A Revolution Deferred: The Impact of the South African Constitution on the Law of Contract

Meiring, Jan

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A Revolution Deferred: The Impact of the South African Constitution on the Law of Contract

Jan Meiring

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April 1, 2011

European Business Law Review, Forthcoming
University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 17/2011

Abstract:
Have the new South African Constitution’s promises of freedom, equality and human dignity in 1994 transformed its law of contract into something fundamentally different from what it had been before? After reviewing the broad development of the South African law of contracts in the twentieth century, this Article considers the key decisions on the constitutionalisation of the law of contract and offers explanations for the development after 1994.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 22

Keywords: Contract law, South Africa, constitution, Bill of Rights, Horizontal application

JEL Classification: K1, K12

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Date posted: May 17, 2011

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Meiring, Jan, A Revolution Deferred: The Impact of the South African Constitution on the Law of Contract (April 1, 2011). European Business Law Review, Forthcoming; University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 17/2011. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1837482

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