LANGA’S ‘ENORMOUS CONTRIBUTION’ TO JURISPRUDENCE REMEMBERED The death this week of former Chief Justice Pius Langa (74) at the Milpark Hospital, Johannesburg, after being there for about a month due to a long illness, has brought a flood of tributes in recognition of the work of SA’s first black Chief Justice, notes Legalbrief. Among the first to pay tribute to Langa was Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng who said he served the nation with great distinction, not only as senior counsel, President of the National Association of Democratic Lawyers (Nadel) and Justice of the Constitutional Court, but also in his capacity as Deputy Chief Justice and later as Chief Justice. He said: ‘Former Chief Justice Langa’s enormous contribution to the development of our jurisprudence is known and appreciated worldwide. One of his most valuable contributions was to help develop a Judiciary-led court administration model which would strengthen the institutional independence of the judiciary in this country.’ Mogoeng also notes that together with some of the world’s leading jurists Langa developed the Bangalore Principles on Judicial ethics which are now embraced by almost all the world’s judiciaries. Mogoeng said ‘he will be missed for his wisdom, humility and passion for judicial independence and our constitutional democracy’.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 10:58:08 +0000
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