By Professor Theunis Robert Roux

Books

Roux T, 2018, The Politico-Legal Dynamics of Judicial Review A Comparative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108340977

Dixon R; Roux T, 2018, Constitutional Triumphs, Constitutional Disappointments: A Critical Assessment of the 1996 South African Constitution’s Local and International Influence, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108233231

Gargarella R; Domingo P; Roux T, 2017, Courts and social transformation in new democracies: An institutional voice for the poor?, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315259079

Roux T, 2013, The Politics of Principle: The First South African Constitutional Court, 1995-2005, Cambridge University Press, UK

Book Chapters

Roux T, 2023, 'Judicial Activism', in Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, pp. 366 - 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781839105609.activism

Roux T, 2023, 'Comparative Public Law', in Daly P; Tomlinson J (ed.), Researching Public Law in Common Law Systems, Edward Elgar, United Kingdom, pp. 151 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781789904383.00015

Roux T; Dixon R, 2022, 'The Mason Court’s Enduring Influence: Functionalism and Fair Markets', in Gordon J; Chen B; McDonald B (ed.), Dynamic and Principled: The Influence of Sir Anthony Mason, Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 162 - 179, https://federationpress.com.au/product/dynamic-and-principled-the-influence-of-sir-anthony-mason-2/

Roux T, 2022, 'Constitutional Populism in South Africa', in Krygier M; Sadurski W; Czarnota A (ed.), Anti-Constitutional Populism, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 99 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781009031103

Dixon R; Roux T, 2020, 'Marking Constitutional Transitions: The Law and Politics of Constitutional Implementation in South Africa', in Ginsburg T; Huq A (ed.), From Parchment to Practice: Challenges of Implementing New Constitutions, Cambridge University Press, New York, pp. 53 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108767859

Dixon R; Roux T, 2020, 'Marking Constitutional Transitions: The Law and Politics of Constitutional Implementation in South Africa', in From Parchment to Practice: Implementing New Constitutions, pp. 53 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108767859.004

Roux T, 2019, 'The Constitutional Court: A Levian Take on its Place in the Reformasi', in Crouch M (ed.), The Politics of Court Reform Judicial Change and Legal Culture in Indonesia, Cambridge University Press, pp. 245 - 264, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108636131

Roux T, 2018, 'In Defence of Empirical Entanglement: The Methodological Flaw in Waldron’s Case against Judicial Review', in The Cambridge Handbook of Deliberative Constitutionalism, pp. 203 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108289474.016

Dixon R; Roux T, 2018, 'Introduction', in Constitutional Triumphs, Constitutional Disappointments: A Critical Assessment of the 1996 South African Constitution’s Local and International Influence, pp. 1 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108233231.002

Roux T, 2018, 'Losing Faith in Law's Autonomy: A Comparative Analysis', in Delaney EF; Dixon R (ed.), Comparative Judicial Review, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, United Kingdom, pp. 204 - 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781788110600

Roux T, 2014, 'Assessing the Social Transformation Performance of the South African Constitutional Court: From Totalitarianism to the Rule of Law', in Jenkins C; Du Plessis M (ed.), Law, Nation--Building & Transformation: The South African Experience in Perspective, Intersentia, Cambridge, pp. 223 - 240, http://intersentia.co.uk/serie.aspx?serieCode=STJ&serieId=20&langId=2

Roux T, 2004, 'Legitimating transformation: Political resource allocation in the South African constitutional court', in Democratization and the Judiciary: The Accountability Function of Courts in New Democracies, pp. 66 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203485408

Journal articles

Roux T, 2024, 'Grand Narratives of Transition and the Quest for Democratic Constitutionalism in India and South Africa', Verfassung in Recht und Übersee, 57, pp. 5 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/0506-7286-2024-1-5

Roux T, 2023, 'Constitutionalism beyond compare: Martin Loughlin’s inadvertent case for comparative constitutional studies', Comparative Constitutional Studies, 1, pp. 290 - 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/ccs.2023.0003

Roux T, 2022, 'Comment on Michael Kirby, 'India & Australia: A Neglected Legal Relationship and a Plan for Action'', National Law School Journal, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.55496/wndr2836

Roux T, 2020, 'The Constitutional Court's 2018 Term: Lawfare or Window on the Struggle for Democratic Social Transformation?', Constitutional Court Review, 10, pp. 1 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/CCR.2020.0002

Roux T, 2020, 'Response to Zim Nwokora and Mark Tushnet', Public Law Review, 31, pp. 145 - 154, http://sites.thomsonreuters.com.au/journals/2020/09/11/public-law-review-update-vol-31-pt-2/

Roux T, 2019, 'A Normatively Inflected, Sociologically Aware Account of the Rule of Law', Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 11, pp. 295 - 299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40803-019-00109-y

Roux T, 2019, 'Interdisciplinary Synergies in Comparative Research on Constitutional Judicial Decision-Making', Verfassung und Recht in Übersee, 52, pp. 413 - 438, https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/0506-7286-2019-4-413/interdisciplinary-synergies-in-comparative-research-on-constitutional-judicial-decision-making-jahrgang-52-2019-heft-4

Roux T, 2018, 'Indonesia's Judicial Review Regime in Comparative Perspective', Constitutional Review, 4, pp. 131 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.31078/consrev422

Roux T, 2017, 'Comparative constitutional studies: Two fields or one?', Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 13, pp. 123 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-110316-113534

Roux T, 2016, 'Constitutional Courts as Democratic Consolidators: Insights from South Africa after 20 Years', Journal of Southern African Studies, 42, pp. 5 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2016.1084770

Roux T, 2015, 'American ideas abroad: Comparative implications of US Supreme Court decision-making models', International Journal of Constitutional Law, 13, pp. 90 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icon/mov002

Roux T, 2015, 'Reinterpreting ‘the Mason Court Revolution’: An Historical Institutionalist Account of Judge-Driven Constitutional Transformation in Australia', Federal Law Review, 43, pp. 1 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0067205x1504300101

Roux TR, 2015, 'The Incorporation Problem in Interdisciplinary Legal Research: Some Conceptual Issues and a Practical Illustration', Erasmus Law Review, 8, pp. 55 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.5553/ELR.000039

Roux TR, 2015, 'The Langa Court: Its Distinctive Character and Legacy', Acta Juridica, pp. 33 - 74

Roux TR, 2014, 'Judging the Quality of Legal Research: A Qualified Response to the Demand for Greater Methodological Rigour', Legal Education Review, 24, pp. 173 - 200, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=947272808964576;res=IELAPA

Roux TR, 2014, 'The South African Constitutional Court's Democratic Rights Jurisprudence: A Response to Samuel Issacharoff', Constitutional Court Review, 5, pp. 33 - 73, https://jutalaw.co.za/print/catalog/Product/1705

Roux T, 2011, 'UNDERSTANDING GROOTBOOM — A RESPONSE TO CASS R. SUNSTEIN', Constitutional Forum / Forum constitutionnel, 12, pp. 2002 - 2002, http://dx.doi.org/10.21991/c9s953

Roux T, 2004, 'Book Review', South African Journal on Human Rights, 20, pp. 165 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19962126.2004.11864814

Roux T, 2004, 'Pro-Poor Court, Anti-Poor Outcomes: Explaining the Performance of the South African Land Claims Court', South African Journal on Human Rights, 20, pp. 511 - 543, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19962126.2004.11865162

Roux T, 1999, 'Ann and Robert B Seidman: State and Law in the Development Process—A South African Response', South African Journal on Human Rights, 15, pp. 98 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02587203.1999.11835001

Roux T; Bonthuys E, 1999, 'Book Reviews', South African Journal on Human Rights, 15, pp. 264 - 269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02587203.1999.11835010

Roux T; Hofman J, 1998, 'Book Reviews', South African Journal on Human Rights, 14, pp. 482 - 493, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02587203.1998.11834988

Roux T; de Waal J; Van Wyk D; Dugard J; Braude C; Spitz D; Moellendorf D; Smith N; Carpenter G; Kriel RR, 1997, 'Cases and Comments', South African Journal on Human Rights, 13, pp. 216 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02587203.1997.11834947

Andrews P; Stewart A; Kruger J; Roux T, 1995, 'Book Reviews', South African Journal on Human Rights, 11, pp. 643 - 657, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02587203.1995.11827586

Roux T, 1993, 'Cases and Comments', South African Journal on Human Rights, 9, pp. 539 - 548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02587203.1993.11827925

Preprints

Roux TR, In Defence of Empirical Entanglement: The Methodological Flaws in Waldron's Case Against Judicial Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2712058

Dixon R; Roux TR, Marking Constitutional Transitions: The Law and Politics of Constitutional Implementation in South Africa, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3251131

Roux TR, The Langa Court: Its Leitmotifs and Legacy, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2499255

Roux TR, The Role of Legal-Professional Culture in Constitutional Interpretation, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3923923

Roux TR; Siregar FE, Trajectories of Curial Power: The Rise, Fall and Partial Rehabilitation of the Indonesian Constitutional Court, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2605664

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