An Extraordinary Tale

by Hugh Corder | 45 Tul. L. Rev. 763 (2011)

Jens Meierhenrich’s, The Legacies of Law: Long-Run Consequences of Legal Development in South Africa, is a most remarkable book. The author sets himself the task of seeking an-swers to the question of how a society whose constitutional governance was for centuries (at least two) regarded as “wicked”1 can somehow retain sufficient belief in the potential of the law for limiting abuse of power (despite overwhelming indications to the contrary) that it opts for a model which privileges a supreme constitution and the rule of law as the chief means of government. (full article)

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