[1] Kleyn DG "The role and function of Roman law in South African legal education" in Spruit JE, Kamba WJ & Hinz MO (eds) (2000) Roman law at the crossroads at ix (Spruit et al) 73 at 73.
[2] Greenbaum LA "Foundations of South African law: Teaching legal history from a thematic perspective" 2003 (9) Fundamina 94 at 95; LeRoux W "The de-romanisation of legal history courses at South African Universities" 2000 (6) Fundamina 129 at 129-130; Ogunronbi S "The challenges to legal studies in an era of transformation" 1998 (115) SALJ 493 at 499-500.
[3] Vernon S "Something old, something new. Confronting poor retention among first year law students by restructuring aspects of the teaching and learning experience" 2002 (36) Law Teacher 44 at 48.
[4] Moulder J "'Africanising our Universities: Some ideas for a debate'" 1988(72 Theoria 1; Moulder J "Universities and Africanisation" 1995 (9) SAJHE 7.
[5] Kleyn supra n 1 at 74.
[6] Kleyn ibid.
[7] Thomas PhJ "Fin de siècle of funksionele Romeinse reg?" 1998 THRHR 202 at 205; for a discussion of the recurricularisation of the LLB degree see Kleyn idem 74-75 and Olivier NJJ and Du Plessis W "Recurriculization and legal history: Imperatives, needs and the new higher education context" in Spruit et al supra n1 103 at 105.
[8] For a discussion of the thinking behind the decision relating to the future role of Roman law and legal history, see Olivier and Du Plessis idem 110ff.
[9] Thomas PhJ, Van Der Merwe & Stoop BC (2ed)(2000) Historical Foundations of South African Private Law Butterworths, Durban (Thomas et al).
[10] Congress organized by the Department of Roman Law of the University of Utrecht and the Faculty of Law of the University of Namibia, Windhoek 30 June - 1 July 1997.
[11] Hinz MO "Acknowledgements" in Spruit et al supra n1at ix.
[12] Spruit JE in Spruit et al idem at xiv.
[13] Greenbaum supra n 2.
[14] Van Niekerk G "A common law for Southern Africa: Roman law or indigenous African law? In Spruit et al supra n1 65 at 85.
[15] Bhe v Magistrate, Khayelitsha 2004 (1) BCLR 27 (C).
[16] Thomas PhJ and Tladi D "Legal pluralism or a new repugnancy clause?" 1999 CILSA 354 at 358-360.
[17] Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 108 of 1996.
[18] For a discussion of Roman-Dutch law as a source of South African law, see Van Der Merwe D "Roman-Dutch law: from virtual reality to constitutional resource" 1998 Acta Juridica 117; Hewett ML "The Roman law in Roman-Dutch law - Weft or woof? In Spruit et al supra n 1 53ff esp at 59-61; Kleyn in Spruit et al supra n1 75. For a discussion of the foreign influences on Southern African legal development see Erasmus HJ "Roman law and common-law in Southern Africa: Past and future" in Spruit et al supra n 6 43.
[19] Constitution supra n17 s7(1).
[20] Idem7 s 173.
[21] S8(3)(b).
[22] S39(2).
[23] See Van Der Merwe supra n 18.
[24] Balatseng DM "Roman law - to assist law reform and law development" in Spruit et al supra n1 7 at 8-12.
[25] Bankie BF "Sources and resources - Roman and Dutch law- a retrospect" in Spruit et al supra n1 idem 15 at 15. On ubuntu see English R "Ubuntu. The quest for an indigenous jurisprudence" 1996 AJHR 641; Kaunda K 1966 A humanist in Africa Longmans, London.
[26] See van Niekerk supra n 14 85ff for a discussion of the different jural postulates underlying the western and the customary legal systems.
[27] Domanski A "The ethical argument for teaching Roman law" in Spruit et al supra n1 33 at 35 (Domanski in Spruit et al).
[28] Van Zyl DH "Roman Dutch law: A South African perspective" in Spruit et al supra n1 169 at 171-172.
[29] See Hewett supra n 18.
[30] Kleyn supra n1 75-78
[31] For examples of Roman law legal principles that are little changed in modern South African law, see Kleyn supra n 1 78-79.
[32] Domanski A "Teaching Roman law on the eve of the millennium 1997 THRHR 38 (Domanski THRHR). See too The Constitution supra n 17 preamble & s 36. For a discussion of Constitutional development see Olivier and Du Plessis supra n 8 106-107.
[33] Domanski THRHR idem 39.
[34] Idem at 40.
[35] Idem at 43-46; 48.
[36] Idem at 40.
[37] Idem 54-55.
[38] Ibid.
[39] Idem 56.
[40] Ibid.
[41] Thomas supra n9 206
[42] Idem at 206-207.
[43] Idem at 207.
[44] For examples see Thomas, idem 208-212.
[45] Idem 202.
[46] Van Der Merwe supra n 18 136-137.
[47] Rogers C (1969) Freedom to Learn Columbus, Ohio Charles E Merrill Publishing Co at 105-106. See too, Vernon supra 3 at 45.
[48] Nicholson CMA "Same game, new name? The more things change in legal education the more they stay the same" inaugural lecture 11 May 2004, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.
[49] Woolman S, Watson P & Smith N "'Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas any more': A reply to Professor Motala and others on the transformation of legal education in South Africa" 1997(114) SALJ 30 at 43.
[50] Koch E & Mallon P "Evaluation of supplemental instruction: a performance assessment approach" 1998(12) SAJHE 173 at 174.
[51] Smuts KB "The role of student leaders in supplemental instruction" South African Journal of Higher Education 2002 (16) 225 at 225.
[52] Idem at 226 -228.