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Martin West observation of Langa Commissioner's Courts

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Kind author survey or fieldwork
Producer Martin West
Coverage 1981
Works using it 2

Debates

Debate Works
Coloured Labour Preference policy in the Western Cape 2
Influx control, pass laws and African urbanisation 2

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
(ed.) et al. (1983) Martin West's observation of Langa Commissioner's Court sessions and Athlone Advice Office court visitors' records 1981 Describes the operation of pass courts, the average speed of cases and sentence patterns, with two sample court days.
West (1982) Personal observation of Langa Commissioner's Courts, 1981 1981 Basis for descriptions of how pass courts operate: speed, lack of representation, interpretation, sentencing.