Enabling agency: the Constitutional Court and social policy
Enabling agency: the Constitutional Court and social policy
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授权机构：宪法法院和社会政策
DOI：
10.1353/trn.2016.0016
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发表时间：
2016
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通讯作者：
S. Friedman
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S. Friedman
摘要：南非宪法法院因推行积极寻求扭转种族和经济统治的社会政策制度而在国内外享有盛誉。然而，它也受到了尖锐的批评，因为它没有采取足够的措施来挑战导致贫困的统治地位，或者没有做出决定强烈有利于穷人的裁决。这篇文章试图解释为什么法院在社会政策中发挥作用，并认为这是司法部门和其他两个政府部门就需要纠正种族统治的影响达成共识的产物。它还评估法院是否促进了挑战统治的社会政策的扩大。它辩称，他们这样做只是因为他们忽视了要求他们强制实施社会福利的“最低核心内容”的要求，并支持代表穷人的组织的集体行动。它的结论是，与决定政策结果的法院相比，赋予机构权力的法院更有可能为穷人服务。
Abstract: South Africa’s Constitutional Court has developed a reputation within and outside the country for promoting a social policy regime which actively seeks to reverse racial and economic domination. It has, however, also been sharply criticised for not doing enough to challenge the domination which produces poverty or to hand down rulings which dictate strongly pro-poor outcomes. The article seeks to explain why the Court has played a role in social policy and argues that this is a product of a consensus between the judiciary and the other two branches of government on the need to correct the effects of racial domination. It also assesses whether the courts have contributed to an expansion of social policy which challenges domination. It argues that they have done this only where they have ignored the demand that they impose a ‘minimum core content’ of social entitlements and have supported collective action by organisations representing the poor. It concludes that a court which enables agency is more likely to serve the poor than one which dictates policy outcomes.