• “Memories of over eighty years" : remiminisces 

  Schulze, W.G. (University of South Africa, Pretoria, 2008)

  I was born at the Paarl on the fifth day of September 1849 and baptised in the Dutch Reformed Church at that place on the thirtieth day of that month.3 I cannot, of course, assert these facts from my own knowledge but ...
• Melius de Villiers : a biographical sketch 

  Schulze, W.G. (University of South Africa, Pretoria, 2008)

  The cradle of the extended De Villiers family in South Africa was an estate near La Rochelle, France. The revocation of the Edict of Nantes in October 1685 meant that freedom of religion came under siege in France.1 Among ...
• Romeins-Hollandse reg : 'n abstracte of kousale stelsel van eiendomsoordrag? 

  Schutte, Flip (University of South Africa, 2007)
• Falling on stony ground : importing the penal practices of Europe into the prisons of colonial Natal (Part 2) 

  Pete, Stephen (University of South Africa, 2007)

  This article will trace the attempts by colonial authorities to implement policies based on these two principles in the prisons of colonial Natal. The Digest stressed the importance of the deterrent effect of strictly ...
• A legal historical perspective on affirmative action in South Africa(Part 2) 

  McGregor, Marie (University of South Africa, 2007)

  This article has traced South Africa’s discriminatory history of colonialism and slavery. After the country’s unification in 1910, further discriminatory policies and laws continued until the end of apartheid in the ...
• Kursoriese historie terugblik op skadevergoeding met spesifieke verwysig na suiwer vermoenskade in die Suid afrikaanse reg 

  Lotz, D.J. (Univarsity of South Africa, 2007)
• Designs of the times : the remaking of South Africa and Dutch courtroom architecture during the 1990s 

  Le Roux, Wessels (University of South Africa, 2007)

  Architecture is to living history what archaeology is to ancient history. One would therefore expect to find numerous examples in which legal history is researched by studying the designs of existing and former court ...
• The mediaeval contractum trinius and the law of partnership 

  Henning, J.J. (University of South Africa, 2007)

  Partnership law is as old as commerce itself. Its history as a profit-sharing device can be traced from the ancient Near-Eastern civilizations to its present day position as one of the most important forms of business ...
• Contracts for a third-party beneficiary : a brief sketch from the Corpus luris to present-day civil law 

  Hallebeek, Jan (University of South Africa, 2007)

  Contemporary jurisdictions of continental Europe are familiar with the legal concepts of a contract in favour of a third-party beneficiary who is not present when the contract is entered into as well as the right of this ...
• The origin of adoption in South Africa 

  Ferreira, Sandra (University of South Africa, 2007)

  The aim of this article is to explore the legislative origin of adoption in South Africa. It is common knowledge that South African law is based on Roman- Dutch principles and that English law has also influenced our ...
• Roman women : sometimes equal and sometimes not 

  Van den Bergh, Rena (University of South Africa, 2006)
• The history of in rem forteiture : a penal legacy of the past 

  Van Jaarsveld, I.L. (University of South Africa, 2006)
• Instances of security in ancient African law with Roman equivalents 

  Van Niekerk, Gardiol J. (University of South Africa, 2006)
• The legal position of Roman women : a dissenting perspective 

  Wethmar-Lemmer, M.W. (University of South Africa, 2006)
• Falling on stony ground : importing the penal practices of Europe into the prisons of colonial Natal (Part 1) 

  Pete, Stephen (University of South Africa, 2006)
• A legal-historical perspective on affirmative action in South Africa (Part 1) 

  McGregor, Marie (University of South Africa, 2006)
• The evolution of state sovereignty : a historical overview 

  Snyman-Ferreira, M.P. (University of South Africa, 2006)
• Legal tradition and the transformation of othordox contract theory : the movement from formalism to realism 

  Hawthorne, L. (University of South Africa, 2006)
• Murder for insurance : policy pays out "life" 

  Havenga, Peter (University of South Africa, 2006)
• The Timbuktu manuscripts : rediscovering a witten source of African law in the era of the African renaissance 

  Goolam, M.N.I. (University of South Africa, 2006)

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