POSITIONING RACE AT THE CENTRE OF LEGAL DISCOURSE IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA: DISSECTING CLIFF V ELECTRONIC MEDIA (PTY) LTD AND THE LAND REFORM CRISIS

Authors

  • Nonhlelo Nhleko

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29053/pslr.v10i.1961

Keywords:

Black subordination, white supremacy, racial neutrality, ontological equality, culture of critique, South African jurisprudence, Critical Race Theory

Abstract

In this paper, I critique the manner in which law rationalises Black subordination and white supremacy through its assumption of racial neutrality and ontological equality.4 I seek to postulate the need for a culture of critique within South African jurisprudence and further challenge hegemonic liberal notions of ‘justice’ and the existing ‘reconciliation’ discourse. The calls for a ‘race conscious’ and general jurisprudence shall be advanced through the epistemological paradigm of Critical Race Theory which offers a politicised account of the law through the acknowledgment of the centrality of race in law and through debunking claims of law’s neutrality and objectivity.5

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Published

21-06-2021

How to Cite

POSITIONING RACE AT THE CENTRE OF LEGAL DISCOURSE IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA: DISSECTING CLIFF V ELECTRONIC MEDIA (PTY) LTD AND THE LAND REFORM CRISIS. (2021). The Pretoria Student Law Review , 10. https://doi.org/10.29053/pslr.v10i.1961

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