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Choudhry's essay is not just an interesting take on the prominence of the controversy around Hlophe JP and judicial politics in South Africa over the last few years. It uses that set of political events as a springboard, as he puts it, to 'explore a different set of issues'. Before turning to the essay in more detail, a couple of observations regarding the form and content of the Hlophe JP controversy are nevertheless in order.
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