The Legal Profession in SA: History, Liability and Regulation
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 The focus, structure and aim of this book -- 1.2 What is the legal profession? -- Chapter 2: The history and development of the legal profession in South Africa -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The historical foundations of the legal profession in South Africa -- 2.2.1 The legal profession in Roman law -- 2.2.2 The legal profession in Roman-Dutch law -- 2.2.3 The legal profession in English law -- 2.2.4 Customary South African law -- 2.3 The legal profession in South Africa: 1652-1994 -- 2.3.1 The Cape colony -- 2.3.2 Natal -- 2.3.3 The Boer republics: the Orange Free State and the South African Republic -- 2.3.4 The Union of South Africa -- 2.3.5 The role of black legal practitioners during the first part of the twentieth century -- 2.3.6 The struggle of women to practise law in the early twentieth century -- 2.3.7 The role of the judiciary after unification -- 2.3.8 Apartheid: 1948-1994 -- 2.3.9 The role of legal practitioners during apartheid -- 2.3.10 The role of the judiciary during apartheid -- 2.3.11 The regulation of the legal profession during apartheid -- 2.4 After apartheid: constitutional democracy -- 2.4.1 The position of black practitioners after 1994 -- 2.4.2 The position of women since 1994 -- 2.4.3 The regulation of the legal profession since 1994 -- 2.5 Calls for reform of the legal profession -- 2.5.1 Doing away with the split profession and the referral rule -- 2.5.2 Legislative development of the Legal Practice Act -- 2.5.3 The Legal Practice Act: the transitional phase -- 2.6 The legal profession today: introductory remarks -- 2.6.1 The Legal Practice Act: a brief overview -- 2.6.2 Forms of legal practice under the Legal Practice Act: attorney, trust account advocate and counsel -- 2.7 Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Legal relationships between legal practitioners and others.
