The Human Rights Law Index is a collection of international treaties and case law from African courts on topics relating to human rights. The case selection aims to provide a snapshot of human rights law in a country, as well as within the African Union. The index currently covers over 1000 documents.
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Make your selections from the choices on the left| Court | Title | Judgement Date | Summary |
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| Supreme Court | IN RE HAMILTON (DECEASED), LEWIS and ANOTHER v. DA VIES (001) [1956] SLSC 1 (06 January 1956); | 06 Jan 1956 | Search Summary: Family Law-property-married women's property-married woman cannot acquire... |
| Court of Appeal | CONTEH & FIVE OTHERS AND REGINAM (083) [1956] SLCA 1 (11 January 1956); | 11 Jan 1956 | Search Summary: [I] Criminal Law-degrees of complicity-conspiracy-conspiracy to accuse of crime-... |
| Court of Appeal | N'DANEMA AND RENNER & FIVE OTHERS (084) [1956] SLCA 2 (29 May 1956); | 29 May 1956 | Search Summary: [I] Administrative Law-tribunals-procedure-no interference by court until all... |
| Court of Appeal | RICHARDS, NORMAN & CUMMINGS-JOHN AND REGINAM (085) [1956] SLCA 3 (05 June 1956); | 05 Jun 1956 | Search Summary: [I] Criminal Law-libel-justification-burden on accused to prove truth of... |