Judging the judges, judging ourselves : truth, reconciliation and the apartheid legal order
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Book
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ISBN 13
9781901362947
LCCN
KTL 3 .D99
Category
Other Jurisdictions
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Publication Year
1998
Publisher
Pages
xvii, 199 pages
Subject
South Africa
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Abstract
"With a Foreword by the South African Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry, Kader Asmal. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), established in South Africa after the collapse of apartheid, was the bold creation of a people committed to the task of rebuilding of a nation and establishing a society founded upon justice, equality and respect for the rule of law. As part of its historic, cathartic, mission, the TRC held a special hearing, calling to account the lawyers - judges, academics and members of the bar -who had been crucial participants in the apartheid legal order." - Voila
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Content:
ch. 1. Truth, memory and the rule of law. Introduction ; The apartheid divide ; The politics of the rule of law and the politics of memory ; The legal hearing -- Trial or inquiry? -- Focusing on judges -- ch. 2. Judicial dilemmas: tales of (dis)empowerment. To go or not to go? ; Corbett under the spotlight ; Evaluating the record ; Preliminary conclusion -- ch. 3. Memory's struggle. Introduction. Independence and the rule of law ; Dismalness compounded ; Academic amnesia ; Truth-tellers, bunglers or 'sweepers'? ; Fischer's challenge -- ch. 4. The politics of the rule of law. Introduction ; Why independence? ; Judicial dereliction of duty ; Judging the legal hearing.
ch. 1. Truth, memory and the rule of law. Introduction ; The apartheid divide ; The politics of the rule of law and the politics of memory ; The legal hearing -- Trial or inquiry? -- Focusing on judges -- ch. 2. Judicial dilemmas: tales of (dis)empowerment. To go or not to go? ; Corbett under the spotlight ; Evaluating the record ; Preliminary conclusion -- ch. 3. Memory's struggle. Introduction. Independence and the rule of law ; Dismalness compounded ; Academic amnesia ; Truth-tellers, bunglers or 'sweepers'? ; Fischer's challenge -- ch. 4. The politics of the rule of law. Introduction ; Why independence? ; Judicial dereliction of duty ; Judging the legal hearing.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (187) and index.
Donated by Graham Price.
Donated by Graham Price.
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