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Microfilm of papers of dr albert louis albie sachs, lawyer and political activist, concerning legal cases and political trials of approximately 100 individuals. Sachs has also authored several books, including the jail diary of albie sachs 1966, which was published in britain when he was a banned writer in south africa. Insights of an activist judge, a collection of essays and talks that spans 25 years of. Jun 12, 2008 south african supreme court justice albie sachs in a conversation with uc berkeleys harry kreisler talks about personal survival in the context of the transformation of south africa. The free diary of albie sachs by albie sachs goodreads. After having his arm blown off by a carbomb in mozambique due to his opposition to apartheid, he fled to the united states but later returned to south africa and currently resides in cape town. Started practice as an advocate in cape town, 1956.
In london, sachs published an account of his incarceration, the jail diary of albie sachs. He survived, and saw apartheid end, but how much should he tell his young son. Albie sachs net worth 2018, biowiki celebrity net worth. His most recent book, the strange alchemy of life and law 2009, also won the alan paton award, making him the second person to have won it twice. His career as a freedom and human rights activist started at seventeen, when as a secondyear law student at the university of cape town, he became active in nonviolent, antiapartheid protests. Went into exile in 1966, spending eleven years in england and. Albie sachs albert louis sachs was born in johannesburg in 1935. On april 7, 1988, albie sachs, an activist south african lawyer and a leading member of the anc, was carbombed in maputo, the capital of mozambique, by agents of south africas security forces. West, humanitarian and founder of personal energy transportation. The omalley archives is the product of almost two decades of research and includes analyses, chronologies, historical documents, and interviews from the apartheid and postapartheid eras.
Africa legal awards lifetime achievement award justice. He is member of the anc, and helped draft the ancs code of conduct and statutes. It is one thing, sachs wrote, for the constitutional court to acknowledge the important role that religion plays in public life. Sachs has also authored several books, including the jail diary of albie sachs. In 1991, sachs won the alan paton award for his book soft vengeance of a freedom fighter, which chronicles his response to the 1988 car bombing. Books by albie sachs author of the strange alchemy of. Albert albie louis sachs was born into a politically active family in johannesburg, south africa. Educated at the university of cape town, south africa, and sussex university, england. Albert albie louis sachs born 30 january 1935 is an activist and a former judge on the constitutional court of south africa.
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Insights of an activist judge, a collection of essays and talks that spans 25 years of inquiry and insight into constitution making and nonracialism. May 15, 2010 albie sachs was an antiapartheid campaigner who spent months in solitary confinement and lost an arm and his sight in one eye when his car was blown up by security agents. Albie sachs argued successfully for the adoption of a code of conduct, guaranteeing respect for all human rights and for humane treatment of enemy prisoners. Author of many books on human rights, albie albert louis sachs, obtained his ba and ll.
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