Episode 5
Lawyer Albie Sachs, once a justice of South Africa's Constutional Court, recalls issues about social and economic rights that were brought before the court.
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.
Last on
More episodes
Previous
Next
You are at the last episode
Broadcast
- Fri 22 Jun 2012 22:45大象传媒 Radio 3
Death in Trieste
A 1760s murder still informs ideas about aesthetics, a certain sort of sex, and death.
Watch: My Deaf World
Five compelling experiences of what it is like to be deaf in 21st-century Britain.
The Book that Changed Me
Five figures from the arts and science introduce books that changed their lives and work.
Download The Essay
Download all the episodes from the series and listen at your leisure.
Podcast
-
![]()
The Essay
Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.
