Judging the judges, judging ourselves :

Dyzenhaus, David.

Judging the judges, judging ourselves : truth, reconciliation and the apartheid legal order / David Dyzenhaus. - Oxford [England] : Portland, Or. : Hart Pub. ; Hart Pub., 2003. - xvii, 199 p. ; 23 cm.

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.

9781841134031


Afrique du Sud. Truth and Reconciliation Commission.


Justice, Administration of--History.--South Africa
Rule of law--History.--South Africa
Judges--History.--South Africa
Apartheid--South Africa.

347.014 / DYZ.J