Library Guides: South African Human Rights Law & Policy: South African Law

Sources of Law

Southern African Legal Information Institute: South Africa
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Case law, legislation; links to government, NGO, and legal aid sites; law of neighboring countries.
Department of Justice and Constitutional Affairs (DOJ & CA)
Court rules, practice directions, precedents (forms).
Community Law Centre – University of Western Cape
LexisNexis SA
Subscription service.
JutaStat
Subscription service from Juta, the leading South African legal publisher.

Supreme Court of Appeal
Court of last resort.
Constitutional Court
The Constitutional Court decides cases involving the Constitution and human rights.
High Courts
Trial Courts
Labour Appeals Court
Final appeal from the Labour Court.

South African Law Reports
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The standard reporter for cases from the Supreme Court of Appeals and the High Courts. Available on Jutastat.
All South African Law Reports (All SA)
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Reporter from LexisNexis Butterwoths, containing cases from the Supreme Court of Appeal and the High Courts. Available on South African Lexis plans.
Butterworths constitutional law reports
Available on the Law School Lexis plan.

LawCite (available on SAFLII)
The Note-Up link, at the top of any case, will also find other cases on SAFLII that cite your case.
The Index and Annotations to the South African Law Reports
Annotations are also available on Jutastat.
Butterworths Consolidated Index and Noter-Up to the All South African Law Reports and the South African Law Reports
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Annotations are available on South African Lexis plans, but not on the US Law School plan.

Contact:

Anglo-American and Historical Collections Librarian
D'Angelo Law Library

Subjects:Foreign Law, Law