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Judging the judges, judging ourselves : truth, reconciliation and the apartheid legal order / David Dyzenhaus.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford [England] : Hart Pub. ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2003.Description: xvii, 199 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1841134031 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KTL470  .D983 1998
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-194) and index.

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.

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