title: Co-existence and harmonisation of different legal traditions in South Africa
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metadata.value: Rudokvas, Anton D.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Thomas, Philip J.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2023-08-24T10:40:03Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2023-08-24T10:40:03Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-06
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metadata.value: Rudokvas, Anton D., Thomas, Philip J. 2023. Co-existence and harmonisation of different legal traditions in South Africa. Pravovedenie 67 (2): 115–136. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu25.2023.201 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu25.2023.201
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/43867
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metadata.value: This essay introduces a contemporary description of the mixed jurisdiction of South Africa.
  It depicts how in South Africa co-existence, harmonization and resistance are found in different
  fields of law and identifies both pitfalls and benefits of mixity. Several components are
  introduced: civil law, English common law, local customary law, the Bill of Rights and international
  legal instruments. The successful harmonisation of civil and common law is ascribed
  to introduction of the English administration of justice. The British institutions, structure and
  process placed the focus on legal procedure and succeeded to avoid conflict between different
  legal cultures as economic transactions ignored different value systems and doctrine.
  The same model was, however, not applied in respect of indigenous customary law, where
  from the onset choices between values and doctrine were cast in stone with the consequent
  conflicts. The new constitution of 1996 is transformative and the courts are instructed to develop
  common law and indigenous law to promote the rights, values, spirit and purport of the
  Bill of Rights. Thus, in all fields of private law court decisions attempt to realise such transformation
  by harmonising constitutional values with legal tradition while strong impetus has
  been provided by legislation. As it appears that the need for harmonisation between civil and common law is experienced mainly in the commercial field, the question arises whether civil
  law jurisdictions can transform themselves into a mixed jurisdiction by way of legal transplants
  to facilitate the global market. Mixed legal systems developed mostly as the result of
  colonial history. Civil law and common law were able to mix because the common law court
  system and procedure made it possible for English trained judges to successfully merge certain
  areas of private law, primarily in the commercial field. This means that the court system
  and the law of procedure, but especially training, qualification and selection of judges are of
  paramount importance.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Pravovedenie;Volume 67; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: harmonization
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: legal transplant
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: legal tradition
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: common law
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: mixed jurisdiction
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: customary law
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: constitutionalisation of private law
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Co-existence and harmonisation of different legal traditions in South Africa
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metadata.value: Article
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