Politics by Other Means: Law in the Struggle Against Apartheid, 1980-1994Politics by Other Means explores the fundamental question of how law can constrain political power by offering a pathbreaking account of the triumphant final decade of the struggle against apartheid. Richard Abel presents case studies of ten major legal campaigns including: challenges to pass laws; black trade union demands for recognition; state terror; censorship; resistance to the "independent" homelands; and treason trials. |
Contents
Speaking with the Ogre | 1 |
Politics by Other Means? | 7 |
Carving Loopholes in the Pass Laws | 23 |
White Resistance to the Military | 67 |
Seeking Recognition 12225 | 125 |
Mpophomeni and the War in Natal | 173 |
The Response of Law and Medicine to Police Torture | 211 |
Censorship and the Closure of the New Nation | 259 |
The Alexandra Treason Trial | 311 |
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Politics By Other Means: Law in the Struggle Against Apartheid, 1980-1994 Richard Abel Limited preview - 2015 |
Politics by Other Means: Law in the Struggle Against Apartheid, 1980-1994 Richard L. Abel Limited preview - 1995 |
Politics By Other Means: Law in the Struggle Against Apartheid, 1980-1994 Richard Abel Limited preview - 2015 |
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