Global Anticorruption Blog - Combating Corruption via Constitutional Courts: South Africa as a Model?

By Katie King

"Can a constitutional court function as an effective anticorruption advocate? South Africa’s Constitutional Court (the "ConCourt") has taken on exactly such a role. Perhaps the high water mark of the ConCourt’s efforts to combat corruption came in Glenister v. President of South Africa, a 2011 case in which the court found the Constitution contained an implied governmental obligation to establish an effective anticorruption unit."

Read more: http://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2015/02/09/combating-corruption-via-constitutional-courts-south-africa-as-a-model/