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9780821412862

Black Lawyers, White Courts: The Soul of South African Law

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  • ISBN13:

    9780821412862

  • ISBN10:

    0821412868

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-12-01
  • Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr

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Summary

In the struggle against apartheid, one often overlooked group of crusaders was the coterie of black lawyers who overcame the Byzantine system that the government established oftentimes explicitly to block the paths of its black citizens from achieving justice.

Now, in their own voices, we have the narratives of many of those lawyers as recounted in a series of oral interviews. Black Lawyers, White Courts is their story and the anti-apartheid story that has before now gone untold.

Professor Kenneth Broun conducted interviews with twenty-seven black South African lawyers. They were asked to tell about their lives, including their family backgrounds, education, careers, and their visions for the future. In many instances they also discussed their years in prison or exile, or under house arrest. Most told of both education and careers interrupted because of the ongoing struggle.

The story of the professional achievements of black lawyers in South Africa -- indeed their very survival -- provides an example of the triumph of individuals and, ultimately, of the

Author Biography

Julius L. Chambers is chancellor of North Carolina Central University and the former director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

Table of Contents

A Message from Nelson Mandela ix
Foreword xi
Julius L. Chambers
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xix
Abbreviations xxiii
Godfrey Mokgomane Pitje
1(29)
Teacher, Scholar, Attorney, Father
Some Beginnings
30(12)
Growing Up under Apartheid
42(8)
Bantu Education
50(10)
University Years
60(27)
Dikgang Moseneke
87(32)
Prisoner, Attorney, Advocate, Judge, Entrepreneur
Struggles---Imprisonment, Banning, and Exile
119(22)
Starting into Practice
141(26)
The Practice of Law under Apartheid
167(26)
New Judges and Other Officials
193(14)
Law Practice in the New South Africa
207(14)
Dullah Omar
221(23)
Lawyer for Robben Island Prisoners, Detainee, Minister of Justice
Past, Present, and Future
244(15)
Overcoming the Challenge
Notes 259(4)
Glossary 263(4)
People 267(2)
Place Names 269(4)
South African Universities 273(2)
Lawyers Interviewed 275(2)
Index 277

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