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The Politics of Hope

Dr. Mathews' study, which is the seventh volume in the University of California's "perspectives on Southern Africa" series, was first published by Juta and Company in South Africa in 1971In this reviewer's considered judgment, it is one of the finest studies ever written by a South African resident in South Africa (rather than in exile), and it illustrates the point that foreigners have no monopoly on understanding the nature and nuances of the South African system of governance. The author, who is Dean of the Department of Law of the University of Natal in Durban, undertook some of the research for this book at the Harvard Law School, where he was a visiting scholar in I968-I969. H -̂ t>° represents not only a brilliant achievement in terms of intellectual sophistication but also in terms of demonstrating with impeccable rigor and honesty what the Western tradition of the rule of law is and how far, and in what ways, his own nation has strayed from these noble norms. His writing reflects the dignity of his profession and his esteem for the majesty of the law at its best.