Albert Sachs est reconnu pour son rôle essentiel dans la définition du paysage juridique sud-africain post-apartheid, notamment par son travail à la Cour constitutionnelle. Sa philosophie judiciaire était centrée sur le pouvoir transformateur de la Constitution pour démanteler les pratiques discriminatoires et favoriser une société fondée sur l'égalité. Sachs a défendu l'expansion des droits, plaidant pour l'inclusion des groupes marginalisés et repoussant les limites de l'interprétation juridique pour les aligner sur la dignité humaine fondamentale. Son mandat a souligné un engagement envers la justice en tant que force dynamique de changement social, laissant une marque indélébile sur le droit constitutionnel.
Albie Sachs gives an intimate account of his extraordinary life and work as a judge in South Africa. Mixing autobiography with reflections on his major cases and the role of law in achieving social justice, Sachs offers a rare glimpse into the workings of the judicial mind and a unique perspective on modern South African history.
"If a paternity test were done on South Africa's widely admired Constitution, whose DNA would come up? Is the Constitution just a beautiful piece of paper? If Oliver Tambo were alive today, walking around South Africa, would he be pleased with what he saw? In this riveting, direct account of the genesis of South Africa's Constitution, former Justice Albie Sachs answers these crucial questions. In Oliver Tambo's Dream, Sachs writes about the years he spent working under Tambo's leadership in exile preparing for a post-apartheid constitutional order in South Africa and about the extreme crises that were overcome during the post-1990 constitution-making process to arrive at the document we have today. Tackling the burning issues that face our country today, he argues that the Constitution is a framework for struggle and decolonization that can be used to bring about land reform and true equality"--
Belletristik : Südafrika (Republik) ; Aufzeichnung.