The Cloistered Virtue - by Traute Van Niekerk Hardcover

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?In four chapters, a conclusion, and afterword, the author, a distinguished professor of law (now deceased) born into the White Tribe of Africa--the Afrikaners, ' restates the liberal tradition in opposition to the restrictions on free speech, trial publicity, and the fair administration of justice so tragically exemplified by South Africa today.... A monumental work with superb notes. Excellent translations of otherwise unavailable materials, especially court decisions, from a dozen languages. Essential.?-Choice

?Niekerk has given us an important work in comparative law.?-American Political Science Review

?This is an extraordinary and moving book. It is (in my experience) unprecedented for a work of legal scholarship to be so shaped by the author's personal experience of the particular area of law. . . . This book, remarkable for the breadth of its scholarship and its roots in the author's career, is written with vigor and passion, but not a passion that ever blinds the author to the complexities of the rich subject on which he was writing.?-The American Journal of Comparative Law

?Van Niekerk admirably succeeds in showing that in Western countries law, custom, and taboo combine to ensure that there is seldom any open, let alone robust' debate of judicial behavior and action.... There is no doubt that it will prove to be highly provocative, as it challenges much accepted wisdom and many sacred cows.?-John Dugard, Advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa and Professor of Law, University of Witwatersrand

"Niekerk has given us an important work in comparative law."-American Political Science Review

"This is an extraordinary and moving book. It is (in my experience) unprecedented for a work of legal scholarship to be so shaped by the author's personal experience of the particular area of law. . . . This book, remarkable for the breadth of its scholarship and its roots in the author's career, is written with vigor and passion, but not a passion that ever blinds the author to the complexities of the rich subject on which he was writing."-The American Journal of Comparative Law

"Van Niekerk admirably succeeds in showing that in Western countries law, custom, and taboo combine to ensure that there is seldom any open, let alone robust' debate of judicial behavior and action.... There is no doubt that it will prove to be highly provocative, as it challenges much accepted wisdom and many sacred cows."-John Dugard, Advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa and Professor of Law, University of Witwatersrand

"In four chapters, a conclusion, and afterword, the author, a distinguished professor of law (now deceased) born into the White Tribe of Africa--the Afrikaners, ' restates the liberal tradition in opposition to the restrictions on free speech, trial publicity, and the fair administration of justice so tragically exemplified by South Africa today.... A monumental work with superb notes. Excellent translations of otherwise unavailable materials, especially court decisions, from a dozen languages. Essential."-Choice