Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope : During the Year 1880 (Jan; To Aug;); With Table of Cases and Alphabetical Index (Classic Reprint)

A. J. Foord

ISBN 10: 1331012082 / ISBN 13: 9781331012085

Published by Forgotten Books, 2015

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Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope : During the Year 1880 (Jan; To Aug;); With Table of Cases and Alphabetical Index (Classic Reprint)
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1331012082
• ISBN 13: 9781331012085
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bücher

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Synopsis

Groundbreaking legal decisions from a colonial court, with careful analysis of how church law interacts with state power.
This volume compiles cases decided by the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope during 1880, Jan through Aug, with a table of cases and an index. It offers insight into how judges approached property endowments, ecclesiastical authority, and the relationship between the Church of England and the Church of South Africa. The text foregrounds questions of doctrine, endowment, and legal remedies in a colonial setting, presenting both the rulings and the reasoning behind them in accessible prose.

What you will experience:
- Clear summaries of key cases and their outcomes
- Discussion of how endowments and church governance were interpreted by the court
- Context on constitutional questions involving church authority and colonial governance
- References to related legal authorities and historical context to aid study

Ideal for readers of legal history, constitutional law, and the administration of colonial-era courts, as well as researchers tracing church-state relations in the British Empire.