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Mining For Gold: The Constitutional Court Of South Africa's Experience With Comparative Constitutional Law, Ursula Bentele
Mining For Gold: The Constitutional Court Of South Africa's Experience With Comparative Constitutional Law, Ursula Bentele
Ursula Bentele
MINING FOR GOLD: THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA’S EXPERIENCE WITH COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Ursula Bentele
Abstract
Despite a long history of referring to foreign law in its opinions, the Supreme Court’s recent citations to such sources have caused heated controversy. Critics warn of threats to sovereignty as well as serious flaws in the way judges use outside authority. Largely missing from this debate is any probing examination of the actual practice of engaging with foreign authorities. This article attempts to fill the empirical void by analyzing closely one court that has used foreign law extensively: the Constitutional Court of …