Browsing by Subject "Justice"
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Black theologies of liberation: how should black lives matter theologically?
(The Ecumenical Review, 2022)This article introduces this thematic issue of The Ecumenical Review, which originates from a colloquium hosted at the University of the Western Cape on Black theologies. Our aim is to propose a set of theological frames ... -
Creating learning and action space in South Africa’s post-apartheid land redistribution program
(SAGE Publications, 2017)This paper uses the case of South Africa’s latest land redistribution strategy known as the Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy, to explore whether, and how, research can have direct and positive impacts on beneficiaries ... -
Deconstruction and law: Derrida, Levinas and Cornell
(University of Windsor, 2007)Drucilla Cornell’s book The Philosophy of the Limit has for a long time been an important reference point in attempting to understand the relation between deconstruction and law. This article examines some of the themes ... -
Derrida and legal scholarship: A certain step beyond
(Springer, 2009)A book review of 'Derrida and Legal Philosophy' edited by Peter Goodrich, Florian Hoffmann, Michel Rosenfeld, Cornelia Vismann, published by Palgrave Macmillan (Basingstoke, Hampshire/New York), 2008, ISBN-13: 978-0-230-57361-1. -
Derrida, the conditional and the unconditional
(Juta Law, 2007)In his recent book, Law and Sacrifice: Towards a Post-Apartheid Theory of Law, Johan van der Walt gives a clear exposition of the possible impact of inter alia Jacques Derrida's thinking on law. In this article, the book ... -
Desire and language in Derrida’s 'Force of Law'
(Franz Steiner Verlag, 2009)In this article, the author proposes a reading of 'Force of Law' from two angles: boundless desire and the ‘law’ of language. The author contends that an analysis from these perspectives casts new light on the notion of ... -
The effect of the 2011 Arab uprising in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena region): Morocco’s quest for constitutional reform and the 20 February Movement
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)Historically, Morocco experienced widespread political repression during the 1970s through to the early 1990s. Through its exploitations, the monarchy regime repressed any claims aimed at challenging its authoritarian form ... -
Farm workers and farm dwellers in Limpopo, South Africa: Struggles over tenure, livelihoods and justice
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)Stories about farm workers and dwellers losing their homes, land and livelihoods are common in contemporary South Africa, and also in Limpopo Province. Around 1988, Grace M.1 and her children were evicted from a Limpopo ... -
The Gift and the meaning-giving subject: A Reading of Given Time
(Springer, 2010)In this essay the relation between justice and the gift in Derrida’s thinking is explored. The essay shows that an understanding of the ontological difference or the relation between Being and beings in Heidegger’s thinking ... -
Levinas on law: A Derridean reading of Manderson’s Proximity, Levinas, and the Soul of Law
(Griffith University, Griffith Law School, Socio-Legal Research Centre, 2007)In this article, Desmond Manderson’s book, Proximity, Levinas, and the Soul of Law (2006) is analysed specifically with reference to the accuracy with which it translates Derrida’s thinking into law. Manderson, in a number ... -
Men, masculinities, peace, and violence: A multi-level overview on justice and conflict
(Routledge, 2021)The relations between men, masculinities and violence, peace, justice, and conflict are of clear importance, yet often remain unaddressed explicitly in analysis, policy, and practice. This chapter overviews the large body ... -
Re-examining a theology of reconciliation: What we learn from the Kairos document and its pedagogical implications
(OpenJournals Publishing AOSIS (Pty) Ltd, 2020)The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in South Africa is widely regarded as an organisation that was established to facilitate the transition from social conflict to a new dispensation. Frequently considered as the ... -
Rethinking the notion of a 'higher law': Heidegger and Derrida on the Anaximander fragment
(Springer, 2009)The Anaximander fragment, in the readings of both Heidegger and Derrida, speaks of that which exceeds positive law. In this article, the author provides a detailed reading of Heidegger’s Der Spruch des Anaximander, showing ... -
S v Mthethwa: Justice for sex workers in the face of criminalisation
(Routledge, 2020)In 2017 the Western Cape High Court convicted acclaimed painter, Zwelethu Mthethwa, of the brutal murder of sex worker, Nokuphila Khumalo. This profile offers a feminist-legal analysis of the judgment and sentence handed ... -
Serbia the case of 'missing babies' in Serbia before the European court of human rights
(Cambridge Core, 2019)In the case of Zorica Jovanovic v. Serbia, initiated before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in April 2008, the applicant complained of the continuing failure of the Serbian authorities to provide her with any ... -
Sovereignty without sovereignty: Derrida’s Declarations of Independence
(Springer, 2008)This article questions the common assumptions in legal theory regarding Derrida’s well-known Declarations of Independence. Through a close reading of this text, well-known ground such as the relation between speech and ... -
Spectres of Coke: Judicial supervision as a revolutionary inheritance
(Springer Verlag, 2007)Sir Edward Coke is known for having played a central role in establishing the power of the common law courts to exercise a supervisory jurisdiction over the executive/administration. Coke is usually praised in the literature ...