Introduction: Mind the gap! The Constitution as a blueprint for security / Laurie Nathan
You can't eat the Constitution: is democracy for the poor? / Tseliso Thipanyane
Access to justice: the role of legal aid and civil society in protecting the poor / Kristina Bentley
Security and the Constitution : xenophobia. Whose Rights? Whose Safety? / Judith Cohen
Custom and constitutional rights: an impossible dialogue? / Mazibuko Jara
Access to social security: the case of mining diseases in South Africa / Meryl du Plessis
Judicial appointments: do procedural shortcomings hinder access to justice?
Chris Oxtoby and Abongile Sipondo
Judicical selection: what qualities do we expect in a South African judge? / Susannah Cowen
Bending the rules: Constitutional subversion by the Intelligence Services / Laurie Nathan
Conclusion: 'Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold' / Richard Calland.