Legal interpretation in South Africa refers to the juridical understanding of South African legislation and case law, and the rules and principles used...

enacted any given statute. Interpretation Act Judicial activism Judicial interpretation Legal interpretation in South Africa Original intent — Original...

operations. Israel characterized South Africa's charges as "baseless", describing the country as "functioning as the legal arm" of Hamas. Israel said that...

South Africa has a 'hybrid' or 'mixed' legal system, formed by the interweaving of a number of distinct legal traditions: a civil law system inherited...

system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was...

ergaster, the earliest Homo sapiens (modern human) remains, found in Ethiopia, South Africa, and Morocco, date to circa 233,000, 259,000, and 300,000 years...

South African contract law is "essentially a modernized version of the Roman-Dutch law of contract", and is rooted in canon and Roman laws. In the broadest...

Crime in South Africa includes all violent and non-violent crimes that take place in the country of South Africa, or otherwise within its jurisdiction...

foreground of the Human Rights discourse in the region, even prior to the European Enlightenment Period. South Africa's legal system is founded on constitutional...

In South Africa, the Firearms Control Act 60 of 2000 regulates the possession of firearms by civilians. Possession of a firearm is conditional on a competency...

South African environmental law describes the legal rules in South Africa relating to the social, economic, philosophical and jurisprudential issues raised...

South African constitutional law is the area of South African law relating to the interpretation and application of the Constitution of the Republic of...

Act, widening the legal interpretation of pornography and prohibiting it comprehensively. The law has been subject to challenge in the Constitutional...

The South African law of delict engages primarily with 'the circumstances in which one person can claim compensation from another for harm that has been...

The South African law of evidence forms part of the adjectival or procedural law of that country. It is based on English common law. There is no all-embracing...

receives citizenship at birth. Children born to a legal resident of the country are permitted to South African citizenship only when they reach the age of majority...

Originalism is a legal theory that bases constitutional, judicial, and statutory interpretation of text on the original understanding at the time of its...

Constitutional law Constitution of South Africa Law of South Africa Stare decisis Legal interpretation in South Africa True Motives 84 (Pty) Ltd v Mahdi...

procedure in South Africa is the formal rules and standards that courts follow in that country when adjudicating civil suits (as opposed to procedures in criminal...

United States to other countries, including South Africa, where it is still evident periodically. South Africa was particularly associated with the Satanic...

South African customary law refers to a usually uncodified legal system developed and practised by the indigenous communities of South Africa. Customary...

from 1948 to 1994, Indian South Africans were legally classified as being a separate racial group. Some Indian South Africans believed that these terms...

(at the time administered by the private British South Africa Company) was the first area in Africa to adopt standard time, switching to UTC+02:30 on...

Israel–South Africa relations refer to the current and historic relationship between the Republic of South Africa and the State of Israel. As of January...

The South African law of sale is an area of the legal system in that country that describes rules applicable to a contract of sale (or, to be more specific...

statement). Legal interpreting can be the consecutive interpretation of witnesses' testimony, for example, or the simultaneous interpretation of entire...

In South Africa". Helen Suzman Foundation. Jeremy Sarkin-Hughes (2008) Colonial Genocide and Reparations Claims in the 21st Century: The Socio-Legal Context...

South African administrative law is the branch of public law which regulates the legal relations of public authorities, whether with private individuals...

South African labour law regulates the relationship between employers, employees and trade unions in the Republic of South Africa. The Native Labour Regulations...

Criminal procedure in South Africa refers to the adjudication process of that country's criminal law. It forms part of procedural or adjectival law, and...