South Africa's Crisis of Constitutional Democracy

Can the Us Constitution Help?
This book is designed to help bring about the desired transition to liberal democracy in South Africa, particularly as the deliberations about a permanent constitution get under way.
One of the most dramatic developments of the final decades of the 20th century is the unravelling of apartheid in the Republic of South Africa. The question that the world asks is, "Will this evolution result in the first true liberal democracy in sub-Saharan Africa - one founded on self-government and full and equal citizenship for all?". How can the legacy of apartheid be undone while the rights of all are kept secure? How can the promise of equal economic opportunity be fulfilled as vast economic inequalities are abolished? A collaboration between eminent South Africans and American constitutional scholars, this volume identifies the principles that might accomplish this momentous transition.