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The history of the cape Supreme Court and its role in the development of judicial precedent for the period 1827-1910

In commenting on the effect of the Royal Charter of Justice of 1827, Hahlo and Kahn state that 'within a lustrum the legal institutions of the Cape had been transmogrified’. However a number of important changes had already been made to these institutions in the period preceding the 'lustrum'. It is...

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Main Author: Fine, Hilton Basil
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Language:English
Published: Department of Public Law 2018
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description In commenting on the effect of the Royal Charter of Justice of 1827, Hahlo and Kahn state that 'within a lustrum the legal institutions of the Cape had been transmogrified’. However a number of important changes had already been made to these institutions in the period preceding the 'lustrum'. It is apparent that the legal institutions at the Cape were already being altered during the First British Occupation which lasted from September 1795 to February 1803.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/28946 The history of the cape Supreme Court and its role in the development of judicial precedent for the period 1827-1910 Fine, Hilton Basil In commenting on the effect of the Royal Charter of Justice of 1827, Hahlo and Kahn state that 'within a lustrum the legal institutions of the Cape had been transmogrified’. However a number of important changes had already been made to these institutions in the period preceding the 'lustrum'. It is apparent that the legal institutions at the Cape were already being altered during the First British Occupation which lasted from September 1795 to February 1803. 2018-10-23T14:15:32Z 2018-10-23T14:15:32Z 1986 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28946 eng application/pdf Department of Public Law Faculty of Law University of Cape Town
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