Native Courts Practice

An octavo hardcover book in the original dark blue cloth binding with gilt titles to the spine. The borders of the covers are blind stamped with lines as is a Juta & Co. Device. The book is In generally good condition, firmly bound and with nice square corners. Very slight shelf wear, no foxing but with very slight browning end pages and the top right hinge of the front cover has a 5cm split. Eleven preliminary pages plus 234 pages of text, including a general index. Having assumed responsibility for its Black citizens the Union of South Africa had presented the legal profession with the difficult task of combining the tribal systems of justice, which had operated from time immemorial, with Western systems of justice as incorporated in Roman Dutch Law. The need for a consolidated set of Acts and amendments gave rise to this volume. The matter is discussed in the Foreword by General JBM Hertzog, then Prime Minister of the Union, who points out the importance of considering the needs of people in the diverse population of the country.