The Constitutional Law Casebook consists of approximately fifty case extracts from significant judgments handed down by South African courts.  The majority of the cases discussed are decisions of the Constitutional Court, although some extracts are from significant decisions of the Supreme Court of Appeal. 

Content

Part I: Constitutional History

• Constitutional History: The Adoption of the Constitution
• Constitutional History: The Amnesty Process

Part II: The Bill of Rights

• Bill of Rights: Development of the Common Law 
• Bill of Rights: Interpretation
• Bill of Rights: Application
• Bill of Rights: Limitation
• Bill of Rights: Socio-Economic Rights
• Bill of Rights: Equality
• Bill of Rights: Land           
• Bill of Rights: Customary Law
• Bill of Rights: Religion
• Bill of Rights: Freedom of Expression
• Bill of Rights: Property

Part III: Principles & Structures of Government

• Principles & Structures of Government: Rule of Law and Legality
• Principles and Structures of Government: The Legislature
• Principles and Structures of Government: The Executive
• Principles and Structures of Government: The Judiciary
• Principles and Structures of Government: Separation of Powers
• Principles and Structures of Government: Institutions
• Supporting Constitutional Democracy