| The Making of South African Legal Culture 1902 1936: Fear, Favour and Prejudice Revised Edition Contributor(s): Chanock, Martin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521032970 ISBN-13: 9780521032971 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $59.84 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2007 Annotation: Martin Chanock's definitive perspective on the development of South Africa's legal system in the early twentieth century examines all areas of the law: criminal law and criminology; the Roman-Dutch law; the State's African law; Land, Labour and "Rule of Law" questions. His revisionist analysis of the South African legal culture illustrates the larger processes of legal colonization, while the consideration of the interaction between imported doctrine and legislative models with local contexts and approaches also provides a basis for understanding the refashioning of law under circumstances of postcolonialism and globalization. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice - History | Africa - General - Law | Legal History |
| Dewey: 349.68 |
| Lexile Measure: 1410 |
| Physical Information: 1.31" H x 6" W x 9" (1.88 lbs) 588 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Martin Chanock's definitive perspective on the development of South Africa's legal system in the early twentieth century examines all areas of the law: criminal law and criminology; the Roman-Dutch law; the State's African law; Land, Labour and Rule of Law questions. His revisionist analysis of the South African legal culture illustrates the larger processes of legal colonization, while the consideration of the interaction between imported doctrine and legislative models with local contexts and approaches also provides a basis for understanding the refashioning of law under circumstances of postcolonialism and globalization. |
Contributor Bio(s): Chanock, Martin: - Martin Chanock is Professor of Law and Legal Studies at La Trobe University, Victoria. His publications include Law, Custom and Social Order. The Colonial Experience in Malawi and Zambia (1985), and Unconsummated Union Britain, Rhodesia and South Africa 1900-1945 (1977). |