The history of the Cape supreme court and its role in the development of judicial precedent for the period 1827-1910
| dc.contributor.author | Fine, Hilton Basil | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-02-19T10:51:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-02-19T10:51:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1986 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2026-02-19T10:47:04Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Hahlo and Kahn have aptly described South African Law as a 'three-layered cake'. This dissertation is not so much concerned with the ingredients of the cake, but with the Cape Supreme Court which was used to 'bake' the third layer, and the judges who were employed to supervise the task. However, in order to wet the appetites of the legal gourmets, an attempt has been made to analyse the ingredient of judicial precedent, and to serve it up in the form of 'icing'. A survey of the traditional source materials utilized by lawyers, revealed a paucity of publications on the history of the Cape Supreme Court and on the early stages in the development of judicial precedent. It was therefore necessary to utilize archival material, government publications and unpublished theses. In approaching the subject, Hahlo and Kahn's concise survey proved to be an ideal starting point for conducting the investigation. Buttressed with Walker's biography of Lord de Villier's, 3 it was possible to obtain an overall picture of the developments which occurred during the period under consideration. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Fine, H. B. (1986). <i>The history of the Cape supreme court and its role in the development of judicial precedent for the period 1827-1910</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42866 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Fine, Hilton Basil. <i>"The history of the Cape supreme court and its role in the development of judicial precedent for the period 1827-1910."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42866 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Fine, H.B. 1986. The history of the Cape supreme court and its role in the development of judicial precedent for the period 1827-1910. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42866 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Fine, Hilton Basil AB - Hahlo and Kahn have aptly described South African Law as a 'three-layered cake'. This dissertation is not so much concerned with the ingredients of the cake, but with the Cape Supreme Court which was used to 'bake' the third layer, and the judges who were employed to supervise the task. However, in order to wet the appetites of the legal gourmets, an attempt has been made to analyse the ingredient of judicial precedent, and to serve it up in the form of 'icing'. A survey of the traditional source materials utilized by lawyers, revealed a paucity of publications on the history of the Cape Supreme Court and on the early stages in the development of judicial precedent. It was therefore necessary to utilize archival material, government publications and unpublished theses. In approaching the subject, Hahlo and Kahn's concise survey proved to be an ideal starting point for conducting the investigation. Buttressed with Walker's biography of Lord de Villier's, 3 it was possible to obtain an overall picture of the developments which occurred during the period under consideration. DA - 1986 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Cape supreme court KW - Judicial precedent KW - 1827-1910 LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1986 T1 - The history of the Cape supreme court and its role in the development of judicial precedent for the period 1827-1910 TI - The history of the Cape supreme court and its role in the development of judicial precedent for the period 1827-1910 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42866 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42866 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Fine HB. The history of the Cape supreme court and its role in the development of judicial precedent for the period 1827-1910. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society, 1986 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42866 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Law and Society | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Law | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.subject | Cape supreme court | |
| dc.subject | Judicial precedent | |
| dc.subject | 1827-1910 | |
| dc.title | The history of the Cape supreme court and its role in the development of judicial precedent for the period 1827-1910 | |
| dc.type | Thesis / Dissertation | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters |