Beyond values – is Namibia moving away from the legal positivism of parliamentary sovereignty?

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dc.contributor.authorSchulz, Stefan
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-24T07:58:37Z
dc.date.available2022-05-24T07:58:37Z
dc.date.issued2001-08
dc.descriptionPaper presented at the RULCI-Colloquium held at the University of Stellenbosch in August 2001.en_US
dc.description.abstractHow to make sense of fundamental rights and freedoms in light of constitutional conceptions deriving from political philosophy, namely justice and human dignity? The author addresses the recent judgement of the Namibian Supreme Court Chairperson of the Immigration Selection Board v Frank and Another and asks whether the court's conception of values is compatible with Constitutional Supremacy. Borrowing from Alexy’s Theory of Fundamental Rights, the term value is given another meaning: Values are understood as optimization directives, as principles posited by the constituent assembly, purposively and functionally related to Kant's supreme moral principle; the categorical imperative. Justice is then understood as a feature of society, which is the natural environment of man, it shall signify a society where the individual is taken seriously. Special Fundamental Rights and Freedoms are viewed, as subjective rights emanating from a general freedom right. It is suggested, that the construction of their meanings has to consider that in the negotiation process towards (generic) constitutional provisions for authorizing law citizens live by, truth and justice could only be revealed approximately. The maxim 'in dubio pro libertate', therefore has to be observed when balancing colliding principles - to an extent which is tenable in Light of the social order challenge.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSchulz, S. (2001, August). Beyond values – is Namibia moving away from the legal positivism of parliamentary sovereignty? [Conference presentation]. RULCI-Colloquium, Stellenbosch, South Africa.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.nust.na:8080/jspui/handle/10628/867
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRULCI-Colloquiumen_US
dc.subjectNamibiaen_US
dc.subjectlegal positivismen_US
dc.subjectparliamentary sovereigntyen_US
dc.subjectjusticeen_US
dc.subjecthuman diginityen_US
dc.subjectrightsen_US
dc.subjectvaluesen_US
dc.subjectSupreme Courten_US
dc.subjectconstitutionen_US
dc.titleBeyond values – is Namibia moving away from the legal positivism of parliamentary sovereignty?en_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

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