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Representing the Race tells the story of an enduring paradox of American race relations, through the prism of a collective biography of African American lawyers who worked in the era of segregation. Practicing the law and seeking justice for diverse clients, they confronted a tension between their racial identity as black men and women and their professional identity as lawyers. Both blacks and whites demanded that these attorneys stand apart from their racial community as members of the legal fraternity. Yet, at the same time, they were expected to be "authentic"-that is, in sympathy with the black masses. This conundrum, as Kenneth W. Mack shows, continues to reverberate through American politics today.Mack reorients what we thought we knew about famous figures such as Thurgood Marshall, who rose to prominence by convincing local blacks and prominent whites that he was-as nearly as possible-one of them. But he also introduces a little-known cast of characters to the American racial narrative. These include Loren Miller, the biracial Los Angeles lawyer who, after learning in college that he was black, became a Marxist critic of his fellow black attorneys and ultimately a leading civil rights advocate; and Pauli Murray, a black woman who seemed neither black nor white, neither man nor woman, who helped invent sex discrimination as a category of law. The stories of these lawyers pose the unsettling question: what, ultimately, does it mean to "represent" a minority group in the give-and-take of American law and politics?

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As president of the Human Rights Commission, Gillian Triggs advocated for the disempowered, the disenfranchised, the marginalised. She withstood relentless political pressure and media scrutiny as she defended the defenceless for five tumultuous years.How did this aspiring ballet dancer, dignified daughter of a tank commander and eminent law academic respond when appreciative passengers on a full airplane departing Canberra greeted her with a round of applause? Speaking Up shares with readers the values that have guided Triggs' convictions and the causes she has championed. She dares women to be a little vulgar and men to move beyond their comfort zones to achieve equity for all. And she will not rest until Australia has a Bill of Rights. Triggs' passionate memoir is an irresistible call to everyone who yearns for a fairer world.

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Ce livre n’est ni une autobiographie proprement dite, ni un ouvrage de droit.Il raconte le cheminement qui a conduit Luc Walleyn à s’engager pour les droits humains, à lutter contre l’impunité de ceux qui les piétinent, à prendre la défense de victimes de génocide, d’esclavage et d’autres crimes contre l’humanité. Ce chemin fut marqué par des affaires judiciaires retentissantes, dont certaines ont trouvé une place dans l’histoire de la Belgique et d’autres pays.Pendant cinquante ans, l’auteur s’est présenté devant des juges belges, étrangers et internationaux pour tenter, avec un succès variable, d’empêcher ou de faire cesser les atteintes aux droits fondamentaux, d’en réparer en partie les dommages ou de faire poursuivre et punir les responsables.Luc Walleyn est aussi un précurseur de la justice transitionnelle. Comment reconstruire un tissu social lorsque l’on est susceptible de rencontrer, à chaque coin de rue, l’assassin de son père, le bourreau de ses enfants ? Comment concilier justice et avenir, réparation et pardon ?L’ouvrage consiste en un partage de cette expérience et offre une voix aux gens qu’il a défendus et dont les droits à la liberté et la dignité ont été bafoués. Il doit se lire comme un espoir que représentent l’engagement et le respect absolu des droits humains.

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