The strange alchemy of life and law / / Albie Sachs

• Autore: Sachs Albie <1935->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2009; ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 306 p., [2] p. of plates ) : col. ill
• Disciplina: 347.68/014092
• Soggetto topico: Judges - South Africa; Lawyers - South Africa; Anti-apartheid movements; Post-apartheid era
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface; Prologue; 1. Tales of Terrorism and Torture; 2. Tock-Tick: The Working of a Judicial Mind; 3. A Man Called Henri: Truth, Reconciliation, and Justice; 4. Reason and Passion; 5. Laughing Matters; 6. Reason and Judgment; 7. The Judge Who Cried: The Judicial Enforcement of Socio-Economic Rights; 8. Human Dignity and Proportionality; 9. The Secular and the Sacred: The Dual Challenges of Same-sex Marriage; 10. The Beginning and the End; Epilogue and Thanks
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Strange alchemy of life and law
• ISBN: 1-383-04661-1; 0-19-161682-6; 0-19-158039-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824010703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II