The land is ours : South Africa's first black lawyers and the birth of constitutionalism /
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| author | Ngcukaitobi, Tembeka |
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| contents | Introduction -- Part one: Land (1. How the land was lost) -- Part two: Lawyers (2. 'Fair play and no favours' ; 3. 'We don't want to swamp the white man in Africa' ; 4. The 'most gentlemanly' Richard Msimang ; 5. 'In all races, genius is like a spark' ; 6. The unintended legacy of King Leopold) -- Part three: Legacies (7. Visions of equality in a divided Union ; 8. The birth of constitutionalism) |
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| spelling | Ngcukaitobi, Tembeka, author. The land is ours : South Africa's first black lawyers and the birth of constitutionalism / Tembeka Ngcukaitobi. Cape Town, South Africa : Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2018. 312 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "The Land Is Ours tells the story of South Africa's first black lawyers, who operated in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In an age of aggressive colonial expansion, land dispossession and forced labour, these men believed in a constitutional system that respected individual rights and freedoms, and they used the law as an instrument against injustice. The book follows the lives, ideas and careers of Henry Sylvester Williams, Alfred Mangena, Richard Msimang, Pixley ka Isaka Seme, Ngcubu Poswayo and George Montsioa, who were all members of the ANC. It analyses the legal cases they took on, explores how they reconciled the law with the political upheavals of the day, and considers how they sustained their fidelity to the law when legal victories were undermined by politics.The Land Is Ours shows that these lawyers developed the concept of a Bill of Rights, which is now an international norm. The book is particularly relevant in light of current calls to scrap the Constitution and its protections of individual rights: it clearly demonstrates that, from the beginning, the struggle for freedom was based on the idea of the rule of law."--Back cover. Introduction -- Part one: Land (1. How the land was lost) -- Part two: Lawyers (2. 'Fair play and no favours' ; 3. 'We don't want to swamp the white man in Africa' ; 4. The 'most gentlemanly' Richard Msimang ; 5. 'In all races, genius is like a spark' ; 6. The unintended legacy of King Leopold) -- Part three: Legacies (7. Visions of equality in a divided Union ; 8. The birth of constitutionalism) 22-OCT-20 22-OCT-20 Civil rights lawyers South Africa. Rule of law South Africa. Human rights South Africa. Political culture South Africa History 19th century. Political culture United States History 20th century. Land tenure. Land use. Constitutional law. fast (OCoLC)fst00875797 Human rights. fast (OCoLC)fst00963285 Land tenure. fast (OCoLC)fst00991362 Land use. fast (OCoLC)fst00991472 Lawyers. fast (OCoLC)fst00994346 Political culture. fast (OCoLC)fst01069263 Rule of law. fast (OCoLC)fst01101218 South Africa. fast (OCoLC)fst01204616 United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 1800-1999 fast History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 KTL2070 .N43 2018 |
| spellingShingle | Ngcukaitobi, Tembeka The land is ours : South Africa's first black lawyers and the birth of constitutionalism / Introduction -- Part one: Land (1. How the land was lost) -- Part two: Lawyers (2. 'Fair play and no favours' ; 3. 'We don't want to swamp the white man in Africa' ; 4. The 'most gentlemanly' Richard Msimang ; 5. 'In all races, genius is like a spark' ; 6. The unintended legacy of King Leopold) -- Part three: Legacies (7. Visions of equality in a divided Union ; 8. The birth of constitutionalism) Civil rights lawyers South Africa. Rule of law South Africa. Human rights South Africa. Political culture South Africa History 19th century. Political culture United States History 20th century. Land tenure. Land use. Constitutional law. fast (OCoLC)fst00875797 Human rights. fast (OCoLC)fst00963285 Land tenure. fast (OCoLC)fst00991362 Land use. fast (OCoLC)fst00991472 Lawyers. fast (OCoLC)fst00994346 Political culture. fast (OCoLC)fst01069263 Rule of law. fast (OCoLC)fst01101218 |
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| title | The land is ours : South Africa's first black lawyers and the birth of constitutionalism / |
| title_auth | The land is ours : South Africa's first black lawyers and the birth of constitutionalism / |
| title_full | The land is ours : South Africa's first black lawyers and the birth of constitutionalism / Tembeka Ngcukaitobi. |
| title_fullStr | The land is ours : South Africa's first black lawyers and the birth of constitutionalism / Tembeka Ngcukaitobi. |
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| title_sub | South Africa's first black lawyers and the birth of constitutionalism / |
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