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ZA COM RCB-0170
Title
The consitutional Court of South Africa
Date(s)
- 2004 (Creation)
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Printed matter ; 73 pages
Place of publication: Johannesburg, South Africa
Publisher: The Constitutional Court of South Africa
ISBN: 0-620-32425-2
2004
Place of publication: Johannesburg, South Africa
Publisher: The Constitutional Court of South Africa
ISBN: 0-620-32425-2
2004
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(1931-2012)
Biographical history
Lawyer, civil activist and judge. He defended liberation movement members in several political trials including the Rivonia Trial. In 1978 he helped establish the Legal Resources Centre (LRC), a non-profit organisation which used law to pursue justice and human rights. He became the first president of South Africa’s new Constitutional Court in 1994 and was Chief Justice from 2001 until retirement in 2005.
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- English
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NMCM ; Reading Room ; RC-Periodicals
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Nelson Mandela Foundation
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Final
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Full
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Language(s)
- English