The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law by Albie Sachs

ISBN: 9780199605774 / 0199605777 - The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law by Albie Sachs. Published by Oxford University Press, 2011. Softcover. Used, As New condition. 306 pp.

This book provides unique access to an insider's perspective on modern South Africa, and a rare glimpse into the working of a judicial mind. By juxtaposing life experiences and extracts from judgments, Sachs enables the reader to see the complex and surprising ways in which legal culture transforms subjective experience into objectively reasoned decisions. With rare candour he tells of the difficulties he has when preparing a judgment, of how every judgment is a lie. Rejecting purely formal notions of the judicial role he shows how both reason and passion (concern for protecting human dignity) are required for law to work in the service of justice.

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