What are the 4 sources of South African law?
SOURCES OF LAW As South African Law has many sources ie. Common law, legislation or statutes, judicial precedent (court decisions), indigenous law, custom and legal academic writings, it is of practical importance for lawyers to be aware of these different sources which provide the key to the content of the law.
What are the sources of South African law?
South African law has more than one source: Legislation. Case Law (court decisions) Common Law.
What are the law reports in South Africa?
Published monthly the All South African Law Reports publishes civil and criminal cases and precedent-setting judgments to facilitate legal research. The reports are fully indexed comprising annotations and table of statutes.
What are the official law reports?
The Official Law Reports: Appeal Cases (AC), Queen’s Bench (QB), Family (Fam), Chancery (Ch) and earlier series of the Law Reports published by the ICLR have been the most authoritative reports (or ‘best report’) since 1865. These reports include summaries of counsels’ argument.
Where can I find South African law reports?
You will find South African law reports on Jutastat Online and Lexis Library. Not all court judgments are published in law reports. Judgments that are not published in law reports are referred to as unreported judgments.
Where can I find law reports?
Law students should be aware that there are three legal databases which contain law reports:
- JustisOne.
- LexisLibrary.
- Westlaw.
What is Nigerian law reporting?
Nigerian Law Reports (NLR) is probably the first law report in Nigeria. It commenced publications in 1916 and reported cases of the former Supreme Court together with a few cases on appeal to the Privy Council from Nigerian Courts. The Nigerian Law Reports (NLR) covered the period 1881 – 1955.
What are the different types of law reports?
Form and types
- Full-Text Law Reports.
- Summary Reports.
- Official Reports.
- Non-Official Reports.
- All India Reports.
- State Specific Reports.
What are the 4 functions of law?
Offenses against a federal, state, or local community itself are the subject of criminal law, which provides for the government to punish the offender. The law serves many purposes. Four principal ones are establishing standards, maintaining order, resolving disputes, and protecting liberties and rights.