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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"dominant party democracy"”.
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What is the role of the Constitutional Court in Safe-guarding the separation of powers in a dominant party democracy?
This thesis presents an analysis of the effect of dominant party democracy on South Africa’s traditional trilateral structures of government, with emphasis on the Constitutional Court. A dominant party democracy brings with it negative features, such as the blurring of boundaries of state and …
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Does a dominant party democracy erode constitutional legitimacy? An analysis of the African national congress and the South African constitution
… remains intact as a state functioning under a dominant political party. There are certain pathologies which develop in a dominant political party state, pathologies which lead to autocratic rule and which has the potential to undermine the constitutional institutions such as that created by the …
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Lawfare and legitimacy: The wicked problem of judicial resilience at a time of judicialisation of politics in South Africa
… role. Institutional imbalance in a dominant party democracy means that opposition parties and civil society organisations are left with little recourse but to appeal to the Court to be a constitutional bulwark. The Court is then compelled to step into the breach and fill the …