Southern Cross: Civil Law and Common Law in South Africa
- ISBN-10
- 0198260873
- ISBN-13
- 9780198260875
- Series
- Southern Cross
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 892
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Authors
- Reinhard Zimmermann, D. P. Visser
Description
This work provides a history of the main institutions of South African private law, as well as exploring the process through which the integration of English common law and continental civil law was achieved in that jurisdiction. It is a first stepping stone in the writing of the history of private law in South Africa.
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