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The black and white facts of the past. A personal perspective on how legal history plays a role in South African politics.
What we do when we refer to the legal past of our countries? These actions can have a political effect. Hence a discussion during the 2019 Summer Academy of the mpilhlt, asking “What is the role of the legal historian when national histories, and constitutional histories, are used in public debates?”