Step 3. Step 3. Law Reports. Consult the case Law Reports in hardcopy or paper form – see law – reported judgements from the on level 1 of the library. All the South African courts: Hardcopy or online formats. Law Reports are in one area, arranged by year (chronologically) Choose: Law Reports Search, Jutastat Law Reports – such then tick the SA Law Reports as: South African Law Reports to search in. Take note of the Look at the full record for the (SA), SA Criminal Law Reports Fields for searching. In the Fraser v Naude case. Take note of Do another search using the (SACR), Industrial Law Journal headnote (summary) search all the items in the heading. citation: 1963 (2) SA 254 (ILJ), Sentencing Reports, for: unmarried father. Citation, Case Number, Judges, Unreported Judgments Screenshots: 3.1 to 3.3 Judgement date, etc.
From Focus Search select the LexisNexis Butterworths – Law Report option Do a “Case Note the list of Law Reports on From Focus Search select the online Law Reports series, such name” search – use “Pinchin” the left – includes South Advanced option. Search in the as: All SA, BLLR, BCLR, BPLR, 3.8 to 3.10 BALR, CPLR, JOL (Judgments African, English and Canadian “Exact phrase” field for “unmarried Online) case law. Tick the box for Law father” Screenshots 3.4 to 3.7 Reports. NOTE: The same case can be found in Juta, LexisNexis or any of the free online websites. There is quite a lot of Free online case law or Unreported judgments – use our Case Law webpage duplication amongst them. and go to:
Jutastat: Unreported Judgments; LexisNexis: JOL; And from Google- SAFLII; Unreported judgments do Supreme Court of Appeal website; Constitutional Court website. Screenshot – 3.11 not appear in the published Law Reports.
3.1 Jutastat – Law reports search
Select: Law reports search
Search for year, vol. and page here. Example: 1963 (2) SA 254 Tick: Law reports
Search in the Headnote field for: unmarried father
3.2 Jutastat . Law Reports – list of results of the above search for unmarried father in the headnote. See the Fraser v Naude case.
Fraser v Naude case. Heard in the Constitutional Court
3.3 Jutastat Law reports. Fraser v Naude case. See the “Link to case annotations”(subsequent treatment of the case in the courts).
Note the parties names, citation; court, case no., Judges, etc
Link to Case annotations
3.4 LexisNexis Butterworths Law reports. Tick list of law report series under ”Law Reports”. Go to Focus search – choose Advanced
Select: Law Report or Advanced
3.5 LexisNexis Butterworths Law reports. Doing an Advanced search for unmarried father in the Exact phrase field:
3.6 LexisNexis Butterworths Law reports search. Results of the search for unmarried father:
Click on the title to go to the full case – which is shown below
3.7
Legal citator or Details of the Noter-up. case Judgment treatment, etc.
Note : “unmarried father” and the reference to section 21 of the Childrens Act
3.8 Use the Focus search: choose “ Law Report”
Select Law Report
3.9 Example using Case Name – enter Pinchin
3.10 Results of the above search:
Both Juta and LexisNexis offer this case. There is a lot of duplication between the 2 databases
3.11 Free online case law or judgments: SAFLII, Constitutional Court; Supreme Court of Appeal.
Free online SCA cases
Case Law CCT cases – also useful SAFLII provides for examples free access to of pleadings case law – especially good for very recent case law