S v Coetzee: Judge Albie Sachs and issues which ‘the court is obliged to confront’

Abstract

This relevant observation was made by Justice Albie Sachs in S v Coetzee. This case presented the Constitutional Court with the difficult question of whether the right of the accused to be presumed innocent was infringed by, inter alia, a statutory provision intended to ensure that a corporation, together with its officers, may be held criminally responsible for crimes committed in the furtherance of the interests of the corporation.