| Description |
ix, 348 pages ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN |
9781472444608 hardback |
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1472444604 hardback |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The courtroom as a space of resistance : reflections on the legacy of the Rivonia trial / Awol Allo -- In the name of Mandela / Derek Hook -- When time gives : reflections on two Rivonia renegades / Johan van der Walt -- Nelson Mandela and civic myths : a law and literature approach to Rivonia / Peter Leman -- Justice in transition : South Africa political trials, 1956-1964 / Catherine M. Cole -- The Rivonia trial : domination, resistance and transformation / Cathi Albertyn -- "The road to freedom passes through gaol" : the treason trial and the Rivonia trial as political trials / Mia Swart -- "I am the first accused" : seven reflections (and a postscript) on Derrida's Mandela / Jaco Barnard-NaudeÌ -- "Black man in the white man's court" : performative genealogies in the courtroom / Awol Allo -- Reading choreographies of black resistance : courtroom performance as/and critique / Joel M Modiri -- What is revealed by the absence of a reply? : courtesy, pedagogy, and the spectre of unanswered letters in Mandela's trial / Alison Phipps -- Lawscapes : the Rivonia trial and Pretoria / Isolde de Villiers -- Literary autonomy on trial : the 1974 Cape Trial of AndreÌ Brink's Kennis van die Aand / Ted Laros -- "The unkindest cut of all" : coloniality, performance and gender in the courtroom and beyond / ChloeÌ S. Georas -- Spectacular justice : aesthetics and power in the Gandhi murder trial / Kanika Sharma. |
| Series |
Edinburgh/Glasgow law and society series.
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| Library Class |
Law QG69:6
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| Subject |
Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013 -- Influence.
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Rivonia Trial, Pretoria, South Africa, 1964 -- Social aspects.
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Trials (Political crimes and offenses) -- South Africa -- Social aspects.
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Apartheid -- South Africa.
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South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1961-1994.
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| Other Author |
Allo, Awol Kassim, editor.
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