The soul of a nation : constitution-making in South Africa / Hassen Ebrahim.
1998
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Author
Title
The soul of a nation : constitution-making in South Africa / Hassen Ebrahim.
Published
Cape Town : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Call Number
KTL2070 .E27 1998
Former Call Number
So.Af 910 Eb76 1998
ISBN
0195715055
Description
xviii, 699 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)40800336
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword / Arthur Chaskalson
Foreword / Cyril Ramaphosa
Preface
Pt. 1
Constitution-making in South Africa
1Introduction
3
2Historical background
5
3Exploring the feasibility of negotiation
29
4Removing the obstacles
43
5Preparing to negotiate
73
6Defining the agenda
93
7Defining the process
107
8Negotiating an end to the deadlock
133
9Negotiating the transition
149
10A framework for negotiating the final constitution
177
11Negotiating the final constitution
189
12Certification of the final constitution
223
13The public participation process
239
14Epilogue: lessons from the negotiating table
251
Notes
263
Pt. 2
Schedule of Documents
Document 1Peace Treaty of Vereeniging
363
Document 2Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton
367
Document 3Resolution on 'the South African question'
372
Document 4'Our Annual Conference'
381
Document 5Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa
386
Document 6Africans' claims in South Africa
396
Document 7The Freedom Charter
415
Document 8Letter from Albert Luthuli to J. G. Strijdom
420
Document 9First letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
429
Document 10Letter from Nelson Mandela to Sir de Villiers Graaff
433
Document 11Second letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
437
Document 12Notes prepared / Nelson Mandela
440
Document 13The Harare Declaration
451
Document 14Resolution on negotiations
456
Document 15'A document to create a climate of understanding'
458
Document 16F. W. de Klerk's speech at the opening of Parliament
466
Document 17The Groote Schuur Minute
483
Document 18The Pretoria Minute
485
Document 19The D. F. Malan Accord
493
Document 20Advance to national democracy: guidelines on strategy and tactics of the ANC
498
Document 21ANC resolutions for the coming year
522
Document 22CODESA I - Declaration of Intent
529
Document 23Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk
532
Document 24De Klerk's reply to Nelson Mandela
545
Document 25Response by Nelson Mandela
574
Document 26Nelson Mandela's reply to F. W. de Klerk
577
Document 27Record of Understanding
588
Document 28Negotiations: a strategic perspective
595
Document 29Resolution on the multi-party negotiations
606
Document 30The Negotiating Forum: resolution on violence
608
Document 31The Negotiating Forum: resolution on the transition process
610
Document 32The Negotiating Council: resolution on violence
611
Document 33Accord on Afrikaner self-determination
613
Document 34Memorandum of agreement for reconciliation and peace
616
Document 35Constitutional principles
619
Document 36The first hearing on certification
627
Document 37The Bill of Rights
631
Document 38Certification of the Constitution
652
Chronology
657
Index
671