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Montgomery J ‘Free access to primary legal documents in Southern Africa’ 15(1) Organisation of SA Law Libraries (OSALL) Newsletter, Nov 2004. Retrieved 2 May 2012. Section on SAFLII in Greenleaf, G Legal Information Institutes and the Free Access to Law Movement, GlobaLex website, February 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
Attorneys usually specialise in one area, such as Family Law, Property Law, Tax Law, or Commercial law. Attorneys may form professional firms and practice in partnerships, [2] ranging in size to the "Big Five" law firms. The profession is regulated by the Attorneys Act, 1979 (Act No. 53 of 1979). [3]
The Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA or the PoPI Act) is a piece of legislation which governs the law of data protection and privacy in South Africa. [1] The act was passed to regulate the right to privacy, as enshrined by section 14 of the Constitution of South Africa, and would work in conjunction with the Promotion of Access to Information Act.
Werksmans Attorneys is a South African law firm [3] [4] with offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Stellenbosch. [5] It was established in 1917. In 1993, Werksmans was one of the founding members of LEX Africa, currently the oldest and largest African network.
It is grounded in a blend of Roman-Dutch law, English common law, and indigenous African customary law, all underpinned by the transformative Constitution of 1996. [ 2 ] In the South African context, " Ubuntu " based Jurisprudence has been considered the foreground of the Human Rights discourse in the region, even prior to the European ...
Countries (in pink) which share the mixed South African legal system. South Africa has a 'hybrid' or 'mixed' legal system, [1] formed by the interweaving of a number of distinct legal traditions: a civil law system inherited from the Dutch, a common law system inherited from the British, and a customary law system inherited from indigenous Africans (often termed African Customary Law, of which ...
Webber Wentzel is an African law firm headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. The firm operates in a collaborative alliance with global law firm, Linklaters. [7] The firm is considered a member of the "Big Five law firms" of leading South African law firms. The firm is a level 1 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) contributor. [8]
The Judiciary Agency overview Formed 1909 Constitution - 1909 ; 115 years ago (1909) 1996 Constitution - 1996 ; 28 years ago (1996) Jurisdiction Government of South Africa Headquarters 188, 14th Road, Noordwyk, Midrand Agency executive Mandisa Maya, Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa Key documents Chapter 8 of the Constitution Judicial Service Commission Act, 1994 Website judiciary ...