Abstract
Arthur Chaskalson passed away on 01 December 2012. Born on 24 November 1931, he was 81 years old. After being appointed as the first President of South Africa's Constitutional Court when it was established in 1994, he assumed the position of Chief Justice of the country in 2001, a position he occupied until his retirement in June 2005.
Highlights
After being appointed as the first President of South Africa’s Constitutional Court when it was established in 1994, he assumed the position of Chief Justice of the country in 2001, a position he occupied until his retirement in June 2005
His appointments as President of the new Constitutional Court President Nelson Mandela and later as Chief Justice of South Africa were a culmination of a long journey which started long before 1994
A graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand where he obtained a BCom degree and, in 1954, an LLB, he was admitted to the Johannesburg Bar in 1956 and took silk in 1971. He appeared as counsel on behalf of members of the liberation movements in a number of major political trials, the best known of which is perhaps the Rivonia Trial in 1963/1964, at which eight leaders of the African National Congress, including Nelson Mandela, were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment
Summary
His appointments as President of the new Constitutional Court President Nelson Mandela and later as Chief Justice of South Africa were a culmination of a long journey which started long before 1994. Arthur Chaskalson (1931–2012): Former Chief Justice of South Africa. After being appointed as the first President of South Africa’s Constitutional Court when it was established in 1994, he assumed the position of Chief Justice of the country in 2001, a position he occupied until his retirement in June 2005.
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