The quest for justice : essays in honour of Michael McGregor Corbett
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The quest for justice : essays in honour of Michael McGregor Corbett
Juta, 1995
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Includes bibliographical references
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Illustrated with photographs and containing an informative genealogical tree, this handsome volume is a reflection of the high regard in which the Chief Justice is held by his colleagues on the Bench, by legal practitioners and by legal academics.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Biographical: Michael McGregor Corbett - gamaliel redux, Ellison Kahn
- Mr Justice Alexander John McGregor - distinguished forebear of Michael McGregor Corbett, Ellison Kahn. Part 2 Tributes: the power of clear thinking, A.S. Botha
- a tribute, G.G. Hoexter
- the Chief Justice - a colleague's tribute, H.H. Nestadt
- Cambridge days, D.L.L. Shearer
- Michael Corbett - a tribute to a great judge, Lord Steyn
- the Chief Justice - some memories, R.S. Welsh. Part 3: the law applicable to land in South Africa - the "lex situs" rule and conflicts of personal law, T.W. Bennett
- the judiciary and a Bill of Rights in a changing South Africa, Hugh Corder
- substance over form in tax law - the contribution of Mr Justice Corbett, Dennis M. Davis
- some reflections on the contribution of the appellate division to the development of international law within the South African legal system, D.J. Devine
- audi alteram partem since administrator, Transvaal v. Traub, Christopher Forsyth
- the satisfaction of ministers - judicial review of "subjective" discretions in South Africa, Jeremy Gauntlett
- contracts embodied in orders of court - the legal nature and effect of a judgment by consent, Dale Hutchinson
- opening the door, H.C. Nicholas
- producing a judgement in the appellate division, P.M. Nienaber
- estoppel en eiendomsverkryging - 'n herevaluering, H.J.O. Van Heerden
- taking life imprisonment seriously, Dirk van Zyl Smit
- the interpretation of patent claims - a chronology of the vicissitudes of the "pith-and-marrow" doctrine of purposive construction in the appellate division, Coenraad Visser
- the role of judicial policy in setting the limits of a general enrichment action, D.P. Visser
- on compromise, David Zeffertt.
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