Zone d'identification
Type d'entité
Personne
Forme autorisée du nom
Maisels, Israel Aaron
forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom
- Maisels, "Isie"
Forme(s) du nom normalisée(s) selon d'autres conventions
Autre(s) forme(s) du nom
Numéro d'immatriculation des collectivités
Zone de description
Dates d’existence
1905-1994
Historique
Israel "Isie" Aaron Maisels was a Barrister, Judge and Community leader. He was appointed a King’s Counsel (KC) in 1948 and later Queen’s Counsel (QC), and practiced law from 1928-1992. He was known for his defence work in Apartheid era political and civil rights trials, most notably he was the leader of the defence team in the famous South African Treason Trial of 1956 to 1961. His Alma mater was the University of the Witwatersrand.