THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH AFRICA, a contextual analysis

279pp., hardback, Second Edition, Hart Publishing, Oxford, (2010) 2025

ISBN: 9781509963225

This clear, accessible and informed view of the structure of the South African Constitution includes a description of the historical context and emergence of the Constitution through the democratic transition; the implementation of the Constitution and its role in building a new democratic society; the interaction of the Constitution with the existing law and legal institutions, including the common law, indigenous law and traditional authorities; and the strains placed on the new constitutional order by both the historical legacies of apartheid and new problems facing South Africa.

Heinz Klug is John and Rylla Bosshard Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School, USA, and Visiting Professor of Law in the School of Law at the University of the Witwatersrand. He was Fulbright Scholar at the University of Ghana School of Law 2024-2025.