Unsettling Apologies - Critical Writings on Apology from South Africa

Drawing on the histories of injustice, dispossession and violence in South Africa, this book examines the cultural, political and legal role and value of an apology.

About the author

Melanie Judge works with leading civil society organisations and multilateral institutions on strategy, policy and research for sexual and gender rights in Africa and is Adjunct Associate Professor in Public Law at the University of Cape Town. Dee Smythe is Professor of Public Law and Director of the Centre for Law and Society at the University of Cape Town as well as a member of the Centro de Investigação e Desenvolvimento sobre Direito e Sociedade (CEDIS) at the Nova University of Lisbon School of Law.

Product details

• Assisted by: Melanie Judge (Editor), Dee Smythe (Editor)
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.10.2022
• EAN: 9781529227963
• ISBN: 978-1-5292-2796-3
• No. of pages: 330
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 467 g
• Series: Law, Society and Policy
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law