JUDGES AT WORK

252pp. Prelims xxxii include preface, contents, list of illustrations, table of cases, bibliography summary of South African history 1910 to 1950, a note on terminology and abbreviations.

Condition: The dust jacket is edge-worn with a small tear at the bottom of the front cover. Internally clean and tightly bound, except for a small square cut out from the back end paper.  There are also a  couple of marks on the top and bottom edges of the page block. 

Dust jacket front flap:

This work is the result of an investigation into the broadly political attitudes of the Appellate Division in its first forty years. The characters and utterances of the judges of appeal are examined in detail, as they appear in cases involving civil liberties, rebellion, industrial relations and questions of race. Trends and peculiarities are isolated, and the role of the judiciary in the interpretation of government policy is assessed. The author concludes that the reputation of the A.D. for bold liberalism in that period rests on shaky foundations, and calls for wide-ranging and public debate on the part played by the judiciary in South Africa.

This book promises to be of great importance and interest to all those interested in the courts, government and history of South Africa. 

Hugh Corder is an emeritus professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Cape Town. He served as UCT's youngest and longest-serving Chair of Public Law from 1987 to 2020.