Gerhard Erasmus
Biographic Data
| ID | 3778388 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gerhard Erasmus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gerhard |
| FAMILY NAME | Erasmus |
| SIGNATURE | ERASMUS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Socio-Economic Rights and Their Implementation
Socio-economic rights are those human rights that aim to secure for all members of a particular society a basic quality of life in terms of food, water, shelter, education, health care and housing. They differ from traditional civil and political rights such as the right to equality, personal liberty, property, free speech and association. These "traditional human rights" are now found in most democratic constitutions and are, as a rule, enshrine…
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
The response of the international community to the massacres and genocide in Rwanda was at times “reluctant” and “inadequate”. This can partly be explained by the amount of human and material resources that would have been required to restore peace and address the more fundamental issues of the failure of the State itself. The Rwandan experience does, however, also raise serious questions about the adequacy of international and regional structure…
The new constitutional dispensation
The Constitution is a product of negotiation and compromise. This is a consequence of the nature of the transition (no single victor) and a divided society. Part of the compromise concerns the creation of a new system of provincial government. The provinces’ legislative, executive and financial powers are explained. The precise format of the final dispensation cannot be predicted now, but the basic constitutional framework is known. Some asymmetr…
Cases and Comments
Criteria for Determining Statehood
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
The response of the international community to the massacres and genocide in Rwanda was at times “reluctant” and “inadequate”. This can partly be explained by the amount of human and material resources that would have been required to restore peace and address the more fundamental issues of the failure of the State itself. The Rwandan experience does, however, also raise serious questions about the adequacy of international and regional structure…
Criteria for Determining Statehood
Cases and Comments
The new constitutional dispensation
The Constitution is a product of negotiation and compromise. This is a consequence of the nature of the transition (no single victor) and a divided society. Part of the compromise concerns the creation of a new system of provincial government. The provinces’ legislative, executive and financial powers are explained. The precise format of the final dispensation cannot be predicted now, but the basic constitutional framework is known. Some asymmetr…
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
The response of the international community to the massacres and genocide in Rwanda was at times “reluctant” and “inadequate”. This can partly be explained by the amount of human and material resources that would have been required to restore peace and address the more fundamental issues of the failure of the State itself. The Rwandan experience does, however, also raise serious questions about the adequacy of international and regional structure…
Socio-Economic Rights and Their Implementation
Socio-economic rights are those human rights that aim to secure for all members of a particular society a basic quality of life in terms of food, water, shelter, education, health care and housing. They differ from traditional civil and political rights such as the right to equality, personal liberty, property, free speech and association. These "traditional human rights" are now found in most democratic constitutions and are, as a rule, enshrine…
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Constitution (2 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (2 works) · Human rights (2 works) · International Law and Human Rights (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)