The Remaking of South African Administrative Law

This article explores the remaking of administrative law review in South Africa since the introduction of constitutional democracy in 1994. It characterizes the construction of the constitutional and legislative framework, as well as the courts’ interpretation of that framework, as the first phase of the remaking. The second phase encompasses the courts’ recognition of a constitutional principle of legality based on the rule of law, and their swift development of the content of this principle. This judicial creativity has resulted in an elaborate avenue to review, parallel to the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000, and has caused problems of rivalry and avoidance. The article identifies and discusses some of the more significant implications of each of these phases of reconstruction. It also proposes corrective measures likely to advance the coherence and effectiveness of judicial review and discourage the adoption of a doctrine of non-justiciability

Administrative law · Constitutional law · Democracy · Doctrine · Interpretation (philosophy) · Judicial interpretation · Judicial review · Justiciability · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Principle of legality · Rule of law · Criminal Law and Evidence · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · Ombudsman and Human Rights

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