Politics By Other Means

<p><strong><em>Politics by Other Means</em></strong> explores the fundamental question of how law can constrain political power by offering a pathbreaking account of the triumphant final decade of the struggle against apartheid.<br><br> Richard Abel presents case studies of ten major legal campaigns including: challenges to pass laws; black trade union demands for recognition; state terror; censorship; resistance to the "independent" homelands; and treason trials.</p> 1. Glossary of Acronyms and Foreign Words; 2. Speaking with the Ogre; 3. Politics by Other Means?; 4. Carving Loopholes in the Pass Laws; 5. White Resistance to the Military; 6. Seeking Recognition; 7. Mpophomeni and the War in Ntal; 8. State Terrorism: The Response of Law and Medicine to Police Torture; 9. Censorship and the Closure of the New Nation; 10. The Alexandra Treason Trial; 11. Bakwena ba Magopa: The Last Forced Removal; 12. Moutse and KwaNdebele: Ethnicity and Gender in the Challange to Grand Apartheid; 13. Disestablishing Oukasie; 14. The Roles of Law.