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Chapter Thirteen - Pro Bono in South Africa

from Part Four - Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2022

By
Thabang M. Pooe ,
Alice L. Brown  and
Jonathan Klaaren
Edited by
Scott L. Cummings ,
Fabio de Sa e Silva  and
Louise G. Trubek
Scott L. Cummings
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
Fabio de Sa e Silva
Affiliation:
University of Oklahoma, Norman
Louise G. Trubek
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Summary

Located at the southernmost tip of Africa, South Africa is characterized by a history of racial discrimination and racialized inequality that goes back centuries. It was in 1948, however, that the all-white National Party came into power and the policy of “apartheid” – from the Afrikaans language meaning “apartness” – was systemically and rigidly institutionalized throughout the legal system. Apartheid mandated the separate development of different racial groups, and various pieces of legislation were enacted in furtherance of this mission including, among others, the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act in 1949, the Population Registration Act of 1950, the Group Areas Act of 1950, and the Immorality Amendment Act of 1950.

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Global Pro Bono
Causes, Context, and Contestation
 , pp. 535 - 569
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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