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President Trump's populist control of his party didn't extend to control in courtrooms where he challenged election results. That's where the rules of politics met the rules of law, and politics lost.
Justice Raymond Zondo found that the test for recusal had not been met.
For every office holder who may lose a seat because they are prosecuted, another job opens up.
The first of a series of fatal flaws in the idea is about where to draw the line.
A great deal still needs to be done to ensure that Kenyans have proper access to the justice system.
The cult of the personality surrounding Donald Trump is powerful and will be difficult to dislodge, whatever the outcome of the election in November.
The ruling elites in parts of Africa are destabilising efforts to maintain order by living by their own rules
The absence of trust in a nation's leader and government jeopardizes an effective response to a health crisis. It also creates a political crisis, a loss of faith in democracy.
The cherished legal rights that Beijing seeks to suppress in Hong Kong were established, in part, by Vietnamese asylum-seekers who fought for their freedom in court in the 1980s.
The decision of China's ruling council to impose a national security law on Hong Kong goes against the territory's own mini-constitution.
The court says people need to be able to trust the government to abide by the rule of law, make rational regulations, and not intrude on the rights of those subject to the law.
Compared to many other advanced countries, both federal and state court systems in the United States are behind in using videoconferencing in court settings.
The doctrine of equality is ingrained both in theory and in the express provisions of Lesotho's constitution.
By pushing their usually valid complaints onto the streets and the courts, opposition leaders deny governments the popular goodwill and international credibility they need to govern effectively.
The proposed amendment to the constitution represents a critical juncture in South African constitutional politics.
A new round of elections offers an opportunity to strengthen civil and political freedoms.
Will the same electoral commission, so heavily criticised in the court’s ruling, improve its capacity and arrange more credible elections?
Since the demand for resources far outmatches the patronage available, Lesotho’s political arena has become brutally competitive.
Authoritative statements by esteemed officials that the rule of law has been violated no longer have political consequences. Scandals that would have ended careers only a few years ago barely register.
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Claude Leon Foundation Chair in Constitutional Governance, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Associate Provost and Associate Dean of the Faculty and Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Senior Lecturer in Law, City, University of London
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Professor of Law, UNSW
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Professor of Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Sabbatical Scholar, Columbia Law School; Dean of Law and Professor, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Assistant Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
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Associate Professor of Political Science, The Ohio State University
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Professor and Program Leader of Criminology, Australian National University
