Albie Sachs and Transformation in South Africa by Drucilla-Cornell PB..

Taylor & Francis

Albie Sachs and Transformation in South AfricaFrom Revolutionary Activist to Constitutional Court Judge\nAuthor(s): ucilla Cornell, Karin van Marle, Albie Sachs\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9781138944855, 978-1138944855\nSynopsis\nMany 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 Hegels sense of the word, it is an actual journey that Albie Sachs undertook. \n\nThe essays in this book raise the complex que.