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The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law (Paperback)
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The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law (Paperback)
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From a young age Albie Sachs played a prominent part in the
struggle for justice in South Africa. 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. 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.
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. 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 as it sought to
overcome the injustices of the apartheid regime.
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.
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. 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. With rare candour
he tells of the difficulties he has when preparing a judgment, of
how every judgment is a lie. Rejecting purely formal notions of the
judicial role he shows how both reason and passion (concern for
protecting human dignity) are required for law to work in the
service of justice.
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