The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.22 (769 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199605777 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Professor of Law and Dean of the Faculty of Law, Harvard Law School"Sachs looks forward to a South African Constitutional Court doing justice for allworth stealing a moment to heed Sachs's warningpoignant" --Newsweek . "Dazzlingly honest and original mind." --Nadine Gordimer, TLS 27/11/2009"If I still had responsibility for the English judiciary I would encourage every judge for whom I was responsible to read this book. Minow, Jeremiah Smith Jr. 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
With rare candour he tells of the difficulties he has when preparing a judgment, of how every judgment is a lie. The book provides unique access to an insider's perspective on modern South Africa, and a rare glimpse into the working of a judicial mind. As a result he was detained in solitary confinement, tortured by sleep deprivation and eventually blown up by a car bomb which cost him his right arm and the sight of an eye. After playing an important role in drafting South Africa's post-apartheid Constitution, he was appointed by Nelson Mandela to be a member of the country's first Constitutional Court. From a young age Albie Sachs played a prominent part in the struggle for justice in South Africa. 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. By juxtaposing life experiences and extracts from judgments, Sachs enables the reader to see the complex and surprising ways in which legal culture transforms subjective experience into objectively reasoned decisions. Over the course of his fifteen year term on the Court he has grappled with the major issues confronting modern South Africa, and the challenges posed to the fledgling democracy
Law's Elvis not me 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 instant. "Lois" according to 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. "Really enjoyed it" according to Amazon Customer. Was beautifully written
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).. Albie Sachs was a Justice on the Constitutional Court of South Africa from 1994-200