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WJ Hosten BA LLB(Stell) Professor of Law, University of South Africa
AB Edwards BA LLB(SA) PhD(UCT) Emeritus Professor of Law, University of South Africa, Advocate of the High Court of South Africa
Francis Bosman BA(Potch) LLB(SA) SC Chief Family Advocate of the Republic of South Africa, Formerly Professor of Law, University of South Africa, Advocate of the High Court of South Africa
Joan Church BA TTHD(TCE) BIur LLB LLD(SA) Professor of Law, University of South Africa, Advocate of the High Court of South Africa
This is the long-awaited second edition of this highly successful work which was first published in 1977.
Key benefits
• Comprehensive jurisprudential and historical introduction to South African law
• Discusses the sources of South African law and the most important concepts and principles of its main branches
• Indispensable introductory guide for students as well as reference guide for practitioners
• Updated to April 1994 (several chapters contain references to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 200 of 1993)
Who should purchase?
• Academics
• Students
• Legal practitioners
Topics covered
Principal Works cited with Mode of Citation
Principal Periodical Publications cited with Mode of Citation
• The Idea of Law
• Legal Theory
• The History of South African Law–An Outline
• Source of South African Law
• Private Law: Law of Persons
• Private Law: Family Law
• Private Law: The Law of Things
• Private Law: The Law of Succession
• Private Law: The Law of Obligations
• Mercantile Law
• Public Law: Constitutional Law
• Public Law: Administrative Law
• Public Law: Criminal Law
• Public Law: Formal Law
• Introduction to Indigenous Law and the Comparative Method
• Public and Private International Law
• Table of Law Reports with Mode of Citation
• Table of cases
• Table of Enactments
• Table of cases: International Tribunals
• Index
Practical features
• Written in a clear understandable style that is easily comprehensible
• Extensive footnotes and comprehensive list of principal works cited assists in further research
• Includes an index for ease of reference, as well as a table of cases and legislative enactments
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