Public Interest Litigation in South Africa

Jackie Dugard, Jonathan Klaaren and Jeff Handmaker have published a special issue of the South African Journal on Human Rights on "Public Interest Litigation in South Africa." The entire monograph/special issue is available as an open access publication. Her is the Table of Contents:

Public Interest Litigation in South Africa: Introduction

Winning Isn’t Everything: Courts, Context, and the Barriers to Effecting Change Through Public Interest Litigation Art or Science?

Synthesising Lessons from Public Interest Litigation and the Dangers of Legal Determinism

Public Interest Litigation for Refugees in South Africa and the Potential for Structural Change

Slapp Suits: An Emerging Obstacle to Public Interest Environmental Litigation in South Africa

Proceduralisation’s Triumph and Engagement’s Promise in Socio-Economic Rights Litigation

Litigating Housing Rights in Johannesburg’s Inner City: 2004–2008

Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd: Public Interest Intervention in Investor-State Arbitration (Piero Foresti v South Africa)

Challenges to Public Interest Litigation in South Africa: External and Internal Challenges to Determining the Public Interest

Prison Conditions in South Africa and the Role of Public Interest Litigation Since 1994

Demolishing Development at Gabon Informal Settlement: Public Interest Litigation Beyond Modderklip?

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