Albie Sachs
Author of The Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter
About the Author
Albie Sachs is Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
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Works by Albie Sachs
Sexism and the Law: A Study of Male Beliefs and Judicial Bias in Britain and America (Law in Society) (1978) 5 copies
Out of exile : South African writers speak : interviews with Albie Sachs ... [et al.] (1992) 2 copies
Associated Works
Dear Comrade President: Oliver Tambo and the Foundations of South Africa’s Constitution (2022) — Editor — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Sachs, Albert Louis
- Other names
- Albie
- Birthdate
- 1935-01-30
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Places of residence
- Cape Town, South Africa
Maputo, Mozambique
Johannesburg, South Africa - Education
- University of Cape Town
- Occupations
- lawyer
lecturer
professor
Constitutional Court Judge - Relationships
- Sachs, E. S. (SOLLY) (father)
- Organizations
- National Executive of the African National Congress
Members
Reviews
The Free Diary Of Albie Sachs by Albie; September Sachs, Vanessa
I have the utmost respect for Albie Sachs, the literary judge of SA. The judgments he wrote while a member of the Constitutional Court in SA are interesting. His vision for, and realisation of, the art collection in the CC is beyond spectacular. It gives me goose-bumps just thinking about it and is surely his crowning achievement. His story deserves to be told. But I did not enjoy this book. The tone was self-congratulatory and arrogant, and I found his partner's perspectives intrusive and at times patronising.… (more)
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Statistics
- Works
- 22
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 208
- Popularity
- #106,482
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 41
- Languages
- 1