The strange alchemy of life and law / Albie Sachs.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Sachs, Albie, -- 1935-.

Judges -- Biography -- South Africa.

Lawyers -- Biography -- South Africa.

Anti-apartheid movements.

Post-apartheid era.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Tales of terrorism and torture

Tock-tick: the working of a judicial mind

A man called Henri: truth, reconciliation, and justice

Reason and passion

Laughing matters

Reason and judgment

The judge who cried: the judicial enforcement of socio-economic rights

Human dignity and proportionality

The secular and the sacred: the dual challenges of same-sex marriage

The beginning and the end.

Includes index.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

9780199571796

xiv, 306 p., [2] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 23 cm