Judge Dennis Davis
Thoroughgood (Thurgood) Marshall: The Supreme Court’s First African-American Judge
Summary
In this lecture, Judge Davis explores the life and remarkable career of Thurgood Marshall, the first African American member of the United States Supreme Court. Against the backdrop of the current Supreme Court, Judge Davis asks, what makes a great judge?
Judge Dennis Davis
Dennis Davis is a judge of the High Court of South Africa and judge president of the Competition Appeals Court of South Africa. He has held professorial appointments at the University of Cape Town and University of the Witwatersrand, as well as numerous visiting appointments at Cambridge, Harvard, New York University, and others. He has authored eleven books, including Lawfare: Judging Politics in South Africa.