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The legacies of law : = long-run consequences of legal development in South Africa, 1652-2000 /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	The legacies of law :/ Jens Meierhenrich.
其他題名:	long-run consequences of legal development in South Africa, 1652-2000 /
作者:	Meierhenrich, Jens,
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (xvii, 385 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
附註:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
標題:	Justice, Administration of - History. - South Africa -
標題:	South Africa - Politics and government - 1994- -
電子資源:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511510571
ISBN:	9780511510571 (ebook)

The legacies of law : = long-run consequences of legal development in South Africa, 1652-2000 /
Meierhenrich, Jens,

The legacies of law :long-run consequences of legal development in South Africa, 1652-2000 /Jens Meierhenrich. - 1 online resource (xvii, 385 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

A typology of law -- Path dependance and the law -- Apartheid and the law -- Apartheid and the law II -- Apartheid's endgame and the law I -- Apartheid's endgame and the law II -- A plausibility probe.

Focusing on South Africa during the period 1650–2000, this book examines the role of law in making democracy work in changing societies. The Legacies of Law sheds light on the neglected relationship between path dependence and the law. Meierhenrich argues that legal norms and institutions, even illiberal ones, have an important - and hitherto undertheorized - structuring effect on democratic outcomes. Under certain conditions, law appears to reduce uncertainty in democratization by invoking common cultural backgrounds and experiences. In instances where interacting adversaries share qua law reasonably convergent mental models, transitions from authoritarian rule are shown to be less intractable. Meierhenrich's historical analysis of the evolution of law - and its effects - in South Africa during the period 1650–2000, compared with a short study of Chile from 1830–1990, shows how, and when, legal norms and institutions serve as historical causes to both liberal and illiberal rule.

ISBN: 9780511510571 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

799480
Justice, Administration of
--History.--South AfricaSubjects--Geographical Terms:

798951
South Africa
--Politics and government--1994-

LC Class. No.: KTL470 / .M45 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 347.68

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