The Harksen Case
1997
Harksen v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others
Gender discrimination - wives as extensions of their husbands
The Harksen Case became famous for its step-by-step exposition of how proportionality analysis should be used when balancing the interests of persons whose rights were being limited against the public interest being served by the limitation. But it also dealt with the issue of gender discrimination. Harksen was a crook who gave his wife expensive jewellery that she hid in her trainers in her gym locker. When he was
