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18090-Cornell_uBuntu 12/22/11 10:31 AM Page i UBUNTU AND THE LAW 18090-Cornell_uBuntu 12/22/11 10:31 AM Page ii 18090-Cornell_uBuntu 12/22/11 10:31 AM Page iii j u s t i d e a s transformative ideals of justice in ethical and political thought series editors Drucilla Cornell Roger Berkowitz Kenneth Michael Panfilio 18090-Cornell_uBuntu 12/22/11 10:31 AM Page iv 18090-Cornell_uBuntu 12/22/11 10:31 AM Page v UBUNTU AND THE LAW AFRICAN IDEALS AND POSTAPARTHEID JURISPRUDENCE Edited by Drucilla Cornell and Nyoko Muvangua fordham university press new york 2012 18090-Cornell_uBuntu 12/22/11 10:31 AM Page vi Copyright © 2012Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ubuntu and the law : African ideals and postapartheid jurisprudence / edited by Drucilla Cornell and Nyoko Muvangua. p. cm. — (Just Ideas) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN---- (cloth : alk. paper) . Law—South Africa—Philosophy. . Post-apartheid era—South Africa. . Customary law—South Africa. . Ubuntu (Philosophy) I. Muvangua, Nyoko. II. Cornell, Drucilla. KTL.U .—dc Printed in the United States of America 14 13 12 5 4 3 2 1 First edition 18090-Cornell_uBuntu 12/22/11 10:31 AM Page vii This book is dedicated to Justice Yvonne Mokgoro, whose life and work on the Constitutional Court embody the spirit of ubuntu. Her legacy will always be the spirit of ubuntu. 18090-Cornell_uBuntu 12/22/11 10:31 AM Page viii 18090-Cornell_uBuntu 12/22/11 10:31 AM Page ix Contents Preface xi Acknowledgments Introduction: The Re-Cognition of uBuntu PART I Legal Cases uBuntu, Restorative Justice, and the Constitutional Court TheMandelaCase TheMaluleke Case TheMasetlha Case uBuntuUnder the Interim Constitution: Life, Death, and uBuntu TheMakwanyaneCase Horizontality, Reconciliation, and uBuntu TheBaloro Case Amnesty, Reconciliation, and uBuntu TheAZAPO Case uBuntu, Socioeconomic Rights, and Personhood The Port Elizabeth Municipality Case City of Johannesburg v. Rand Properties Wormald NO and Others v. Kambule The Khosa andMahlaule Cases Hoffmann v. South African Airways The Pharmaceutical Society of SA andNew Clicks Cases 18090-Cornell_uBuntu 12/22/11 10:31 AM Page x x Contents The Dikoko Case Du Plooy v. Minister of Correctional Services uBuntuand Entitlement The ShilubaneCase The Bophuthatswana Case The Badenhorst Case The Tshabalala-Msimang Case The Kukard Case uBuntuand Key Aspects of Living: Customary Law The Bhe, Shibi, and SA Human Rights CommissionCases Constitutional Court Judgment The Nzimande Case The Crossley Case uBuntuand the Right to Culture The MEC for Education Case PART II Articles on uBuntu Towards the Liberation and Revitalization of Customary Law Albie Sachs uBuntuand the Law in South Africa Yvonne Mokgoro A Call for a Nuanced Constitutional Jurisprudence: South Africa, uBuntu, Dignity, and Reconciliation Drucilla Cornell Doing Things with Values: The Case of uBuntu Irma J. Kroeze Exploring uBuntu: Tentative Reflections Drucilla Cornell and Karin van Marle Some Thoughts on the uBuntuJurisprudence of the Constitutional Court Narnia Bohler-Müller The Reemergence of uBuntu: A Critical Analysis Thino Bekker African Customary Law in South Africa: The Many Faces of Bhe v. Magistrate Khayelitsha Chuma Himonga Notes Glossary Index
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