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HARMONISATION OF LAW: THE SOUTH AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
HARMONISATION OF LAW: THE SOUTH AFRICAN EXPERIENCE

Author(s): Philip Thomas
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Comparative law; mixed jurisdiction; legal history; harmonisation of law; law of contract; constitution; expropriation; indigenous law.

Summary/Abstract: South Africa has a mixed jurisdiction in more than one sense. This paper describes the successful harmonization of Roman-Dutch and English law, the obstacles to integration of indigenous law into the South African legal system and the work in progress integrating human rights into the private law.

  • Issue Year: 56/2011
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 3-18
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English
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