THE NEW CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW IN SOUTH AFRICA

The 1996 Constitution gives legal effect to a remarkable historical achievement - an agreement to bring to an end a long history of inequality and oppression and to create a new society by means of a political order based on the principles of constitutional supremacy, democracy and respect for human rights. It has revolutionised the field of constitutional and administrative law in South Africa. Published in two volumes, the successor to the highly acclaimed Boulle Harris & Hoexter Constitutional & Administrative Law, is designed for the use of law students in their first courses on constitutional and administrative law. Throughout, the book is con cerned with context - the historical, political and social developments that have made the new constitutional and administrative law such an extraordinarily interesting field of study. Volume 1: Constitutional Law contains an introduction to constitutional law and an account of the historical origins of the 1966 Constitution. It deals comprehensively with the structure of government established by the Constitution and with the fundamental principles on which the new constitutional law is based.;Volume 1 also contains an introduction to the Bill of Rights.