Equality and unfair discrimination: refining the Harksen test

Krüger, Rósaan

Title: Equality and unfair discrimination: refining the Harksen test
Creator: Krüger, Rósaan
Date Issued: 2011
Date: 2011
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/68890
Identifier: vital:29336
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC53981
Description: Publisher version
Description: The 1997 formulation of the test in Harksen by Constitutional Court seemed to settle the constitutional standards in respect of equality and unfair discrimination. In this article this test is scrutinised closely with a view to clarify the different aspects of the right protected in s 9. Reliance is further placed on Canadian commentary which interrogates the dignity-centred analysis of the Canadian Supreme Court in relation to the Canadian Charter's prohibition of discrimination. The similar insistence on dignity as the interest protected by the right to equality opens up new possibilities in the South African context. Accordingly, specific 'wrongs' or 'indignities' of inequality are identified, which refines the Harksen test. The identification of the indignities, it is suggested, assists litigants and the court on a practical level when determining the fairness or otherwise of discrimination.
Format: 34 pages
Format: pdf
Publisher: Juta Law Publishing
Language: English
Relation: South African Law Journal
Relation: Krüger, R. (2011) Equality and unfair discrimination: refining the Harksen test. South African Law Journal, 128 (3) 479-512
Relation: South African Law Journal volume 128 number 3 479 512 2011 1996-2177
Rights: Juta Law Publishing
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the South African African Law Journal

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