The State vs. Nelson Mandela

Informationen zum Autor Lord Joel Joffe CBE is a crossbench peer in the House of Lords. He has previously served as Chairperson of Oxfam and worked as a human-rights lawyer. Klappentext The only account of this seminal trial, written by Mandela's defence attorneyOn 11 July, 1963, police raided Lilisleaf farm at Rivonia near Johannesburg, arresting alleged members of the high command of the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). Together with the already imprisoned Nelson Mandela, they were put on trial and charged with conspiring to overthrow the apartheid government by violent revolution. Their expected punishment was death. In this compelling book, their defence attorney, Joel Joffe, gives a blow-by-blow account of the most important trial in South Africa's history, vividly portraying the characters of those involved, and exposing the astonishing bigotry and rampant discrimination faced by the accused, as well as showing their incredible courage under fire. Zusammenfassung 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Joel Joffe, Joffe Joel
• Con la collaborazione di: Goldberg Denis (Introduzione), Mandela Nelson (Prefazione)
• Editore: Oneworld
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.09.2014
• EAN: 9781780745800
• ISBN: 978-1-78074-580-0
• Pagine: 312
• Dimensioni: 132 mm x 198 mm x 26 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Biography: historical, political & military, LAW / Legal History, HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, Republic of South Africa, c 1960 to c 1970, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, African History, c 1960 to c 1969, Civil rights & citizenship, History and Archaeology, Biography: historical, political and military, Civics and citizenship