South Africa

Key sites

Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII)
SAFLII is a prototype system produced from data developed and published by the University of the Witswaterand Law School with assistance from the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII). It contains case law, legislation, and law reform publications.

Jutastat (Monash users only)
South African and other law reports and statutes.

Researching South African Law (LLRX.com)
Cape Town law librarians Amanda Barratt and Pamela Snyman's guide reviews their country's legislative, judiciary, etc branches, sources for case law in print and online, legal journals, reference works, text books, useful databases for South African legal research, and more.

Legislation

The Constitution (Constitutional Court of South Africa)

Butterworths Statutes of South Africa (LexisNexis: Total Research System, Monash users only)

Case law

Constitutional Court of South Africa

Constitutional Court judgements (Constitutional Court of South Africa)

South African judgements (SAFLII)

Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa
Full-text and summaries of judgments from 1999 onwards.

Other

South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Official TRC website and includes Amnesty hearing and decision transcripts, human rights violations submissions and transcripts, reparation and rehabilitation policies, special hearings, media releases, legal background and the TRC report.

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