africa.
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