Marianne Wesson
Biographic Data
| ID | 267444 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marianne Wesson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marianne |
| FAMILY NAME | Wesson |
| SIGNATURE | WESSON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Western Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8379-7531 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Outsourcing to Not-for-Profits
Governments increasingly rely on charities to provide services on behalf of government. Decisions on outsourced functions can relate to the distribution of public resources, such as the provision of housing, education or legal assistance. Accordingly, such decisions can be contentious and outsourcing potentially places that contention in the private sphere rather than the public sphere. This article examines the extent to which outsourcing servic…
Disagreement and the Constitutionalisation of Social Rights
A key reason for resistance to constitutional social rights is that in many democracies there is reasonable disagreement about the nature and extent of the state’s welfare obligations. Social rights are likely to be regarded by many not as principles capable of constituting the political space but rather as essentially political claims. The article argues that it is nevertheless possible to envisage a democratically appealing role for the judicia…
Reasonableness in Retreat? The Judgment of the South African Constitutional Court in Mazibuko v City of Johnnesburg
The South African Bill of Rights1 is remarkable in many respects, one of which is the inclusion of an array of socio-economic rights. The South African Constitutional Court (‘Constitutional Court’ or ‘Court’) has produced a series of path-breaking socio-economic rights judgments interpreting them. One of the most recent of these is Mazibuko v City of Johannesburg,2 the Court's first judgment on the right of access to sufficient water. The decisio…
Fifteen Years On
At its 52nd National Conference held in Polokwane from 16-20 December 2007 the African National Congress adopted a strongly worded resolution calling for the transformation of the judiciary to be expedited. The judiciary has also recently attracted controversy due to the ongoing legal travails of ANC President Jacob Zuma and allegations regarding improper conduct on the part of Hlophe JP. This is therefore an opportune juncture to step back and c…
Grootboom and Reassessing
This article reviews the emergent socio-economic jurisprudence of the South African Constitutional Court, focusing particularly on the seminal case of Grootboom. Th e first part disputes a particularly prevalent characterisation of the Court's approach – namely, that it constitutes an administrative law approach the adjudication of socioeconomic rights – and suggests, instead, that Grootboom, TAC and Khosa might be more profitably read as ensurin…
Sexual Consent . David Archard Sexual Harassment and Sexual Consent . Barry M. Dank , Roberto Refinetti
Feminism Unmodified
Grootboom and Reassessing
This article reviews the emergent socio-economic jurisprudence of the South African Constitutional Court, focusing particularly on the seminal case of Grootboom. Th e first part disputes a particularly prevalent characterisation of the Court's approach – namely, that it constitutes an administrative law approach the adjudication of socioeconomic rights – and suggests, instead, that Grootboom, TAC and Khosa might be more profitably read as ensurin…
Fifteen Years On
At its 52nd National Conference held in Polokwane from 16-20 December 2007 the African National Congress adopted a strongly worded resolution calling for the transformation of the judiciary to be expedited. The judiciary has also recently attracted controversy due to the ongoing legal travails of ANC President Jacob Zuma and allegations regarding improper conduct on the part of Hlophe JP. This is therefore an opportune juncture to step back and c…
Outsourcing to Not-for-Profits
Governments increasingly rely on charities to provide services on behalf of government. Decisions on outsourced functions can relate to the distribution of public resources, such as the provision of housing, education or legal assistance. Accordingly, such decisions can be contentious and outsourcing potentially places that contention in the private sphere rather than the public sphere. This article examines the extent to which outsourcing servic…
Disagreement and the Constitutionalisation of Social Rights
A key reason for resistance to constitutional social rights is that in many democracies there is reasonable disagreement about the nature and extent of the state’s welfare obligations. Social rights are likely to be regarded by many not as principles capable of constituting the political space but rather as essentially political claims. The article argues that it is nevertheless possible to envisage a democratically appealing role for the judicia…
Feminism Unmodified
Feminism Unmodified
Sexual Consent . David Archard Sexual Harassment and Sexual Consent . Barry M. Dank , Roberto Refinetti
Grootboom and Reassessing
This article reviews the emergent socio-economic jurisprudence of the South African Constitutional Court, focusing particularly on the seminal case of Grootboom. Th e first part disputes a particularly prevalent characterisation of the Court's approach – namely, that it constitutes an administrative law approach the adjudication of socioeconomic rights – and suggests, instead, that Grootboom, TAC and Khosa might be more profitably read as ensurin…
Fifteen Years On
At its 52nd National Conference held in Polokwane from 16-20 December 2007 the African National Congress adopted a strongly worded resolution calling for the transformation of the judiciary to be expedited. The judiciary has also recently attracted controversy due to the ongoing legal travails of ANC President Jacob Zuma and allegations regarding improper conduct on the part of Hlophe JP. This is therefore an opportune juncture to step back and c…
Reasonableness in Retreat? The Judgment of the South African Constitutional Court in Mazibuko v City of Johnnesburg
The South African Bill of Rights1 is remarkable in many respects, one of which is the inclusion of an array of socio-economic rights. The South African Constitutional Court (‘Constitutional Court’ or ‘Court’) has produced a series of path-breaking socio-economic rights judgments interpreting them. One of the most recent of these is Mazibuko v City of Johannesburg,2 the Court's first judgment on the right of access to sufficient water. The decisio…
Disagreement and the Constitutionalisation of Social Rights
A key reason for resistance to constitutional social rights is that in many democracies there is reasonable disagreement about the nature and extent of the state’s welfare obligations. Social rights are likely to be regarded by many not as principles capable of constituting the political space but rather as essentially political claims. The article argues that it is nevertheless possible to envisage a democratically appealing role for the judicia…
Outsourcing to Not-for-Profits
Governments increasingly rely on charities to provide services on behalf of government. Decisions on outsourced functions can relate to the distribution of public resources, such as the provision of housing, education or legal assistance. Accordingly, such decisions can be contentious and outsourcing potentially places that contention in the private sphere rather than the public sphere. This article examines the extent to which outsourcing servic…
Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Legal Issues in South Africa (4 works) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies (3 works) · Judicial review (3 works) · Accountability (2 works) · Comparative and International Law Studies (2 works) · Constitution (2 works) · Constitutional court (2 works)