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
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. |