African Customary Marriages in South Africa and the Intricacies of a Mixed Legal System: Judicial (In)novatio or Confusio?

South Africa has a mixed legal system comprised of transplanted European laws (the core being Roman-Dutch law, subsequently influenced by English common law) and indigenous laws, referred to as customary law. This mix is also evident in South Africa’s marriage laws, which can roughly be divided into...

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Veröffentlicht in:	McGill law journal 2012-06, Vol.57 (4), p.749-780
Hauptverfasser:	Rautenbach, Christa, du Plessis, Willemien
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Civil law Common law Constitutional law Customary law Indigenous peoples Judicial process Law Law and legislation Legal positivism Marriage Marriage law
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