Carrow's South African Law Links

Carrow's South Africa Law Links
A Selective Compilation of Helpful Legal Sites

South African Law Links

Doing Business in South Africa.

    A Lex Africa site that provides a wealth of information on the hows, whys and wherefores incident to establishing and maintaining a business in South Africa.

South African Commercial Law.

    Reports South African judgments of interest to commercial lawyers and purports to summarize all the reported commercial judgments handed down by the courts.

South African Government.

    Extensive site providing a wealth of useful information on the judicial, executive and legislative branches of government.

South African Legal Expertise Online.

    Group of South African legal practitioners who each purport to be an expert in a particular area of South African law. We suggest you make your own investigation as to whether their qualifications satisfy your needs.

African Law Today

    Current comment on African law published by the African Law Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of International Law and Practice.

South African Legislation.

    A brief explanation of the South African legislative process, links to legislation 1993 to date and miscellaneous related links.

    Well organized and indexed compilation of South African legal links on a variety of topics.

Labour Net.

    Provides helpful and informative industrial relations resources for anyone contemplating establishment of a business in South Africa.

School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand (i.e.,"Wits University").

    Host to an electronic library of documents relating to, amongst other topics, South African and international human rights law.

South African Law Commission.

    The Commission is an advisory body whose aim is the renewal and improvement of the law of South Africa on a continuous basis.

Jutastat.

    For the practitioner seriously interested in researching the South African law. Maintained by a subsidiary of Juta & Company, South Africa's foremost law publishers. Orientation is exclusively electronic, i.e., CD-ROM and the internet.

Jump Start.

    A comprehensive guide to South African government and law related online services.

Lawresearch.

    Lawresearch has three levels of service; a demonstration page of 20,000 legal resources, which is a free public service; a free test trial account for legal professionals with some 30,000 legal resources links; and a commercial version which contains over 200,000 legal resource links worldwide

The Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa.

    Specialist panels of arbitrators and mediators, drawn from a broad range of fields who undertake to adhere to the AFSA Code of Conduct. AFSA standard arbitration clauses, for inclusion in contracts, are available free of charge.

LegalNET.

    Subscription service providing access to All South African Law Reports, Butterworths Legal Directory, procedural timetables and prescription periods, judgments on-line and, amongst other materials, full text government publications.

Internet Law Library: Laws of South Africa.

    As is usually the case, this Internet Law Library site provides limited links, approximately half of which deal with legal issues of limited interest.

Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration.

    Offers a wide range of information about this independent statutory commission (CCMA), established pursuant to the terms of the Labour Relations Act (1995), to resolve labour disputes.

Legal City.

    Searchable site that touches upon virtually everything legal, from A to Z. Includes articles by legal experts, attorney chat room, provides assisted legal research in all areas of the law and assistance in finding a specialist attorney or advocate

South African Government of National Unity.

    South Africa's Government of National Unity (GNU) is a constitutionally-defined multi-party government. The Government of National Unity came into existence after South Africa's first democratic elections, in April 1994. The site has evolved over the years and now presents a helpful overview of government generally.

Butterworth's All African Law Reports.

    All South African Law Reports. No charge from 1960 on. Earlier reports available by subscription. Searchable.

South African Courts and Judiciary.

    A good first effort. Much can be done to improve the site.

Juta's Digest Of South African Law.

    Contains summaries of all cases considered for publication in the SA Law Reports and the SA Criminal Law Reports.

The Constitutional Court of South Africa

    Latest Constitutional Court decisions, together with archive access to past Court rulings. Site has search capability.

South African Government Internet Sites.

    A truly magnificent index of the government's internet sites.

The National Public Protector, or Ombudsman.

    The National Public Protector receives complaints from aggrieved persons against government agencies or officials and has the power to investigate, recommend corrective action and issue reports.

Bills of the South African Parliament.

    1995 through 1999 bills, together with pending amendments to existing bills and a brief explanation of the South African legislative process.

De Rebus.

    The South African Attorney's practice journal.

South African Legal Material and Links.

    A smorgasbord of legal links. Ideal for the law surfer.

South African Cyber Treaties Series.

    A comprehensive list of treaties South Africa has entered into. Links to the full text of treaties. Main focus is multilateral treaties.

The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR).

    Dedicated to making a meaningful contribution to peaceful and fundamental transformation in South Africa.

Labour Courts of South Africa.

    Full text of the judgments of the South African Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court

The Pretoria Bar Association.

    An up to date source of information about the Pretoria Bar, including a listing of its members.

SABINET Online.

    Subscription service. Provides comprehensive coverage of the major worldwide journals, books and reports related to criminology and related disciplines. Emphasis upon South Africa.

Marine and Shipping Law.

    Source of materials used in the practice and research of marine and shipping law.

University Law Resources & Faculties.

ANANZI.

    The premier South African search engine. Click on the logo to enter.

    If you are searching for a lawyer, we suggest that you enter on the search bar:  (1) the geographic area involved, e.g., Johannesburg, Pretoria, South Africa, Kimberley, San Francisco, bay area, England, California, northern california, London, etc.;  (2) the category of law involved, e.g., litigation, business, commercial, construction, international, white collar crime, securities fraud, mediation, arbitration, personal injury, etc; (3) the expertise sought, e.g., lawyer, barrister, litigation lawyer, trial lawyer, office attorney, solicitor, attorney, etc.; and anything else that suits your fancy, e.g., experienced, highly rated. We wish you luck in locating a lawyer who satisfies your needs.


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