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  2. Constitution of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of South Africa is the supreme law of the Republic of South Africa. It provides the legal foundation for the existence of the republic, it sets out the rights and duties of its citizens, and defines the structure of the Government. The current constitution, the country's fifth, was drawn up by the Parliament elected in 1994 in ...

  3. South African constitutional law - Wikipedia

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    South African constitutional law. South African constitutional law is the area of South African law relating to the interpretation and application of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa by the country's courts. All laws of South Africa must conform with the Constitution; any laws inconsistent with the Constitution have no force or ...

  4. South African Constitution of 1961 - Wikipedia

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    The Republic of South Africa Constitution Bill was introduced in January 1961. It came into force on 31 May 1961; 31 May was a significant day in South African history, being both the day in 1902 on which the Treaty of Vereeniging was signed, ending the Second Anglo-Boer War, and the day in 1910 on which the Union of South Africa came into being.

  5. Politics of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Politics ofSouth Africa. The Republic of South Africa is a unitary parliamentary democratic republic. The President of South Africa serves both as head of state and as head of government. The President is elected by the National Assembly (the lower house of the South African Parliament) and must retain the confidence of the Assembly in order to ...

  6. Chapter One of the Constitution of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996: Chapter 1. Chapter 1 of the Constitution of South Africa, titled Founding Provisions and containing six sections, enshrines in the constitution key national principles, defines the country's flag and national anthem, and specifies the official languages and principles of government language ...

  7. History of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Southern Africa was later populated by Bantu-speaking people who migrated from the western region of central Africa during the early centuries AD. Professor Raymond Dart discovered the skull of a 2.51 million year old Taung Child in 1924, the first example of Australopithecus africanus ever found.

  8. South African jurisprudence - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Legal interpretation in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Legal interpretation in South Africa refers to the juridical understanding of South African legislation and case law, and the rules and principles used to construct its meaning for judicial purposes. [1] Broadly speaking there are three means by which and through which South African scholars and jurists construe their country's statutory law ...