President of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
In office June 1994 – November 2001
President
Nelson Mandela
Deputy
Pius Langa
Preceded by
Office established
Personal details
Born
(1931-11-24)24 November 1931 Johannesburg, South Africa
Died
1 December 2012(2012-12-01) (aged 81) Johannesburg, South Africa
Resting place
Westpark Cemetery, Johannesburg[1]
Spouse
Lorraine Chaskalson
Children
2
Alma mater
University of the Witwatersrand
Arthur Chaskalson SCOB, (24 November 1931 – 1 December 2012) was President of the Constitutional Court of South Africa from 1994 to 2001 and Chief Justice of South Africa from 2001 to 2005. Chaskalson was a member of the defence team in the Rivonia Trial of 1963.
^SAPA (3 December 2012). "SA mourns former chief justice Arthur Chaskalson". The Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
ArthurChaskalson SCOB, (24 November 1931 – 1 December 2012) was President of the Constitutional Court of South Africa from 1994 to 2001 and Chief Justice...
Tribunal. Born in the former Transkei, Ngcukaitobi clerked for Justice ArthurChaskalson on the Constitutional Court of South Africa. He spent several years...
Amendment was passed in November 2001. On 1 June 2005, he succeeded ArthurChaskalson as Chief Justice, a position which he held until his mandatory retirement...
who was the instructing attorney, Bram Fischer, Vernon Berrangé, ArthurChaskalson and George Bizos. Hilda Bernstein (wife of Rusty Bernstein) approached...
sharply on the issue, with the bench split five to four. Chief Justice ArthurChaskalson, Justice Laurie Ackermann, and Justice Johann Kriegler wrote for the...
1998. The members of the court at the start of 1998 were President ArthurChaskalson, Deputy President Pius Langa, and judges Lourens Ackermann, John Didcott...
leading human rights lawyer and director of the Legal Resources Centre ArthurChaskalson to the position. In 2001, after Mohammed's death and, consequently...
in 1979 by a group of prominent South African lawyers, including ArthurChaskalson, Felicia Kentridge, and Geoff Budlender, under the guidance of American...
served as the court's inaugural Deputy President, deputising President ArthurChaskalson. He was also the chairperson of the South African Law Reform Commission...
they reach the age of 65, they may voluntarily retire. Chief Justice ArthurChaskalson (born 1931, appointed by Nelson Mandela as President of the Constitutional...
heard on 27 August 1998 before President of the Constitutional Court ArthurChaskalson, Deputy President Pius Langa, and Justices Ackermann, Goldstone, Kriegler...
arrival of a group of human rights lawyers – Joel Joffe, Harry Schwarz, ArthurChaskalson and Harold Hanson. Bizos was council for the accused in at least 26...
Constitutional Court's five-member majority, which also included Justices ArthurChaskalson, Pius Langa, Laurie Ackermann, and Johann Kriegler. The majority dismissed...
and the Bill of Rights. Goldstone's judgment was joined by Justices ArthurChaskalson, Ismail Mahomed, Laurie Ackermann, Pius Langa, Tholie Madala, and...
ArthurChaskalson served in the Constitutional Court of South Africa from its inception in 1995 until his retirement in 2005. South Africa: Constitutional...
Presidency of the Republic of South Africa. Retrieved 30 November 2021. "ArthurChaskalson". The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa. Retrieved 30 November...
inaugural World Justice Project Rule of Law Award was awarded to: Justice ArthurChaskalson, former Chief Justice of South Africa Aruna Roy, whose efforts through...
1900–1902 The 1st Earl of Athlone (1874–1957); Governor-General 1924–30; ArthurChaskalson (1931–2012); Chief Justice of South Africa, 2001–2005 Jeremy Cronin...
completed in his absence. Advocates Harold Hanson, Sydney Kentridge, and ArthurChaskalson defended him at the hearing. Vernon Berrange led the defence case...
deliberately provoking revolt in the Vaal Triangle. Represented by ArthurChaskalson and George Bizos, the defendants also denied alternative charges of...
Akhumzi Jezile – South African actor, television presenter and producer ArthurChaskalson – Judge, lawyer to Nelson Mandela Johnny Clegg – British-born South...
Dikgang Moseneke wrote the leading judgment, in which Chief Justice ArthurChaskalson and Justice Tholie Madala concurred. Three other judgments were filed...
such obligation on the deceased while he was alive. Chief Justice ArthurChaskalson, Deputy Chief Justice Pius Langa, and Justices Dikgang Moseneke, Sandile...
Justice President ArthurChaskalson and Justices Pius Langa and Kate O'Regan. Langa and O'Regan, but not Kentridge and Chaskalson, additionally joined...
Judicial Service Commission interviewed for possible appointment to ArthurChaskalson's vacant seat in the Constitutional Court of South Africa. The other...
criminal sentences. Ngcobo's opinion was joined by Chief Justice ArthurChaskalson, Justices Johann Kriegler and Tholie Madala, and Acting Justices Ben...
(d. 2019) 1931 – Tommy Allsup, American guitarist (d. 2017) 1931 – ArthurChaskalson, South African lawyer and judge, 18th Chief Justice of South Africa...
activism through the National Union of South African Students. With ArthurChaskalson and Felicia Kentridge, he co-founded the Legal Resources Centre in...
Annie Botha, philanthropist and civic leader, wife of Louis Botha ArthurChaskalson, judge (1931–2012) Piet Cronjé, Boer general and commander-in-chief...
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