The strange alchemy of life and law / / Albie Sachs
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| Autore: |
Sachs Albie <1935->
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| Titolo: |
The strange alchemy of life and law / / Albie Sachs
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| 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 |
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