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SUMMARY:Eye on Africa: Albie Sachs 
DESCRIPTION:
 Talk Title: Same Sex Marriage In The Constitutional 
 Court of South And The U.S. Supreme Court**\n
 	About 
 the Speaker:\n
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 On turning six, 
 during World War II, Albie Sachs received a card 
 from his father expressing the wish that 
 he would grow up to be a soldier in the fight 
 for liberation. And so he did. In May of 2018, 
 Judge Sachs was awarded an honorary degree 
 of Doctor of Law from MSU College of Law. In 
 between, he has had a remarkable life and career.\n
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 Many 
 of his best-known judgments 
 cross a variety of areas of law: fighting 
 against discrimination, providing HIV-positive 
 pregnant women with drugs to reduce the risk 
 of transmission to their newborn babies, setting 
 labor laws in place, helping to overthrow 
 South Africa's statute defining marriage as 
 between one man and one woman, all with the 
 common theme of the promotion of an individual's 
 right to equality and dignity.\n
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 		He 
 has been heavily engaged in the fields of art 
 and architecture, playing an active role in 
 the development of the Constitutional Court building 
 and its art collection on the site of 
 the Old Fort Prison in Johannesburg. In addition 
 to his work on the Court, he has traveled 
 to many countries sharing South African experience 
 in healing divided societies. He is currently 
 engaged in writing a series of four 
 books on the writing of the South African Constitution 
 and Bill of Rights with his co-author, 
 noted South African historian, Dr. Andre 
 Odendaal.\n
 		**This special Eye on Africa is 
 part of a unique 1-credit course offered during 
 the first 3 weeks of Spring semester January 
 2019 co-sponsored by MSU African Studies and 
 MSU Law College. To enroll: MSU Graduate Students 
 & MSU Honor Students go online and search 
 for LWG 849C: Special Topics in Comp Law, 
 section 001, section ID 97MZXR, 1 credit, pass/no 
 grade [MSU Honor Students may be asked 
 to get an 'over-ride' from the Graduate School]; 
 MSU Law Students go online and search for\n
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 			LAW 
 549C: Special Topics in Comp 
 Law, section 001, section ID 97MZXN, 1 credit, 
 pass/fail\n
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 Sponsor: African Studies Center\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://africa.isp.msu.edu\n
 Contact name: Liz Timbs\n
 Contact email: timbseli@msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 http://eyeonafrica.matrix.msu.edu\n
LOCATION:Room 303, International Center
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