This topical book examines how the goals of constitutionalism - good and fair government - are addressed at a time when the multi-religious composition of countries' populations has never before been so pronounced. How should governments, courts and officials deal with this diversity? The widely accepted principle of treating others as you wish them to treat you and the universal recognition of human dignity speak against preferential treatment of any religion. Faced with severe challenges...

Francois Venter het aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch in bedryfsliekunde en krygskunde gestudeer. Daarna het hy ondermeer opleiding aangebied gedurende die post-1994 transformasieprogram en n nistydskrif, Salut, bestuur. Nadat hy die weermag verlaat het, het hy n aantal jare in die bankwese deurgebring. Tans is hy deel van n klein span konsultante wat spesialiseer in veranderingsbestuur en leertegnologie. In 1998 is van sy verse in Stroom-op/Up the Creek opgeneem. Hy het ook gedigte in...

Making sense of Jesus is comprised of twelve chapters of a Christological nature, which are the result of a multidisciplinary theological research project. The aim of this book is to ascertain how, in the current cultural situation, an encounter with Jesus is determined by specific historical and personal conditions, and what the consequences of such an encounter may be.

For constitutionalists, regulation of hate speech violates the First Amendment and damages a free society. Waldron rejects this view, and makes the case that hate speech should be regulated as part of a commitment to human dignity and to inclusion and respect for members of vulnerable minorities.

Polygamy, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, punishing women for being raped, differential access for men and women to health care and education, unequal rights of ownership, assembly, and political participation, unequal vulnerability to violence. These practices and conditions are standard in some parts of the world. Do demands for multiculturalism--and certain minority group rights in particular--make them more likely to continue and to spread to liberal democracies? Are there ...

The notion of "the public sphere" has become increasingly central to theories and studies of democracy, media, and culture over the last few decades. It has also gained political importance in the context of the European Union's efforts to strengthen democracy, integration, and identity.The Idea of the Public Sphere offers a wide-ranging, accessible, and easy-to-use introduction to one of the most influential ideas in modern social and political thought, tracing its develop...

Sakegesprek met Theo Vorster is 'n in 2009 vrygestel en is een van die gewildste programme op Kyknet. Hierdie boek bevat 38 onderhoude wat Theo Vorster oor die laaste drie jaar met top sakelui gevoer het en sluit Koos Bekker, Whitey Basson, Ina Paarman en vele ander bekendes in. Die doel van die boek is om die sakeleier onderhoude te boekstaaf op so 'n manier dat elke leser die pitkos uit die sakeleier se sukses kry wat hy / sy op sy eie loopbaan kan toepas. Daar is geen syfers, finansiële...

An impassioned defence of the civil liberties and the rule of law in the face of increasing pressure for ever greater 'security''A rollicking defence of Freedom and Enlightenment in the style of Tom Paine or William Godwin' Spectator'The even-handed tone of philosophy professor AC Grayling's latest book does not lessen the intensity of its polemical content ... Grayling underlines the seriousness of today's threats to our l...

Having identified proportionality as the main tool for limiting constitutional rights, Aharon Barak explores its four components (proper purpose, rational connection, necessity and proportionality stricto sensu) and discusses the relationships between proportionality and reasonableness and between courts and legislation. He goes on to analyse the concept of deference and to consider the main arguments against the use of proportionality (incommensurability and irrationality). Alternatives t...

In het negentien eeuwse Amsterdam gebeuren vreemde dingen; mannen raken lidloos. Brigadier Groenewei gaat op onderzoek uit. Met dit verhaal won Anaïd Haen de Unleash Award 2010.

Michael Ignatieff draws on his extensive experience as a writer and commentator on world affairs to present a penetrating account of the successes, failures, and prospects of the human rights revolution. Since the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, this revolution has brought the world moral progress and broken the nation-state's monopoly on the conduct of international affairs. But it has also faced challenges. Ignatieff argues that human rights acti...

Exploring the relationship between religion and the stateFocusing on the intersection of religion, law, and politics in contemporary liberal democracies, Blackford considers the concept of the secular state, revising and updating enlightenment views for the present day. Freedom of Religion and the Secular State offers a comprehensive analysis, with a global focus, of the subject of religious freedom from a legal as well as historical and philosophical viewpoint. It...