Judging the Judges, Judging Ourselves : Truth, Reconciliation and the Apartheid Legal Order.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781847313270
- 347.014
- KTL470.D983 1998
Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Foreword -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Truth, Memory and the Rule of Law -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Apartheid Divide -- 3. The Politics of the Rule of Law and the Politics of Memory -- 4. The Legal Hearing -- 5. Trial or Inquiry? -- 6. Focusing on Judges -- Chapter 2. Judicial Dilemmas: Tales of (Dis)empowerment -- 1. To Go or Not to Go? -- 2. Corbett Under the Spotlight -- 3. Evaluating the Record -- 4. Preliminary Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Memory's Struggle -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Independence and the Rule of Law -- 3. Dismalness Compounded -- 4. Academic Amnesia -- 5. Truth-Tellers, Bunglers or "Sweepers"? -- 6. Fischer's Challenge -- Chapter 4. The Politics of the Rule of Law -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Why Independence? -- 3. Judicial Dereliction of Duty -- 4. Judging the Legal Hearing -- Schedule of the Hearing -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book evaluates the hearings of lawyers who were crucial participants in the apartheid legal order.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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