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Title:The role of American authorities in the early development of South African law
Author:Spiller, Peter
Year:1985
Periodical:The Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa
Volume:18
Issue:2
Pages:206-214
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subject:legal history
Abstract:Examination of the legal records of the three decades preceding the Union of the South African colonies in 1910 reveals that American reports and textwriters played a significant role in helping to strengthen, refine and extend South African law in a crucial period of its history. The author focuses on the reasons for the American influence and the manner in which it was exercised. Notes, ref.
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