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Law reports and court decisions (incl. Native Appeal Courts)

Literature › Primary sources

Kind other
Producer South African courts / law report series
Coverage 1883-1978
Works using it 3

Debates

Debate Works
Resistance and liberation movements 1
Sanctions, disinvestment and the anti-apartheid movement 1
Black trade unions: growth, wage effects, Wiehahn and strategy 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Gould (1981) Bosman case: P.E. Bosman Transport Works Committee v. Transport (Pty) Ltd (Transvaal Provincial Division, 1978) 1978 Court judgment used to show unregistered unions and works committees lacked standing to sue.
Kerr (1958) Law reports of South African, Rhodesian, South West African and Privy Council cases (e.g. Nkambula v. The King; R. v. Goseb; Acting Master v. Estate Mehta; Mgidhlana v. Munyu; Mcunu v. Mcunu) 1883-1957 Judicial decisions are the principal material for the argument on reception, continuity of common law and the problems of interpreting codes.
Kerr (1958) Native Appeal Court and Native High Court decisions (Natal, Transvaal, Cape, Southern Rhodesia) 1904-1950 Cited to show courts developing customary law through precedent, equity, and interpretation of the Code.
Switzer (1990) Rex v. Ndobe (Supreme Court appeal on Glen Grey land titles) 1929-1930 Illustrates the outcome of the land-title challenge against the Native Administration Act.