ABSTRACT
Since city space is produced not only by the urban poor, but also by the actions of more privileged residents, this chapter pays closer attention to the legal and social actions of Johannesburg's middle and upper classes. It details how middle- and upper-class concerns about physical safety, environmental quality, lifestyle, property values and individual identity have manifested spatially, before critically evaluating judgments in cases where middle-and upper class residents have relied upon constitutional rights in efforts to further their interests, as well as where rights and the law have been used to limit or counterbalance these interests.
