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In the Name of Comparative Constitutional Jurisprudence: The Consideration of German Precedents by South African Constitutional Court Judges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Christa Rautenbach  and
Lourens du Plessis

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Judges involved in constitutional adjudication often engage in comparative analyses of foreign cases. The judges of South Africa's Constitutional Court [hereinafter Constitutional Court] do so, too. The phenomenon has been given many names such as “transjudicialism,” “transjudicial communication,” “constitutionalist dialogue,” “judicial globalization,” “constitutional cross-fertilization,” “transnational contextualization,” “globalization of judgment,” “globalization of national courts,” “constitutional borrowing,” “constitutional comparativism,” and “judicial comparativism.” All these terms have merit, especially within their appropriate context, but for the purposes of this contribution we will use the term “comparative constitutional jurisprudence” to name the phenomenon we wish to describe and discuss. First, in the South African context, the terms “dialogue,” “cross-fertilization,” and “globalization” do not reflect the true nature of the exercises in drawing comparisons in the South African Constitutional Court. These terms imply a reciprocal dialogue between two or more courts from different jurisdictions. It is evident, however, that the South African Constitutional Court has been considering far more foreign jurisprudence than any non-South African constitutional court has been considering South African jurisprudence—in other words, this has largely been a case of one-way traffic. S v. Makwanyane, in many ways the inaugural decision of the Constitutional Court, contains 220 foreign case citations from 11 countries and three supranational courts. To our knowledge no other foreign court can boast a comparable statistic.

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Part C: Case Studies
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German Law Journal , Volume 14 , Issue 8: Special Issue - Constitutional Reasoning , 01 August 2013 , pp. 1539 - 1577
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Copyright © 2013 by German Law Journal GbR 

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73 Citations used at the very first stage of the process when reasoning must be oriented. In this context, citations of foreign precedents may be useful to illustrate the range of potential choices or consequences. During this stage the influence of a particular foreign precedent is not always clear. In most instances the judges merely refer to the foreign precedents in passing. This phase can also be described as the “inspirational” phase. See Bryde, supra note 5, at 213–14.Google Scholar

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In interpreting the provisions of this Chapter a court of law shall promote the values which underlie an open and democratic society based on freedom and equality and shall, where applicable, have regard to public international law applicable to the protection of the rights entrenched in this Chapter, and may have regard to comparable foreign case law.

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    (1) Jeder hat das Recht auf die freie Entfaltung seiner Persönlichkeit, soweit er nicht die Rechte anderer verletzt und nicht gegen die verfassungsmäßige Ordnung oder das Sittengesetz verstößt. (2) Jeder hat das Recht auf Leben und körperliche Unversehrtheit. Die Freiheit der Person ist unverletzlich. In diese Rechte darf nur auf Grund eines Gesetzes eingegriffen werden.Google Scholar

Id.

Translation:

  1. (1)

    (1) Every person shall have the right to free development of his personality insofar as he does not violate the rights of others or offend against the constitutional order or the moral law. (2) Every person shall have the right to life and physical integrity. Freedom of the person shall be inviolable. These rights may be interfered with only pursuant to a law.Google Scholar

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112 Companies Act 61 of 1973. Section 417 dealt with the summoning and examination of persons as to affairs of company and section 418 dealt with the process of examination by commissioners. The whole Act was replaced on 1 May 2011 by the Companies Act 71 of 2008.Google Scholar

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114 Right to freedom and security of the person.Google Scholar

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124 The number of citations per case is reflected in Figure 2, infra. Google Scholar

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126 In general, he cited forty-five foreign cases.Google Scholar

127 The culprit provision is Section 114 of the Customs and Excise Act 91 of 1964 which prescribes that any duty, interest, penalty or forfeiture incurred under this Act and which is payable in terms of this Act, must be regarded as a debt to the state. Customs and Excise Act 91 of 1964 § 114 (S. Afr.).Google Scholar

128 First National Bank of SA Ltd t/a Wesbank v. Commissioner of South African Revenue Service; First National Bank of SA Ltd t/a Wesbank v. Minister of Finance 2002 4 SA 768 (CC) para. 64 (S. Afr.).Google Scholar

129 Id. at para. 71.Google Scholar

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140 Id. at para. 191. Emphasis added. The word “therefore” refers back to the discussion he had about foreign law, in which he also refers specifically to German law.Google Scholar

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142 Id. at paras. 59, 64, 65, 87, 88, 89, 90.Google Scholar

143 It provides that “Every citizen has the right to choose their trade, occupation or profession freely. The practice of a trade, occupation or profession may be regulated by law.” S. Afr. Const., 1996 § 22.Google Scholar

144 It provides that “[a]ll Germans shall have the right freely to choose their trade, occupation, or profession, their place of work, and their place of training. The practice of trades, occupations, and professions may be regulated by or pursuant to a law.” As quoted by Justice Ngcobo in Affordable Medicines Trust v. Minister of Health 2006 3 SA 247 (CC) para. 64 (S. Afr.).Google Scholar

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147 Id. at para. 91. (footnotes omitted).Google Scholar

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