Lecture
Judge Dennis Davis
Thursday 5.06.2025
Judge Dennis Davis
Can Constitutional Democracy Survive in the 21st Century?
Thursday 5.06.2025
Summary
This lecture examines the current state of constitutional democracy, specifically whether it is waning on a global scale. Is authoritarian forms of governance the newly preferred model? How do we explain developments in countries ranging from India, Hungary, Italy, the US, and Israel?
Judge Dennis Davis
Dennis Davis is a judge of the High Court of South Africa and judge president of the Competition Appeals Court of South Africa. He has held professorial appointments at the University of Cape Town and University of the Witwatersrand, as well as numerous visiting appointments at Cambridge, Harvard, New York University, and others. He has authored eleven books, including Lawfare: Judging Politics in South Africa.