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Case law: online resources for common law countries: South Africa

South African citations

Neutral citation

ZACC Constitutional Court of South Africa

ZASC Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa

ZACAC South African Competition Appeal Court

ZACOMMC South African Commercial Crimes Court

ZAEQC South African Equality Court

Major report series

BCLR  [Butterworths] Constitutional Law Reports

SA  South African Law Reports (though you can sometimes encounter SALR.)

SACR  South African Criminal Law Reports

All SA  All South African Law Reports

South African citation practice adds the abbreviated name of the court at the end eg (CC) Constitutional Court, (A) Appellate Division, (SCA) Supreme Court of Appeal.

Finding South African cases online

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