"Research Methods for Law" introduces undergraduate and postgraduate students to available methods of research -- legalistic, empirical, comparative and theoretical -- drawing on actual research projects as examples. The book is written by a team of contributors with a broad range of teaching and research experience in law, criminal justice and socio-legal studies.

Designed to serve as a handbook for research methods courses with its coverage of the principal research traditions, the book will also appeal to students of related disciplines who have an interest in legal issues including those from criminology, sociology, psychology, government, politics and social administration. The rich mix of general lessons, theoretical engagement and practical examples will be of real value to students.

Contents

About the Authors Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction and Overview, Mike McConville and Wing Hong Chui 1 Qualitative Legal Research, Ian Dobinson and Francis Johns 2 Quantitative Legal Research, Wing Hong Chui 3 Doing Ethnographic Research: Lessons from a Case Study, Satnam Choongh 4 Comparative Legal Scholarship, Geoffrey Wilson 5 Integrating Theory and Method in the Comparative Contextual Analysis of Trial Process, Mark Findlay and Ralph Henham 6 Research the Landless Movement in Brazil, George Meszaros 7 Non Empirical Discovery in Legal Scholarship: Choosing, Researching and Writing a Traditional Scholarly Article, Michael Pendleton 8 Researching International Law, Stephen Hall 9 Development of Empirical Techniques and Theory, Mike McConville

This casebook contains 122 of the most important decisions on the law of delict from The South African Law Reports.

This standard work provides a practical guide for health services managers who deal with personnel and who wish to create a working environment that facilitates bilateral cooperation and avoids industrial action as far as possible. It sets out current legislation that affects both employers and employees, and informs them of their rights and obligations in very clear terms, supplemented by ample practical examples and specimen documentation.

Legal issues for entrepreneurs is a guide to the complex legal requirements involved in the planning, registering and operating of small business enterprises. Set within the context of South African corporate practice and experience, this title is applicable to both emerging and established SMMEs. It offers the reader an all-inclusive breakdown of legal procedures surrounding the startup and operational facets of entrepreneurship, covering such topics as Employment Equity and BEE, good governance standards and skills development requirements.

This work is intented primarily to reflect the law dealing with water resource management and the provision of water services in South Africa. The law governing water in South Africa was always regarded as a specialised field practised by a small group of lawyers. However, the political and social reform during the last decade of the 20th century, the water-related problems experienced and the prominence given to fundamental human rights and environment-related matters have significantly increased the need for this knowledge by others. South Africa is in the process of developing and implementing a new framework governing water resource management and the provision of water services. This complex and dynamic framework aims to manage absolute water scarcity with significant participation by all interested and affected persons.

Die onlangse bekendstelling van die vier jaarkursus vir die LLB-graad bied studente die geleentheid om 'n aantal fundamentele veranderinge in Suid-Afrikaanse regs onderrig in te voer. Daar word in die eerste studiejaar 'n kursus in die grondslae van ons regstelsel en die ontwikkeling van regsvaardighede aangebied. Romeinse reg vorm die basis en die raamwerk van Suid-Afrikaanse privaatreg.

Health care priorities introduces students to the cross-curricular special subjects and health care priorities that are covered as a prelude to specialisation courses. The topics have been carefully selected to be in line with developments in the nursing qualification and, more broadly, in health care. The title has a strong community-based focus and encourages problem solving both in the clinic and in the community setting. Each chapter contains tutorial-type questions to stimulate discussion and personal research.

The 1993 and 1996 Constitutions introduced a new set of norms for the South African legal system: equality, freedom and human dignity have replaced racism, caprice and arbitrariness as guiding principles.;This work analyzes the fundamental values upon which the new democratic legal order in South Africa is based. It examines the challenges posed by these developments to legal practice and scholarship and concludes that lawyers have adopted an approach of "business as usual" to the new order.

Researchers are continually challenged to find new ways of investigating political, economic and social issues in Africa. This book includes new research designs and a comprehensive discussion of research ethics. In this way the book continues to provide an up-to-date and accessible text on social research methods and applications within African contexts.

Fundamentals of Social Research Methods – An African Perspective spans a broad spectrum and areas of focus include agriculture, public health, community development and regional planning. The material is compatible with the syllabi of social science methods courses in many African training institutions.

The text presents clearly and concisely the fundamentals of research methods in a range of social sciences, including sociology, economics, political science, psychology and education. The content is illustrated throughout with actual examples of social research conducted in various African countries. This text has been written for the non-professional researcher and the student of research methods.

It will prove invaluable to university students, government administrators, development planners, business managers, social workers, educationists and all those interested in conducting social research, including novices.

The sixth edition of Guide to Business Law offers a clear and practical introduction to the basic principles of commercial law. It covers a broad spectrum of subject areas within commercial law, in a concise, simple and straightforward manner. The text provides numerous examples and case illustrations, and a rich and diverse collection of teaching and learning resources, in order to support readers to understand and apply legal principles, to assess their progress, and to successfully master their learning.

This new addition to the popular Juta Pocket Statutes series includes the Local Government Property Rates Act, Regulations in terms of this Act and the Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Act in one pocket-sized volume.

Cases & Materials On Criminal Law is an established casebook on criminal law and companion to Principles of Criminal Law, 3rd edition (2005), where the general principles of the South African criminal law and many of the specific crimes are fully analysed.

Substantially revised by Jonathan Burchell, this third edition covers the general principles of specific crimes, including new sections on the reform of sexual offences and organised crime. Over 50 new extracts and a companion CD-ROM containing an additional 17 extracts from cases and legislation have been included in this edition.

This book can also be used on its own as it contains substantial extracts from judgments, with succinct explanatory headnotes

Includes CD-ROM with an additional 17 extracts from cases and legislation.

Jurisprudence explores fundamental questions about law and justice from a philosophical and theoretical perspective. Rather than merely describing the field, the book provides rigorous evaluation of jurisprudential arguments and explains in clear, accurate and accessible terms, the complex and cutting-edge debates which define the field of contemporary jurisprudence.

Many law students may master the legal theory required of them but struggle to acquire the necessary academic and legal skills to pass and succeed in practice. This sentiment has been echoed over the past few years by legal practitioners and law bodies concerned about ill-equipped new practitioners. This book attempts to address the challenge of helping students achieve what is required of them and provides a basic foundation to studying and practising law.