Southern Cross: Civil Law and Common Law in South Africa

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Author(s):
Year Published:
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Type:
Print | Hard Cover
Language:
English
About this publication
Offering essays on the law of obligations and property, Southern Cross is written by some of South Africa’s leading private lawyers and provides stimulating insight into the evolution of South African law. It explores the process of integration of European civil law and English common law in a way which contributes meaningfully to our present understanding.This book opens with an essay which contextualises the contributions that follow, giving a view of the “setting” in which the development of South Africa took place: colonial domination, cultural imperialism, and racial and nationalistic ideologies.
Content
Part I: Setting the scene
Part II: General principles of contractual liability
Part III: Obligations in a commercial context
Part IV: Obligations arising neither from contract nor delict
Part V: The law of delict
Part VI: Property law
Part VII: Fiduciary transactions
Interest / Benefit to
Practitioners
Students
Teachers of law