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Free Country: Selected Lectures and Talks

Autor Sydney Kentridge
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 noi 2012
For decades Sydney Kentridge QC has been admired as a brilliant advocate, an outstanding lawyer and, during the apartheid years in South Africa, a courageous defender of the individual against an oppressive state. His advocacy at the inquest of Steve Biko came to the attention of a wider audience when he was portrayed on stage and screen by Albert Finney. He has since pursued a second, equally celebrated career as a barrister in England. In 1999 he was knighted 'for services to international law and justice'.This selection from his lectures and talks includes memorable and often moving accounts of Sydney's experiences as an advocate practising in South Africa under a legal system which not merely permitted racial discrimination but required it and in which, for political cases, many of the protections essential to a fair trial had been abolished. Wider topics addressed include the ethics of advocacy, freedom of speech, the rule of law and the selection of judges. Two themes that run through this book are an acute sense of the fragility of the rights and values that define a free country and, at the same time, an intense appreciation of just how much such rights and freedoms, which we may sometimes take for granted, really matter."One of the great pleasures of this collection is that the author's voice and personality, including his understated sense of humour, are evident throughout. His is not just the voice of a great advocate; it is also wise and humane."From the Foreword by David Lloyd Jones and George Leggatt
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781849464673
ISBN-10: 1849464677
Pagini: 188
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Hart Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

This book contains a selection of speeches and talks by Sydney Kentridge QC who has been admired as a brilliant advocate, an outstanding lawyer and, during the apartheid years in South Africa, a courageous defender of the individual against an oppressive state. The selected essays includes memorable and often moving accounts of Sydney's experiences as an advocate practising in South Africa, including a speech on his involvement in the Biko case which has never previously been published.The book will be of interest to all those who know of Kentridge's career as well as those interested in the concepts of freedom and rights.

Notă biografică

Sir Sydney Kentridge KCMG, KC is a prominent South African lawyer and member of the English Bar. He played a leading role in a number of the most significant political trials in apartheid-era South Africa, including the Stephen Biko inquest in 1977. He is a member of Brick Court Chambers.

Cuprins

1 The Pathology of a Legal System: Criminal Justice in South Africa2 The South African Bar: A Moral Dilemma? 3 Civil Rights in Southern Africa: The Prospect for the Future 4 Law and Lawyers in a Changing Society 5 The Ethics of Advocacy 6 Freedom of Speech: Is it the Primary Right? 7 A Judge's Duty in a Revolution - Madzimbamuto v Lardner-Burke 8 The Highest Court: Selecting the Judges 9 Taking Liberties 10 The Rule of Law: Ideals and Realities 11 Evil under the Sun: The Death of Steve Biko 12 A Barrister in the Apartheid Years

Recenzii

The same quiet, reasoned and compelling qualities that have made Sir Sydney such an outstanding advocate are to be found in this book. Drawing on fascinating personal experience and historical references, what he has to say about the roles and duties of lawyers and judges, the ethics and obligations of advocates, the selection of judges, freedom of speech, civil liberties, the rule of law and a host of related issues, transcend the years. This slim and immensely readable volume, written without any hint of pomposity, is a real gem.

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Sydney Kentridge QC is admired as an outstanding lawyer and, during the apartheid years in South Africa, a courageous defender of the individual against an oppressive state. This collection includes memorable and often moving accounts of his experiences.