Books by Dennis Davis

Brethren of the Black Spot is a book stepping back in time about navy SEALs on their way to another important mission in Jamaica. They encounter an odd-looking fog then go through it, finding themselves back in time in 1692. The six navy SEALs encounter unexpected badass pirates in a tavern as they are trying to find out where they are. The story is also a love story when one navy SEAL falls in love with the governor's daughter while trying to rescue her and her two friends from the pirates. The story takes place in Port Royal Jamaica, a real city back in 1692 called the wickedest city on earth. The navy SEALs end up in a number of battles with the worst of the worst pirates on earth, using their weapons against the pirate's weapons of the day. The worst earthquake did take place in real time in 1692 that totally destroyed Port Royal Jamaica.

Are the courts the only arm of government that can fulfil the Constitution’s promise? Is there too much interference by the courts in politics? Is law a weapon in politics? Is politics outside the law? Lawfare is the potent clash of these ideas.This book is essential reading to bring forward the lessons from our past. A bold and unique collaboration between legal experts Michelle le Roux and Dennis Davis, it explores a series of landmark cases that came to define South Africa’s legal and political landscape. It examines how the law has been used and abused. Defining cases litigated in the apartheid past, in the constitutional era and right up to the recent days of state capture are examined.This book is a response to populist attacks on the Constitution. It affirms that South Africa’s Constitution holds the promise of the law as one progressive tool to use in dismantling racial inequality, holding government accountable and constructing a free, dignified, equal and just society.