The Trials of Richard Goldstone

Daniel Terris

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Rutgers University Press
10 December 2018

History; Crime & criminology; Human rights; Legal profession: general; International human rights law; Human rights & civil liberties law

"In June 2009, Richard Goldstone was a global hero, honored by the MacArthur Foundation for its prize in international justice.

Four months later, he was called a ""quisling"" and compared to some of the worst traitors in human history.

Why?

Because this champion of human rights and international law chose to apply his commitments to fairness and truth to his own community.

The Trials of Richard Goldstone tells the story of this extraordinary individual and the price he paid for his convictions. It describes how Goldstone, working as a judge in apartheid South Africa, helped to undermine this unjust system and later, at Nelson Mandela's request, led a commission that investigated cases of racial violence and intimidation. It also considers the international renown he received as the chief United Nations prosecutor for war crimes committed in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, the first tribunals to try political and military leaders on charges of genocide. Finally, it explores how Goldstone became a controversial figure in the wake of the Jewish jurist's powerful, but flawed, investigation of Israel for alleged war crimes in Gaza.

Richard Goldstone's dramatic life story reveals that even in a world rife with prejudice, nationalism, and contempt for human rights, one courageous man can advance the cause of justice."

By: Daniel Terris
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 481g
ISBN: 9780813599960
ISBN 10: 0813599962
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 10 December 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents Prologue Icon and Pariah 1 Divisions 2 The Striver 3 Cracks in the Wall 4 Demonstrations 5 The Third Force 6 In the Footsteps of Robert Jackson 7 A Patchwork Court 8 Big Fish, Little Fish 9 The Paper Tiger 10 The Bargaining Chip 11 In the Dock 12 Rwanda 13 Globetrotter 14 Cast Lead 15 Gaza 16 The Goldstone Report 17 Outrage 18 Bar Mitzvah 19 Retraction Epilogue Legacies Acknowledgments Bibliographical Note Notes Index

Daniel Terris is dean of the Al-Quds Bard College of Arts and Sciences at Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem. He is also director emeritus of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and a visiting professor of the humanities at Bard College in Annandale-On-Hudson, New York. He is the author of Ethics at Work: Creating Virtue in an American Corporation and coauthor of The International Judge: An Introduction to the Men and Women Who Decide the World's Cases.

Reviews for The Trials of Richard Goldstone

Tracing Richard Goldstone's remarkable career in South Africa and on the world stage, this insightful and incisive book is a nuanced portrait of a life devoted to integrity, equality, and justice.