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Radio 3,22 Jun 2012,15 mins

SeriesStrange Justice

Episode 5

The Essay

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In the last in his series of Essays, lawyer Albie Sachs looks at the issue around social and economic rights which were brought before the Constitutional Court of South Africa. From the rights of the homeless to the right to clean latrines, he reveals the complexities of legal judgment in the new South Africa and the personal challenges he had to meet in coming to the right decision.

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