Willemien Du Plessis, David Letsoalo, Jaco Barnard-Naudé, Warren Freedman, Jacques Mahler-Coetzee, Christine Bronkhorst, Adrian Bellengere, Neels Swanepoel, Michelle Karels, Ilze Keevy

Introduction to Law and Legal Skills in South Africa

Jurisprudence
Herausgeber: Humby, Tracy; Du Plessis, Anél; Kotzé, Louis

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Produktbeschreibung

The text provides a general introduction and overview of legal history and basic legal concepts, with associated, contextualised legal skills.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 672
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 168mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780195994636
• ISBN-10: 0195994639
• Artikelnr.: 36597811

Autorenporträt

Tracy Humby recently completed her PhD in the field of education, focusing on the topic of the formation of legal professional identity. Louis Kotzé is an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and is a visiting professor at University of Ottawa and University of Giessen.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: INTRODUCTION
* 2: THE POST-APARTHEID LEGAL ORDER
* 3: THE HISTORICAL FUNCTIONS OF LAW: FROM THE ROMAN TO THE CANONICAL
PERIOD
* 4: THE HISTORICAL FUNCTIONS OF LAW: DEVELOPMENTS AFTER 1500
* 5: SOURCES OF LAW AND LEGAL AUTHORITY
* 6: CLASSIFICATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN LAW
* 7: THE LEGISLATIIVE PROCESS AND THE INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES
* 8: ADJUDICATION, INTERPRETATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
* 9: LITIGATION
* 10: LEGAL ACTORS
* 11: THE TESTING OF LEGAL RULES AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION
* 12: ACCESSING LEGAL INFORMATION: WHERE AND HOW TO FIND LEGAL
INFORMATION
* 13: WORKING WITH LEGAL PROBLEMS
* BIBLIOGRAPHY
* TABLE OF CASES
* TABLE OF STATUTES
* GLOSSARY
* INDEX