The State vs. Nelson Mandela
- 312 pages
- 11 hours of reading
In The State vs. Nelson Mandela, Joel Joffe, the Instructing Attorney of the defendants at the time, gives a blow-by-blow account of the most important trial in South Africa's history.
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Joffe is renowned for his work as a human-rights lawyer and his tenure as a crossbench peer in the House of Lords. His dedication to social justice and international development, demonstrated through his leadership at Oxfam, informs his writing and approach to legal and political issues. His works often delve into moral dilemmas and the pursuit of justice within complex systems.
- 2014
- 2006
Der Rivonia-Prozess wurde zum Ausgangspunkt für eine breite Widerstandsbewegung, die schliesslich zur Befreiung Mandelas führte. Der einzige Weisse, der 1964 mitamngeklagt war, Denis Goldberg, hat ein Vorwort zu diesem, von Rechtanwalt Joffe verfassten Buch geschrieben.