The Making of South African Legal Culture 1902-1936: Fear, Favour and Prejudice

by Martin Chanock

Martin Chanock's definitive perspective on the development of South Africa's legal system in the early twentieth century examines all areas of the law: criminal law and criminology; the Roman-Dutch law; the State's African law; Land, Labour and "Rule of Law" questions. His revisionist analysis of the South African legal culture illustrates the larger processes of legal colonization, while the consideration of the interaction between imported doctrine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521032970
• ISBN13: 9780521032971
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 588 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"