Judging the judges, judging ourselves
Subtitle: truth, reconciliation and the apartheid legal order
By: David Dyzenhaus.
Publisher: Hart Pub.; Hart Pub.
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: Afrique du Sud. Truth and Reconciliation Commission.; Justice, Administration of -- South Africa -- History.; Rule of law -- South Africa -- History.; Judges -- South Africa -- History.; Apartheid -- South Africa.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-194) and index.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: Trial or inquiry?; title: Focusing on judges; title: ch. 2. Judicial dilemmas: tales of (dis)empowerment. To go or not to go? ; Corbett under the spotlight ; Evaluating the record ; Preliminary conclusion; title: ch. 3. Memory's struggle. Introduction. Independence and the rule of law ; Dismalness compounded ; Academic amnesia ; Truth-tellers, bunglers or 'sweepers'? ; Fischer's challenge; title: ch. 4. The politics of the rule of law. Introduction ; Why independence? ; Judicial dereliction of duty ; Judging the legal hearing.