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South African Environmental Law and Political Accountability: Local Councils in the Spotlight

environmental governance (LEG) matters listed in Schedules 4B and 5B of the Constitution, thus making municipal councils the highest South African authority with legal and political powers in local communities ... political powers in local communities. This article uses the constitutions, policies, and manifestos of political parties active in the local government sphere to ascertain the role of political parties in

Contextualism vs Non-Contextualism in Political Philosophy A Contribution to the Debate on Criticism in the Political Sciences

The author’s aim is to analyse the problem of criticism in the context of political sciences, in particular in the context of political philosophy. The issue is considered in the light of two basic ... departure for critical attitudes in political philosophy.. political philosophy; political science; criticism; historism; contextualism; presentism - Piotr Świercz vidual propositions that have been

The power of ruins and memory: political violence, nation and commemoration in Colombia and Chile

, but also, and above all, in a historical-political, symbolic, and affective sense. The destruction caused by the ruin is thus considered for what it produces or enables due to the loss, as the ... the loss, as the foundation of new creations and political meanings associated with materiality and the space it occupies, both in the urban fabric and in the public debate. Thus, the ruins remain and

Trotskyism In Colombia: historiographical and documentary analysis of its origins and intellectual, political and university impact in the 1970s

revolutionary movement through organizations and political currents. It is also deduced that the appearance of Trotskyism in Colombia occurs as a consequence of a reconfiguration of the left in the American

Political Ecology and Ecological Marxism as critical approaches to the relationship between economic development and the environment

, and in heterodox traditions such as Political Ecology and Ecological Marxism. We critically characterize the general features of the Environmental Economy approach that supports the market's capacity to ... Sección General La ecología política y el marxismo ecológico como enfoques críticos a la relación entre desarrollo económico y medio ambiente* Political Ecology and Ecological Marxism as

Prison Personnel in the Colony of Natal from circa 1850 to the Prison Reform Commission of 1905-1906

White colonial ideology was produced as a result of the fractured nature of the relations - social, political and economic - between black and white in the colony of Natal. Apart from the racial ... of the fractured nature of the relations - social, political and economic - between black and white. This contribution focusses on the lives and careers of prison officials in colonial Natal between

Law, South African Mothers Living in Poverty and the COVID-19 Pandemic

concerned, is limited by law's neglect of the socio-political identity of women as mothers, which is rooted in history. This failure reaffirms that law is implicated in contemporary socioeconomic ... strain caused by the COVID-19 pandemic (the pandemic). As a political terrain motherhood has long been a subject of feminist inquiry, thus poor motherhood ought not be marginalised in the human-rights

Legislative Oversight and Executive Accountability in South Africa

A glance at political theory reveals a preoccupation with the corrosive nature of power, in particular with how to ensure that the governors are sufficiently accountable to the governed. Legislative ... primarily in countries ruled by dominant political parties where party loyalism blurs the line of state accountability.1 Although political corruption is a symptom of a bigger malaise, the danger to

The First Magistrates of Potchefstroom

predecessors and successors to give the reader a better idea of the personality behind the name. Important judicial (or political) events that took place during each individual's term in office are also ... constant and were marked by division, political dissension and civil strife.8 Unsurprisingly, each new regime wanted to appoint their own supporters in important government positions. This naturally impacted

The current status of the issue of political transnationalism of Colombian migrants

The study of the transnational political practices of migrants has featured different levels of participation in the broad field of international migrations, and it is a relatively recent concern in ... attention in general is that of homeland politics, or the political practices of Colombians in their context of origin. Political transnationalism is a relatively new field of study, whose importance

Liberalism, secularization and religious pluralization in Colombia. About a forbidden pamphlet by Rafael Uribe Uribe

In 1912, the political and military leader Rafael Uribe Uribe (1859-1914) published the book De cómo el liberalismo político colombiano no es pecado, criticizing the close alliance between the ... the State and the Church, the non-interference of the hierarchy in political affairs, and the idea that sympathizing with the Liberal party and being Catholic was not a contradiction, are the main ideas

Promoting Constitutional Democracy: Regulating Political Parties in the Central African Republic and Senegal

Constitutions and other legal frameworks are expected to ensure the protection of the fundamental and collective rights of citizens. In this respect, the regulation of political parties is a global ... constitutional and legal regulation of political parties in the Central African Republic (hereafter CAR) and Senegal, two francophone countries with different trajectories and experiences of multi-party democracy

Patočka and Hegel´'s Philosophy of the History of Philosophy

Hegel’s history of philosophy has irreplaceable place within the whole of his philosophizing and this fact grounds its philosophical importance. It has become the organ of the self-knowing mind in ... 2353-9445 Patočka and Hegel's philosophy of the history of philosophy 0 Vladimír Leško , Prof. PhD , is a professor in the Department of Philosophy and History of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, of

Attacks on the judiciary: undercurrents of a political versus legal constitutionalism dilemma?

A number of landmark judicial review decisions and the resultant political backlash are arguably to supportive of the claim that political and legal constitutionalism are entrenched in South Africa ... Pluralist Perspective" in Besson S and Tasioulas J (eds) The Philosophy of International Law (Oxford University Press Oxford 2010) 261-280        [ Links ] Craig "Political Constitutionalism and Judicial

Outer Space Exploration and the SustainabiIity of the Space Environment-An Uneasy Relationship

In contrast with the early years of space flight that were dominated by the political priorities and military concerns of the two superpowers, the USA and the then Soviet Union, a new space era has ... space flight that were dominated by the political priorities and military concerns of the two superpowers, the United States of America (USA) and the then Soviet Union,3 a new space era has dawned where

Separation of powers in Ghana: the evolution of the political question doctrine

In some democracies judiciaries have developed the political question doctrine to jurisprudentially resolve political questions and define their relationship with other branches of government. This

Sprawozdanie ze szkoły letniej „The Copenhagen Summer School in Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind”, Kopenhaga, 13-17.08.2018 r.

Abstract: In this work, the author reports on the ninth edition of the Summer School of Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind, which took place in Copenhagen on 13-17 August, 2018. At the beginning of ... lectures and ten papers presented each day. phenomenology; philosophy of mind; summer school - Wspomniane centrum jest placówką niezwykłą, której sylwetkę warto zaprezentować w kilku zdaniach. Celem

Once More uBuntu: A Reply to Radebe and Phooko

: uBuntu; Constitution; legal philosophy... ... Rev Cambrian Law Review DPSA Department of Public Service and Administration IoDSA Institute of Directors in Southern Africa J Polit Philos Journal of Political Philosophy JJS Journal of

Jan Patočka and Charta 77 as a Philosophical Problem

is his effort to bridge political and philosophical thought. The aim of this article is to describe the influence of the philosophy of Jan Patočka on the Charter 77 programme. His role was revealed ... noted: “For this reason, Patočka clearly fits into the tradition of Czechoslovak political philosophy, which implies and defines the politics through what is non-political and through spiritually-rooted

Attacks on the judiciary: undercurrents of a political versus legal constitutionalism dilemma?

A number of landmark judicial review decisions and the resultant political backlash are arguably to supportive of the claim that political and legal constitutionalism are entrenched in South Africa ... Pluralist Perspective" in Besson S and Tasioulas J (eds) The Philosophy of International Law (Oxford University Press Oxford 2010) 261-280        [ Links ] Craig "Political Constitutionalism and Judicial