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Respect for the Courts: Myth and Reality

Gilbert MarcusCentre for Applied Legal Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
, BA LLB (Witwatersrand) LLB (Cantab) (Advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa, Research Officer)
Pages 236-244 | Published online: 02 Feb 2017

  • House of Assembly Debates 27 March 1985 col 2827.
  • See Gilbert Marcus ‘Judging the Judges’ (1984) 101 SALJ 160.
  • House of Assembly Debates 27 March 1985 cols 2826–7.
  • 1979 (4) SA 367 (T) at 369C.
  • At 369D.
  • See (1970) 87 SALJ 25.
  • See 1983 De Rebus 4.
  • International Commission of Jurists Erosion of the Rule of Law in South Africa (1968) iv.
  • Sydney Kentridge ‘Telling the Truth about Law’ (1982) 99 SALJ 648 at 652.
  • RP 78/ 1983.
  • At 59, para 1.3.2.
  • (1898) 14 Law Quarterly Review 343 at 350.
  • See generally, John Dugard Human Rights and the South African Legal Order (1978) 112–23 and ss 28 and 29 of the Internal Security Act 74 of 1982.
  • Act 49 of 1953.
  • See, for example, R v Abdurahman 1950 (3) SA 136 (A) and R v Lusu 1953 (2) SA 484 (A).
  • See note 10 above.
  • ‘The Didcott Memorandum and Other Submissions to the Hoexter Commission’ (1980) 97 SALJ 651 at 657.
  • See s 60 of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977.
  • The full text of President Botha's reply is reproduced in The Star 7 March 1985.
  • The foreign minister and Bishop Tutu were participants in a debate produced for the American Broadcasting Corporation's ‘Nightline’ series. The debate was televised in South Africa on 19 March 1985.
  • S v Ramgobin 1985 (3) SA 587 (N).
  • At 588C — 589F.
  • S v Ramgobin 1985(4)SABO(N).
  • In this regard, see generally, John Dugard op cit 384; Raymond Wacks Judges and Injustice (1983) 16; Mr Justice J M Didcott ‘Address to the graduation ceremony of the University of Natal 22 April 1983 23.’ (1984) 3 Lawyers for Human Rights Bulletin 23.
  • The Star 7 March 1985.
  • Rand Daily Mail 5 May 1984.
  • The Star 2 May 1984.
  • 1984 (4) SA 59 (SWA).
  • The Star 7 March 1985.
  • Act 38 of 1927.
  • 1946 AD 763.
  • At 771, cited with approval by Centlivres CJ in Saliwa v Minister of Native Affairs 1956(2) SA 310 (A) at 316H – 317A.
  • No 89/85-GA.
  • Shadrack More v Minister of Co-operation and Development (AD 19 September 1985 Case No 179/84, unreported).

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