ABSTRACT

Politics by Other Means explores the fundamental question of how law can constrain political power by offering a pathbreaking account of the triumphant final decade of the struggle against apartheid.

Richard Abel presents case studies of ten major legal campaigns including: challenges to pass laws; black trade union demands for recognition; state terror; censorship; resistance to the "independent" homelands; and treason trials.

chapter Chapter 1|6 pages

Speaking with the Ogre

chapter Chapter 2|15 pages

Politics by other Means?

chapter Chapter 3|43 pages

Carving Loopholes in the Pass Laws

chapter Chapter 4|58 pages

White Resistance to the Military

chapter Chapter 5|48 pages

Seeking Recognition

chapter Chapter 6|37 pages

Mpophomeni and the War in Natal

chapter Chapter 9|73 pages

The Alexandra Treason Trial

chapter Chapter 10|49 pages

Bakwena Ba Magopa: The Last Forced Removal

chapter Chapter 12|28 pages

Disestablishing Oukasie

chapter Chapter 13|27 pages

The Roles of Law