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Soul of a Nation Constitution-Making in South Africa

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ISBN-10: 0195715055

ISBN-13: 9780195715057

Edition: 1988

Authors: Hassen Ebrahim

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Part One of this book provides a detailed account of development of the South African constitution, especially between 1985 and 1996. Part Two is a collection of key documents from South Africa's constitutional history since 1902.
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Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/5/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 720
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.35" long x 1.89" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Foreword
Preface
Constitution-making in South Africa
Introduction
Historical background
Exploring the feasibility of negotiation
Removing the obstacles
Preparing to negotiate
Defining the agenda
Defining the process
Negotiating an end to the deadlock
Negotiating the transition
A framework for negotiating the final constitution
Negotiating the final constitution
Certification of the final constitution
The public participation process
Epilogue: lessons from the negotiating table
Notes
Schedule of Documents
Peace Treaty of Vereeniging
Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton
Resolution on 'the South African question'
'Our Annual Conference'
Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa
Africans' claims in South Africa
The Freedom Charter
Letter from Albert Luthuli to J. G. Strijdom
First letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
Letter from Nelson Mandela to Sir de Villiers Graaff
Second letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
Notes prepared
The Harare Declaration
Resolution on negotiations
'A document to create a climate of understanding'
F. W. de Klerk's speech at the opening of Parliament
The Groote Schuur Minute
The Pretoria Minute
The D. F. Malan Accord
Advance to national democracy: guidelines on strategy and tactics of the ANC
ANC resolutions for the coming year
CODESA I - Declaration of Intent
Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk
De Klerk's reply to Nelson Mandela
Response by Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela's reply to F. W. de Klerk
Record of Understanding
Negotiations: a strategic perspective
Resolution on the multi-party negotiations
The Negotiating Forum: resolution on violence
The Negotiating Forum: resolution on the transition process
The Negotiating Council: resolution on violence
Accord on Afrikaner self-determination
Memorandum of agreement for reconciliation and peace
Constitutional principles
The first hearing on certification
The Bill of Rights
Certification of the Constitution
Chronology
Index