Product Description
Brown v Leyds: Who Has the King's Voice?
Author: Derek van der Merwe
Format: Physical Hardcopy
This book traces the history and legal and political consequences of the ideological dispute between Paul Kruger and John Kotze on what constitutes and who exercises ultimate sovereignty in a Republic.
Set in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek of the 1880s, the author grippingly takes the reader through one of the most tantalising and fascinating periods of South African politico-legal history.
Contents:
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Freedom Dreamt, Freedom Pursued: The Great Trek of 1835–1838
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Voortrekker Governance (1836–1843): Hark the Voice of the Volk Wie heeft de Koningstem?
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The Trans-Vaal territory 1844–1852
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The Rise of Paul Kruger, Defender of the Faith and the Constitution
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The Judgment for Brown, the Consequences for Kotze
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Index
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