Legal history of South Africa

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Legal_history_of_South_Africa

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:law
gptkbp:colonial_power	gptkb:Netherlands gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:constitutional_change	adoption of final Constitution, 1996 adoption of interim Constitution, 1993
gptkbp:country	gptkb:South_Africa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Legal history of South Africa
gptkbp:includes_period	gptkb:Union_of_South_Africa British colonial era pre-colonial era Dutch colonial era Apartheid era post-Apartheid era
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Roman-Dutch_law English common law indigenous African law
gptkbp:legalSystem	mixed legal system
gptkbp:notableCase	gptkb:Constitutional_Court_of_South_Africa gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_Appeal gptkb:High_Courts_of_South_Africa gptkb:Natives_Land_Act,_1913 gptkb:Group_Areas_Act,_1950 gptkb:Promotion_of_Equality_and_Prevention_of_Unfair_Discrimination_Act,_2000 gptkb:Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission_Act,_1995
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Rivonia_Trial,_1963-1964 gptkb:Sharpeville_Massacre,_1960 end of Apartheid, 1994
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Nelson_Mandela gptkb:Oliver_Tambo gptkb:Pius_Langa gptkb:Albie_Sachs
gptkbp:notableReform	gptkb:Children's_Act,_2005 gptkb:Domestic_Violence_Act,_1998 gptkb:Recognition_of_Customary_Marriages_Act,_1998 gptkb:Labour_Relations_Act,_1995 establishment of Truth and Reconciliation Commission Black Economic Empowerment laws abolition of death penalty, 1995 abolition of pass laws introduction of Bill of Rights land reform legislation legalization of same-sex marriage, 2006
gptkbp:significantEvent	adoption of the 1996 Constitution enactment of the 1910 South Africa Act enactment of the 1948 Apartheid laws
gptkbp:tradition	civil law common law customary law
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:South_African_Constitution
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6