Protecting Marginalised Groups through Constitutional Complaint: Access to the South African Constitutional Court
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31078/consrev1128Keywords:
Constitutional complaint, Eviction and housing, Meaningful engagement, Socio-economic rights, South African Constitutional CourtAbstract
This paper examines South Africa’s jurisprudence of South Africa’s apex court in the context of the land and property rights of poor and marginalized communities. It speaks to the different ways to access the court, with regard had to the key features of socio-economic rights litigation, examining select Constitutional Court cases on advancing the land and property rights of marginalized communities.
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