The making of South African legal culture, 1902-1936 : fear, favour, and prejudice

The development of the South African legal system in the early twentieth century was crucial to the establishment and maintenance of the systems which underpinned the racist state, including control of the population, the running of the economy, and the legitimization of the regime. Martin Chanock's highly illuminating and definitive perspective on that development examines all areas of the law: criminal law and criminology; the Roman-Dutch law; the State's African law; and land, labour and 'rule of law' questions. His revisionist analysis of the construction of South African legal culture illustrates the larger processes of legal colonization, while the consideration of the interaction between imported doctrine and legislative models with local contexts and approaches also provides a basis for understanding the re-fashioning of law under circumstances of post-colonialism and globalization The Development Of The South African Legal System In The Early Twentieth Century Was Crucial To The Establishment And Maintenance Of The Systems Which Underpinned The Racist State, Including Control Of The Population, The Running Of The Economy, And The Legitimisation Of The Regime. Martin Chanock's Illuminating And Definitive Perspective On That Development Examines All Areas Of The Law Including Criminal Law And Criminology; The Roman-dutch Law; The State's African Law; And Land, Labour And 'rule Of Law' Questions. His Revisionist Analysis Of The Construction Of South African Legal Culture Illustrates The Larger Processes Of Legal Colonisation, While The Consideration Of The Interaction Between Imported Doctrine And Legislative Models With Local Contexts And Approaches Also Provides A Basis For Understanding The Re-fashioning Of Law Under Circumstances Of Post-colonialism And Globalisation.--book Jacket. Part I. Puzzles, Paradigms And Problems: 1. Four Stories ; 2. Introduction: Legal Culture, State-making And Colonialism -- Part Ii. Law And Order: 3. Police And Policing ; 4. Criminology ; 5. Prisons And Penology ; 6. Criminal Law ; 7. Criminalising Political Opposition -- Part Iii. South African Common Law A: 8. Roman-dutch Law ; 9. Marriage And Race ; 10. The Legal Profession -- Part Iv. South African Common Law B: 11. Creating The Discourse: Customary Law And Colonial Rule In 19th Century South Africa ; 12. After Union: The Segregationist Tide ; 13. The Native Appeal Courts And Customary Law ; 14. Customary Law, Courts And Code After 1927 -- Part V. Law And Government: 15. Land 16. Law And Labour ; 17. The New Province For Law And Order: Struggles On The Racial Frontier ; 18. A Rule Of Law -- Part Vi. Consideration: 19. Reconstructing The State: Legal Formalism, Democracy And A Post-colonial Rule Of Law. Martin Chanock. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 539-554) And Indexes. Chanock's definitive perspective on the development of the South African legal system in the early twentieth century examines all areas of the law: criminal law and criminology; the Roman-Dutch law; the State's African law; Land, Labour and 'Rule of Law' questions. His revisionist analysis illustrates the processes of legal colonization