Albie Sachs and Transformation in South Africa - Drucilla Cornell

Many critical theorists talk and write about the day after the revolution but few have actually participated in the constitution of a revolutionary government. Emeritus Justice Albie Sachs was a freedom fighter for most of his life. He then played a major role in the negotiating committee for the new constitution of South Africa and was subsequently appointed to the new Constitutional Court of South Africa. Therefore the question of what it means to make the transition from a freedom fighter to a participant in a revolutionary government is not abstract in Hegel's sense of the word it is an actual journey that Albie Sachs undertook. The essays in this book raise the complex question of what it actually means to make this transition without selling out to the demands of realism. In addition the preface written by Emeritus Justice Albie Sachs and his interview with Drucilla Cornell and Karin van Marle further address key questions about revolution in the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries: from armed struggle to the organization of a nation state committed to ethical transformation in the name of justice. Albie Sachs and transformation in South Africa: from revolutionary activist to constitutional court judge illuminates the theoretical and practical experiences of revolution and its political aftermath. With first-hand accounts alongside academic interrogation this unique book will intrigue anyone interested in the intersection of Law and Politics.

TITLE: Albie Sachs and Transformation in South Africa

AUTHOR: Drucilla Cornell

SKU: 9780415735162

PUBLISHER: Taylor & Francis Ltd

DATE PUBLISHED: 19/02/2014

PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom

PAGES: 144

BINDING: Hardback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 159 mm x 235 mm

WEIGHT: 363 gr