Rights-based Litigation, Urban Governance and Social Justice in South Africa
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Rights-based Litigation, Urban Governance and Social Justice in South Africa

The Right to Joburg

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Rights-based Litigation, Urban Governance and Social Justice in South Africa

The Right to Joburg

About this book

Rights-based Litigation, Urban Governance and Social Justice in South Africa considers the overlap between legal and everyday struggles for social and spatial justice in the particular context of Johannesburg, South Africa. Drawing from literature across disciplines of law, urban geography and urban planning, as well as from reported case-law concerning the invocation of constitutional rights in Johannesburg and other South African cities, the book critically examines whether, and to what extent, the invocation of legal rights before South African courts have contributed to the advancement of social justice in the city. It considers the impact of the legal assertion of different constituent aspects of the so-called "right to the city" on the many people simultaneously performing the right, the governance structures responsible for enabling and facilitating its enjoyment and, thirdly, the physical place in which it is performed.

Drawing broad conclusions on the utility of rights-based litigation for the achievement of social change and spatial justice, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of South Africa, constitutional law, human rights law, regulatory law, sociology of rights, studies of law and society, urban studies, urban geography, governance studies, and development studies.

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Yes, you can access Rights-based Litigation, Urban Governance and Social Justice in South Africa by Marius Pieterse in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Law & Civil Rights in Law. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9780367888657
eBook ISBN
9781351671972
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface and acknowledgements
  7. 1 Johannesburg as a site for rights
  8. 2 Inhabiting Johannesburg: housing rights struggles
  9. 3 Struggles over essential services
  10. 4 Marginal struggles: equality, public presence and livelihood
  11. 5 Privileged struggles: property, lifestyle, business and safety
  12. 6 Struggles over autonomy, equality and identity: sex, gender and sexuality
  13. 7 The right to Joburg?
  14. Index