Judging the judges, judging ourselves : truth, reconciliation and the apartheid legal order /: truth, reconciliation and the apartheid legal order. (1998)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Dyzenhaus.
• Other Names: Dyzenhaus, David
• Contents: Ch. 1. Truth, memory and the rule of law. Introduction ; The apartheid divide ; The politics of the rule of law and the politics of memory ; The legal hearing -- Trial or inquiry? -- Focusing on judges -- ch. 2. Judicial dilemmas: tales of (dis)empowerment. To go or not to go? ; Corbett under the spotlight ; Evaluating the record ; Preliminary conclusion -- ch. 3. Memory's struggle. Introduction. Independence and the rule of law ; Dismalness compounded ; Academic amnesia ; Truth-tellers, bunglers or 'sweepers'? ; Fischer's challenge -- ch. 4. The politics of the rule of law. Introduction ; Why independence? ; Judicial dereliction of duty ; Judging the legal hearing.
• Publisher Details: Oxford [England] Evanston, Ill : Hart Pub Distributed in the United States by Northwestern University Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 199 pages)
• Subjects: 347/.014; Judges -- South Africa; Judges -- Selection and appointment -- South Africa; Judicial ethics -- South Africa; Apartheid -- South Africa; Rule of law -- South Africa; Judicial process -- South Africa; Political questions and judicial power -- South Africa; Discrimination raciale -- Droit -- Afrique du Sud; Apartheid -- Afrique du Sud; Justice -- Administration -- Afrique du Sud; LAW -- Courts; Apartheid; Judges; Judges -- Selection and appointment; Judicial ethics; Judicial process; Political questions and judicial power; Rule of law; Politieke kwesties; Apartheid; Rechtsmacht; South Africa; Zuid-Afrika; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847313270; 1847313272
• Related ISBNs: 1901362949; 9781901362947; 1841134031; 9781841134031
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.