Southern Cross: Civil Law and Common Law in South Africa

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Preface v
• Summary of Contents vii
• Table of Contents xi
• List of Contributors xxvii
• List of Abbreviations xxix
• Table of Cases: South Africa xxxv
• Table of Cases: England and Other Jurisdictions xciii
• Introduction - South African Law as a Mixed Legal System 1
• Part I - Setting the Scene 31
• 1: Roman-Dutch Law in Its South African Historical Context 33
• 2: African Land -- a History of Dispossession 65
• 3: the Architects of the Mixed Legal System 95
• 4: the Interaction of Substantive Law and Procedure 141
• Part II - General Principles of Contractual Liability 163
• 5: Contract Formation 165
• 6: Interpretation of Contracts 195
• 7: Good Faith and Equity 217
• 8: Voidable Contracts 261
• 9: Breach of Contract 303
• 10: Agency and Stipulatio Alteri 335
• Part III - Obligations in a Commercial Context 359
• 11: Purchase and Sale 361
• 12: Employment Relations 389
• 13: Suretyship 417
• 14: Insurance Law 435
• 15: Negotiable Instruments 481
• Part IV - Obligations Arising Neither Ftom Contract nor from Delict 521
• 16: Unjustified Enrichment 523
• Part V - The Law of Delict 557
• 17: Aquilian Liability I (nineteenth Century) 559
• 18: Aquilian Liability II (twentieth Century) 595
• 19: the Protection of Personality Rights 639
• Part VI - Property Law 655
• 20: Ownership 657
• 21: Original Acquisition of Ownership 701
• 22: Transfer of Ownership 727
• 23: Neighbour Law 759
• 24: Servitudes 785
• 25: Possession 819
• Part VII - Fiduciary Transactions 847
• 26: Trust 849
• Index 873
• Index of Persons 889

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