Food, water, health, housing, and education are as fundamental to human freedom and
dignity as privacy, religion, or speech. Yet only recently have legal systems begun to secure …

Abstract Although South Africa's democracy is only ten years old, the country has one of the
most extensive welfare systems of any developing country in the world. The Constitution …

The concept of equality has been a key animating principle of modern feminism, and has
been highly productive for feminist legal thought and feminist politics concerning law. Today …

It is increasingly argued that gender is something we 'do'(or 'undo') rather than 'are'. The
doing of gender, or the accomplishment of gender, becomes credible when it conforms (in …

This collection of essays by an international group of authors explores the ways in which law
and legal institutions are used in countries coming to terms with traumatic pasts and, in …

Increasingly, the historical significance of the South African Truth and Reconciliation
Commission (TRC) is becoming globally apparent. Within South Africa, debate about this …

Law is often perceived as an instrument that can effect social change. While this might be so,
it must be complemented by the necessary financial and human resources to make the law …

Since the advent of constitutional democracy, the project of transformative constitutionalism
has had limited success in addressing structural poverty and inequality in post-apartheid …

Disabled people constitute a historically disadvantaged and marginalized group that
experiences discrimination in the workplace among other socio-economic sectors. In this …

Critical legal scholars have made us aware that law is made up not only of rules but also of
language. But who speaks the language of law? And can one lawfully speak in one's voice …