Democracy and equity

The idea of the just state ( Rechtsstaat ) before and after 1994

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ID11420608
AuthorsD F M Strau (0000-0002-2397-9181, University of the Free State, corresponding author), Danie Strauss
Year2012
Volume31
Issue2
Pages405-418
Publication date2012-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSouth African Journal of Philosophy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0258-0136 • E-ISSN: 2073-4867
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02580136.2012.10751784
OpenAlexW2087385407
LanguageEN
References cited11

The recent publication of a special number of the SAJP dedicated to a discussion of Samantha Vice’s thoughts on being a white South African prompted this reflection on justice, equity and the modern idea of the state – against the background of moral feelings of guilt and shame, cultural diversity and merging identities. Its aim is to provide a perspective on the unity of the public legal order of the state, the distinct meaning of citizenship and affirmative action in terms of the distinction between constitutive and regulative legal principles also helping white South Africans to understand how affirmative action relates to injustices of the past. The classical understanding of equity will play a key role in this discussion, aimed at showing how we can avoid the apparent impasse of equality before the law and of “fair discrimination.”

Affirmative action · Citizenship · Democracy · Economic Justice · Epistemology · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Shame · Sociology · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · Philosophy

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