Rights trumped? Balancing in constitutional adjudication

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dc.contributor.authorDu Bois, Francois
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-26T06:35:38Z
dc.date.available2016-01-26T06:35:38Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.date.updated2016-01-19T10:01:39Z
dc.description.abstractMany modern constitutional charters of fundamental rights authorize the limitation of the rights they entrench. The very abstract terms in which constitutional rights are usually formulated make collisions among them, and between different individuals' entitlements under a single right, inevitable. Naturally, this requires determination of the limits of rival rights and of the entitlements they grant to individuals. It also seems to render legislative and administrative determination of these rights unobjectionable, provided that this is, as these constitutions require, policed by independent courts - there are typically many different ways in which clashing rights and interests might be reconciled in particular circumstances, and it seems appropriate that in democracies the choice of means should be left to an elected legislature and the government over which it exercises ultimate control, while the courts ensure that the choices so made remain within the broad framework of the charter of rights.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDu Bois, F. (2004). Rights trumped? Balancing in constitutional adjudication. <i>Acta Juridica</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16544en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDu Bois, Francois "Rights trumped? Balancing in constitutional adjudication." <i>Acta Juridica</i> (2004) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16544en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDu Bois, F. (2004). Rights trumped? Balancing in constitutional adjudication. Acta Juridica: The Practice of Integrity: Reflections on Ronald Dworkin and South African Law, p-155.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0065-1346en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Du Bois, Francois AB - Many modern constitutional charters of fundamental rights authorize the limitation of the rights they entrench. The very abstract terms in which constitutional rights are usually formulated make collisions among them, and between different individuals' entitlements under a single right, inevitable. Naturally, this requires determination of the limits of rival rights and of the entitlements they grant to individuals. It also seems to render legislative and administrative determination of these rights unobjectionable, provided that this is, as these constitutions require, policed by independent courts - there are typically many different ways in which clashing rights and interests might be reconciled in particular circumstances, and it seems appropriate that in democracies the choice of means should be left to an elected legislature and the government over which it exercises ultimate control, while the courts ensure that the choices so made remain within the broad framework of the charter of rights. DA - 2004 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Acta Juridica LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2004 SM - 0065-1346 T1 - Rights trumped? Balancing in constitutional adjudication TI - Rights trumped? Balancing in constitutional adjudication UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16544 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/16544
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDu Bois F. Rights trumped? Balancing in constitutional adjudication. Acta Juridica. 2004; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16544.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherJuta Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Private Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceActa Juridicaen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublication/ju_jur
dc.titleRights trumped? Balancing in constitutional adjudicationen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsrightsen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsconstitutional adjudicationen_ZA
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