"Acknowledgments" [2018] ELECD 368; in Bilchitz, David; Landau, David (eds), "The Evolution of the Separation of Powers" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) viii

Book Title: The Evolution of the Separation of Powers

Editor(s): Bilchitz, David; Landau, David

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781785369766

Section Title: Acknowledgments

Number of pages: 3

Extract:

Acknowledgments Both of the editors have had a deep interest in socio-economic rights and the jurisprudence emerging around them, particularly in the global south. Our experience led us in a conversation to engage with the manner in which the separation of powers doctrine has affected the approach of courts towards these rights: we found that we were both engaging with the question of whether the doctrine as it has traditionally stood is fit for purpose in the new contexts of the global south. We also thought it important to consider whether the traditional doctrine still retained its relevance in the global north and the differences between these two contexts. And so the idea of this book was born. A book such as this is a collective effort and we would like to extend our gratitude to the authors for their diligence and responsiveness throughout the publication process. We would also like to thank the team at Edward Elgar for their professionalism throughout. In particular, we would like to thank Stephen Gutierrez for his enthusiasm about this project, and David Fairclough who has adeptly managed our publication process. We would like to thank the staff at the South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law (SAIFAC), a centre of the University of Johannesburg as well as the Faculty of Law at the University of Johannesburg for their immediate support for this initiative. A roundtable of the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL) on the separation of ...