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On 22 November 2012, Prof Jonathan Jansen delivered the Helen Suzman Memorial Lecture. His lecture was entitled: The Mathematics of Democracy
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Certain public figures have recently made comments about the appropriateness of the Constitution as a framework for our democracy. Some have gone as far as to suggest that the judiciary, or at least some judges, are “counter-revolutionary” and, more recently, that South Africa is in danger of becoming a “judicial dictatorship”. Against this backdrop, Judge Kate O’Regan delivered the Helen Suzman Memorial Lecture in which she stressed the importance of the rule of law to a functioning democracy and highlighted the importance of an independent judiciary as the most effective way to limit the abuse of power. Central to these arguments is the doctrine of the separation of powers. This publication is an edited version of Judge Kate O’Regan’s Helen Suzman Memorial Lecture.
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It is with great pleasure that the Helen Suzman Foundation, in association with its partners, the Gordon Institute of Business Science, the Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research at UCT, and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty, presents you with this copy of Judge Meyer Joffe’s Lecture.
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This is the second lecture in honour of Helen Suzman. These Lectures seek to honour not only Helen’s extraordinary contribution to public life as a very public figure in Parliament, but they also seek to uphold the values which she brought to public life in and out of Parliament. These values embody amongst others, informed and reasoned discourse, fairness and equity and above all the protection of individual human rights.
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The Helen Suzman Foundation seeks to promote constitutional liberal democracy and human rights. As an active member of South African civil society, The Helen Suzman Foundation contributes to debates on contemporary events and institutional challenges that form part of efforts to consolidate democracy.
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