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Home » The role of the courts in ensuring the right to a basic education in a democratic South Africa: a critical evaluation of recent education case law

The role of the courts in ensuring the right to a basic education in a democratic South Africa: a critical evaluation of recent education case law

This article critically evaluates case-law developments regarding the right to basic education as enshrined in the South African Constitution and argues that litigation, or at the least the threat of it, plays an important role in the realisation of the right to education. 

Year of publication: 
2013
Author(s): 
Ann Skelton
Publisher(s): 
De Jure
Resource type: 
Articles & papers
Topics: 
Justiciability & Litigation
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