{"product_id":"law-and-revolution-in-south-africa-ubuntu-dignity-and-the-struggle-for-constitutional-transformation-9780823257584","title":"Law and Revolution in South Africa: Ubuntu, Dignity, and the Struggle for Constitutional Transformation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe relation between law and revolution is one of the most pressing questions of our time. As one country after another has faced the challenge that comes with the revolutionary overthrow of past dictatorships, how one reconstructs a new government is a burning issue. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSouth Africa, after a long and bloody armed struggle and a series of militant uprisings, negotiated a settlement for a new government and remains an important example of what a substantive revolution might look like. The essays collected in this book address both the broader question of law and revolution and some of the specific issues of transformation in South Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Drucilla Cornell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823257584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrucilla\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eCornell\u003c\/b\u003e was Professor Emerita of Political Science, Comparative Literature, and Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University; Professor Extraordinaire at the University of Pretoria, South Africa; and a visiting professor at Birkbeck College, University of London. With a background in philosophy, law, and grassroots mobilization, she played a central role in the organization of the memorable conferences on deconstruction and justice at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1989, 1990, and 1993. She was the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of the Limit\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), \u003ci\u003eFeminism and Pornography\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), and \u003ci\u003eLaw and Revolution in South Africa: uBuntu, Dignity, and the Struggle for Constitutional Transformation\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). She has also coedited several books: \u003ci\u003eFeminism as Critique: On the Politics of Gender\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), with Seyla Benhabib; and \u003ci\u003eHegel and Legal Theory\u003c\/i\u003e (1991) and\u003ci\u003e Deconstruction and the Possibility of Justice\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), with David Gray Carlson and Michel Rosenfeld. She was part of a philosophical exchange with Seyla Benhabib, Judith Butler, and Nancy Fraser entitled \u003ci\u003eFeminist Contentions\u003c\/i\u003e (1995). In addition to her academic work, she wrote four produced plays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40830475960435,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":37.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_2e00e4f5-e7d2-484d-b0a0-c65587066f86.jpg?v=1684504230","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/law-and-revolution-in-south-africa-ubuntu-dignity-and-the-struggle-for-constitutional-transformation-9780823257584","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}