The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (709 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199605777 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Albie Sachs was a Justice on the Constitutional Court of South Africa from 1994-2009. He is the author of Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter (1991), Justice in South Africa (1974), The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs (1966), and The Free Diary of Albie Sachs (2004).
I am sure it would improve their understanding of what the job really involves and what justice is about." --Lord Woolf, from the preface"The Strange Alchemy of Life and Lawis Albie Sachs' fascinating and honest account of how his own thinking, emotions and experiences contributed to some of the most startling, original, adventurous, far-reaching and moving decisions taken by any court in the world." --Marcel Berlins, The Guardian Monday 15 June 2009"If you love justice as much as you abhor and detest injustice, you will be deeply move
As his term on the Court approaches its end, Sachs here conveys in intimate fashion what it has been like to be a judge in these unique circumstances, how his extraordinary life has influenced his approach to the cases before him, and his views on the nature of justice and its achievement through law. His experiences provoked an outpouring of creative thought on the role of law as a protector of human dignity in the modern world, and a lifelong commitment to seeing a new era of justice established in South Africa. Over the course of his fifteen
not me said Law's Elvis. At a recent retirement dinner for Justice Albie Sachs of the South African Constitutional Court, one of his colleagues remarked that Sachs is universally known as "Albie," even in the stuffy world of constitutional lawyers. "Not many judges are instantly recognizable by their first names," the speaker said. "Albie is like Elvis."This book shows why. Comprised of autobiographical snippets, reflections on judging, and excerpts from judicial. Lois L. K. Brown Amazing book which explains revolutionary legal and constitutional concepts in post-Apartheid South Africa and how they are applied by the court. Written by a judge who was part of the ANC struggle against Apartheid. Section on Truth and Reconciliation is heart-wrenching.. Really enjoyed it Was beautifully written