Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- The comparative angle -- Two constitutions -- The two courts -- Social change -- Contents of this book -- 2 History and Background -- South africa -- South Africa through Apartheid -- Transition -- United states -- The judicial branches -- What makes the south african constitution unique -- Provisions -- Cases -- 3 The Death Penalty -- Death penalty jurisprudence in south africa -- History -- The Constitutional Court's Analysis -- Values and Socio-Historical Context -- Reliance on International and Comparative Law -- The Right to Dignity -- The Right to Life: Hungarian Case Law -- Rejecting Public Opinion -- Minimalism and Pragmatism -- The Limitations Issue -- Deterrence -- Prevention -- Retribution -- Applying the Limitations Criteria: Balancing and Proportionality -- Death penalty jurisprudence in the united states -- Furman v. Georgia -- Gregg v. Georgia -- McCleskey v. Kemp: Race Discrimination -- Summary -- New developments in the united states -- The Exoneration Movement -- Comparative Sources -- Conclusion -- 4 Gender Equality -- Mandela's pardon -- The Majority Opinions -- Justiciability -- The Equality Issue -- The Opposing View -- Kriegler's Dissent -- The American Approach -- The Underlying Constitutional Theories -- Owen Fiss's Group-Based Approach -- Catherine MacKinnon's Dominance Approach -- Judicial Pragmatism -- Analyzing the Approaches -- Critiques -- The jordan decision -- Equality -- The Majority Opinion -- The Dissenting Opinion -- Analysis -- Privacy -- Majority Opinion -- Dissenting Opinion -- Analysis -- U.S. Supreme Court -- Conclusion -- 5 Gay Rights -- South african gay rights jurisprudence -- The Sodomy Case -- The Immigrant Same-Sex Partner Case -- Judges and Their Same Sex-Partners.

Adoption by Gay Couples -- Gay Marriage -- The Civil Union Act -- Analysis of south african gay rights jurisprudence -- Why Has the Court Been So Assertive? -- Criticisms of the Court's Approach -- American gay rights decisions -- U.S. Supreme Court Cases -- State Court Decisions -- New York -- Massachusetts and California: Rulings for Same-Sex Marriage -- New Jersey -- Analysis -- Conclusion -- 6 Affirmative Action -- South african jurisprudence -- The Walker Decision -- The Van Heerden Decision -- The Motala Decision -- Statutory Provisions -- Further Thoughts -- U.S. supreme court jurisprudence -- Supreme Court Affirmative Action Rulings -- Symmetry -- Inconsistency -- The First Amendment -- Conclusion -- 7 Freedom of Expression -- Supreme court categories of speech -- The other first amendment -- The RAV Decision -- Indecent Adult Establishments -- Other Problems -- South african free speech cases -- The Case Decision -- The Islamic Unity Decision -- The Khumalo Decision -- The South African Broadcasting Decision -- Comparing the approaches in context -- Danish Cartoons: The South African Perspective -- Danish Cartoons: The American Perspective -- Other South African Developments -- Broadcast Media -- Laws Relating to Free Speech -- Political Pressures on Free Speech -- Conclusion -- 8 Freedom of Religion -- Colonial oppression and religion in south africa -- The formalistic cases -- The Sunday "Prohibition" Case -- Spanking in the Schools -- Smoking Weed and the Court -- Chief Justice Chaskalson's Majority Opinion -- Justice Ngcobo's Dissent -- Justice Sachs's Dissent -- Analysis of the Prince Decision -- Nose Studs and the Court -- Why the formalism? -- Conclusion -- 9 Socioeconomic Rights -- South africa's socioeconomic rights jurisprudence -- The Right to Housing -- The Right to Health Care -- Soobramoney v. Minister of Health.

Minister of Health v. Treatment Action Campaign -- Social Security -- Recent Housing Cases -- The Port Elizabeth Decision -- The Modderklip Decision -- Summary -- Criticisms of South African Jurisprudence in Socioeconomic Rights -- The Minimum Core -- More Content -- Resources -- Stricter Scrutiny -- Remedies -- More on Pragmatism -- The Hippocratic Oath Argument -- The Argument from Democracy -- Institutional Legitimacy -- United states socioeconomic rights jurisprudence -- U.S. Supreme Court Cases -- Separation of Powers -- The Legislature's Prerogative -- Competence -- Negative Rights -- New Approaches -- The Reaction -- 10 Final Thoughts -- South african jurisprudence -- The Juristocracy Objection -- Proportionality -- Against the Two Stages -- Undervaluing Rights -- Vagueness Problems -- The Future -- Supreme court jurisprudence -- Index.