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The website at the time of this transition carried approximately 700 judgments from South Africa and Namibia. SAFLII is currently in operation from within the Department of Public Law at the University of Cape Town and has been there from December 2013. SAFLII became a member of the Free Access to Law Movement at the Law Via the Internet ...
South African law, however, long appeared to favour the view that only material facts within one's actual or personal knowledge were included in the duty of disclosure. In M&F v Oudtshoorn , however, the court stated in passing that constructive knowledge—that is to say, knowledge which is imputed or presumed—is also included in the duty of ...
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, as the supreme law of the Republic, provides the overarching framework for civil procedure; [6] the Constitution has been responsible for significant changes to civil procedure since its inception in the 1990s, as in, for example, debt collection matters, [7] access to the courts [8] and prescription, in particular with respect to ...
An application for leave to appeal against a decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal, the case revolved around the question of the vicarious liability of an employer for the delictual acts of an employee: in casu, the liability of the Minister of Safety and Security for criminal acts committed by police officers while off duty. An off-duty ...
South African contract law is "essentially a modernized version of the Roman-Dutch law of contract", [1] and is rooted in canon and Roman laws. In the broadest definition, a contract is an agreement two or more parties enter into with the serious intention of creating a legal obligation. Contract law provides a legal framework within which ...
South African jurisprudence refers to the study and theory of South African law. Jurisprudence has been defined as "the study of general theoretical questions about the nature of laws and legal systems." [1] It is a complex and evolving field that reflects the country's unique legal history and societal changes.
The Constitution provides a basis for the reform of all South African law. It is supreme law and contains a Bill of Rights, against which the validity of all laws may be tested. Insolvency laws pose a potential threat to a number of fundamental rights, like the right to equality, freedom and security of the person, privacy, access to ...
Law of conveyancing in South Africa; Law of evidence in South Africa; Law of persons in South Africa; Law Society of South Africa; Legal interpretation in South Africa; Life imprisonment in South Africa