Abstract

The Trials of Richard Goldstone is a well written account of the life of Justice Goldstone. The author traces the life of Justice Goldstone (born in 1938) from his years as a young boy, then as a Wits University student, a lawyer, a Supreme Court judge in South Africa, and his role as the first Chief Prosecutor of two international criminal tribunals. The biography is divided into careful, distinct chapters which outline Justice Richard Goldstone's family background meticulously, discussing his upbringing, university life, legal practice, role on the bench and his most remarkable achievement - his appointment as a Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (the ICTY) in 1993 and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (the ICTR) in 1994.

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