Summary

This popular legislation handbook is designed as a source of first reference for practitioners and students of civil procedure. It contains the full text of the Acts and Rules (including the Constitutional Court Rules). Useful aids include tables of cases decided under the legislation, a subject index, and a periodic timetable indicating the periods prescribed by the Acts and Rules for various procedures. Contents: Supreme Court Act 59 of 1959, as amended, Magistrates' Courts Act 32 of 1944, including pending amendments, Uniform Rules of the Supreme Court as well as the Rules of the Supreme Court of Appeal and other Divisions, Magistrates' Courts Rules, Extract from the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, A summary of the changes affected by the Renaming of the High Courts Act 30 of 2008, A complete table of cases decided under the Acts and the Rules of Court, A comprehensive subject index, A periodic timetable giving quick information on the periods prescribed by the Acts and Rules for various procedures, Constitutional Court Rules