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In the Shadow of Sharpeville

Apartheid and Criminal Justice

Palgrave Macmillan

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  1. Peter Parker
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  2. Joyce Mokhesi-Parker
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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    • Peter Parker, Joyce Mokhesi-Parker
    Pages 1-9

  3. White Rule and Black Resistance

    • Peter Parker, Joyce Mokhesi-Parker
    Pages 10-32

  4. The Law and the State

    • Peter Parker, Joyce Mokhesi-Parker
    Pages 33-48

  5. Apartheid’s Criminal Law

    • Peter Parker, Joyce Mokhesi-Parker
    Pages 49-93

  6. Judges and Torture

    • Peter Parker, Joyce Mokhesi-Parker
    Pages 94-110

  7. The Trial of the Sharpeville Accused

    • Peter Parker, Joyce Mokhesi-Parker
    Pages 111-122

  8. The Prosecution Case

    • Peter Parker, Joyce Mokhesi-Parker
    Pages 123-130

  9. How the Defence Replied

    • Peter Parker, Joyce Mokhesi-Parker
    Pages 131-143

  10. The Judge’s Contribution

    • Peter Parker, Joyce Mokhesi-Parker
    Pages 144-150

  11. The Nature of the Judgment

    • Peter Parker, Joyce Mokhesi-Parker
    Pages 151-165

  12. The Sentence of Death

    • Peter Parker, Joyce Mokhesi-Parker
    Pages 166-180

  13. The Record of the Appeal Court

    • Peter Parker, Joyce Mokhesi-Parker
    Pages 181-205

  14. Gaol and Death Row

    • Peter Parker, Joyce Mokhesi-Parker
    Pages 206-247

  15. The Families and their Pain

    • Peter Parker, Joyce Mokhesi-Parker
    Pages 248-259

  16. The Fight for Justice

    • Peter Parker, Joyce Mokhesi-Parker
    Pages 260-292

  17. Conclusion and Epilogue

    • Peter Parker, Joyce Mokhesi-Parker
    Pages 293-304

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 305-381
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The authors take a scalpel to South Africa's system of criminal justice during the Apartheid era. They focus on the case of the Sharpeville Six to analyse how criminal justice was used to make convictions easy to secure. Analysing the technicalities of the criminal law, as well as the quality of evidence and judicial reasoning in the case against the Six, Parker and Mokhesi-Parker also convey vividly through letters from death row, the sense these people made of their impending executions and how an international campaign to save their lives succeeded with only 18 hours to spare.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: In the Shadow of Sharpeville

  • Book Subtitle: Apartheid and Criminal Justice

  • Authors: Peter Parker, Joyce Mokhesi-Parker

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14617-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Peter Parker and Joyce Mokhesi-Parker 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-71643-4Published: 22 February 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-14619-2Published: 01 January 1998

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-14617-8Published: 23 February 1998

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 381

  • Topics: African Politics, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, Human Rights

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