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020			_a9781780745800
041			_aeng.
082			_223 _a345.680231
100			_aJoffe, Joel. _eauthor
245			_aThe state vs. Nelson Mandela : _bthe trial that changed South Africa / _cJoel Joffe.
264		1	_aLondon : _bOneworld Publication, _c2014
300			_axxv, 288 pages [8] pages of plates : _billustrations, portraits ; _c20 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
505			_a1. Arrests at Rivonia -- 2. Escape, the Accused and the Defence Team -- 3. Quashing the Indictment -- 4. The Trial Begins -- 5. The Case for the Prosecution -- 6. Unreliable Prosecution Witnesses -- 7. The Defence -- 8. Final Speeches and Verdict.
520			_aOn 11 July 1963, police raided Lilisleaf farm at Rivonia near Johannesburg, rresting alleged members of the high command of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armeding of the African National Congress (ANC). Together with the alreadymprisoned Nelson Mandela, they were put on trial, charged with conspiring toverthrow the apartheid government by violent revolution. Their expectedunishment was death. In "The State vs. Nelson Mandela", Joel Joffe, theirefence Attorney, gives a blow-by-blow account of the most important trial inouth Africa's history, vividly portraying the characters of those involved, nd exposing the astonishing bigotry and rampant discrimination faced by theccused, as well as showing their courage under fire. With a personal forwardrom Nelson Mandela, this gripping chronicle of a pivotal moment in the warn apartheid should be read by everyone interested in the struggle forustice and human rights
526			_a300-399 _b345
600		0	_a Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013 _xTrials, litigation, etc.
650		0	_aRivonia Trial, Pretoria, South Africa, 1964.
650		0	_aTrials (Political crimes and offenses) _x South Africa.
651		0	_aSouth Africa _xHistory _y1961-1994.
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