Introduction to South African Law Fresh Perspectives Third Edition

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Section 1: The roots of the law

1. What is the law?
2. History and development of South African law

Section 2: The trunk that supports our law

3. The Constitution
4. Legislation
5. Ethics and law
6. Case law
7. Common law
8. Customary law
9. Secondary sources
10. The court structure
11. The legal profession

Section 3: The branches of our law

12. Constitutional law and human rights
13. Criminal law
14. Law of persons and family law and law of succession
15. Law of property and law of intellectual property
16. Law obligations
17. Commercial law
18. Law of evidence
19. Criminal procedure
20. Civil procedure

Section 4: The international branch

21. Public and private international law

Section 5: A changing tree

22. AIDS and the law
23. Thinking about the law: Jurisprudence

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Section 1: The roots of the law

Section 2: The trunk that supports our law

Section 3: The branches of our law

Section 4: The international branch

Section 5: A changing tree

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