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Richard Goldstone

1938 - Today

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Richard Joseph Goldstone (born 26 October 1938) is a South African retired judge who served in the Constitutional Court of South Africa from July 1994 to October 2003. He joined the bench as a judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa, first in the Transvaal Provincial Division from 1980 to 1989 and then in the Appellate Division from 1990 to 1994. Before that, he was a commercial lawyer in Johannesburg, where he entered legal practice in 1963 and took silk in 1976. He is considered to be one of several liberal judges who issued key rulings that undermined apartheid from within the system by tempering the worst effects of the country's racial laws. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Goldstone is the 46th most popular judge (down from 30th in 2019), the 239th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 163rd in 2019) and the most popular South African Judge.

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Among JUDGES

Among judges, Richard Goldstone ranks 46 out of 53. Before him are Harlan F. Stone, Nii Amaa Ollennu, George Henry Williams, Neil Gorsuch, Michael Mukasey, and George Wythe. After him are Harry Blackmun, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Leila Seth, Iris Yassmin Barrios Aguilar, Potter Stewart, and Sylvia Steiner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Richard Goldstone ranks 593. Before him are Darrall Imhoff, Arthur Scargill, Jonathan Riley-Smith, B. Saroja Devi, Ernie Pieterse, and Satch Sanders. After him are Bernard Malivoire, Timmy Mayer, Steve Kuhn, Joan Blackman, Charles Wuorinen, and Les Murray.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Richard Goldstone ranks 239 out of 454. Before him are Penelope Coelen (1940), Ian Hunter (1900), Mark González (1984), Ernie Pieterse (1938), Kevin Anderson (1986), and Stefan Mitrović (null). After him are Luki Botha (1930), Jodi Balfour (1987), Stanley Skewes (1899), Robert Sobukwe (1924), Amanda Coetzer (1971), and Antony Sher (1949).

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Among JUDGES In South Africa

Among judges born in South Africa, Richard Goldstone ranks 1. 

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