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Albie Sachs

Also Known As Albert Louis Sachs
Modern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle East

Albert Louis Sachs, known as Albie Sachs (born 30 January 1935), is a South African lawyer, activist, writer and former judge appointed to the first Constitutional Court of South Africa by Nelson Mandela, serving as a justice from October 1994 to October 2009. He wrote landmark Constitutional Court judgments on prisoners voting rights, same-sex marriage and children rights, and is also known as a human rights advocate who survived a 1988 car bombing that cost him his right arm and the sight in one eye.

Facts
Role
Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa 1
Nationality / Jurisdiction
South African 1
Born
1935 1
Birth Date
1935-01-30 1
Birthplace
Johannesburg, South Africa 1
Role
Role (category)
Jurist 2
Role (category)
Judge 2
Role (category)
Lawyer 2
Classification
Field of Law
Human Rights Law 1
Gender
Male 1
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Unanimous judgment of the Constitutional Court written by Justice Albie Sachs.

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1. Albie Sachs (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: Born name
    Albert Louis Sachs
  • Infobox: Office
    Justice of the Constitutional Court
  • Lead paragraph
    a South African lawyer, activist, writer, and former judge
  • Infobox: Born (year)
    30 January 1935
  • Infobox: Born (date)
    30 January 1935
  • Early life and education section
    Johannesburg at the Florence Nightingale Hospital
  • Member Of: Constitutional Court of South Africa, Lead section
    Albert Louis Sachs (born 30 January 1935), known as Albie Sachs, is a South African lawyer, activist, writer, and former judge appointed to the first Constitutional Court of South Africa by Nelson Mandela.
  • In Legal System: South African Law, Wikipedia lead sentence
    is a South African lawyer
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2. Wikidata: Albie Sachs
Wikidata Q794581 self-citation (QID resolved for a previously unsourced jurist)
Quote, Wikidata Q794581 self-citation (QID resolved for a previously unsourced jurist)
P31 (instance of): human; QID resolved and verified for this jurist (Albie Sachs)
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