The strange alchemy of life and law / Albie Sachs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sachs, Albie, 1935- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sachs, Albie, 1935-.

Sachs, Albie.

Judges--South Africa--Biography.

Judges.

Lawyers--South Africa--Biography.

Lawyers.

Anti-apartheid movements.

Post-apartheid era.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 306 p., [2] p. of plates ) col. ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Albie Sachs gives an intimate account of his extraordinary life and work as a judge in South Africa. Mixing autobiography with reflections on his major cases and the role of law in achieving social justice, Sachs offers a rare glimpse into the workings of the judicial mind and a unique perspective on modern South African history.

Contents:

Tales of terrorism and torture

Tock-tick : the working of a judicial mind

A man called Henri : truth, reconciliation, and justice

Reason and passion

Laughing matters

Reason and judgment

The judge who cried : the judicial enforcement of socio-economic rights

Human dignity and proportionality

The secular and the sacred : the dual challenges of same-sex marriage

The beginning and the end.

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 2009.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-04661-1

0-19-161682-6

0-19-158039-2

OCLC:

727648509