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John Didcott, the Glossary

John Mowbray Didcott (14 August 1931 – 20 October 1998) was a South African judge who served in the Constitutional Court of South Africa from February 1995 until his death in October 1998.^[1]

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Deaths from leukemia in South Africa
Judges of the Constitutional Court of South Africa

Abe Bailey

Sir Abraham Bailey, 1st Baronet (6 November 1864 – 10 August 1940), known as Abe Bailey, was a South African diamond and gold tycoon, politician, financier and cricketer.

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Administrative law

Administrative law is a division of law governing the activities of executive branch agencies of government.

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Advocate

An advocate is a professional in the field of law.

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Apartheid

Apartheid (especially South African English) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s.

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Apartheid legislation

The system of racial segregation and oppression in South Africa known as apartheid was implemented and enforced by many acts and other laws.

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Arthur Chaskalson SCOB, (24 November 1931 – 1 December 2012) was President of the Constitutional Court of South Africa from 1994 to 2001 and Chief Justice of South Africa from 2001 to 2005. John Didcott and Arthur Chaskalson are 20th-century South African judges, Alumni of Hilton College (South Africa), deaths from leukemia in South Africa and judges of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.

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Bill of rights

A bill of rights, sometimes called a declaration of rights or a charter of rights, is a list of the most important rights to the citizens of a country.

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Burden of proof (law)

In a legal dispute, one party has the burden of proof to show that they are correct, while the other party has no such burden and is presumed to be correct.

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Cape Argus

The Cape Argus is a daily newspaper co-founded in 1857 by Saul Solomon and published by Sekunjalo in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Cape Town

Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa.

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Capital punishment in South Africa

Capital punishment in South Africa was abolished on 6 June 1995 by the ruling of the Constitutional Court in the case of S v Makwanyane, following a five-year and four-month moratorium that had been in effect since February 1990.

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Chief Justice of South Africa

The Chief Justice of South Africa is the most senior judge of the Constitutional Court and head of the judiciary of South Africa, who exercises final authority over the functioning and management of all the courts.

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Chris Nicholson (judge)

Christopher Robert Nicholson, SC (born on 5 February 1945) is a retired South African High Court judge and a former cricketer, who played one first-class match for South African Universities in 1967. John Didcott and Chris Nicholson (judge) are 20th-century South African judges, south African Senior Counsel and south African people of British descent.

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Civil law (common law)

Civil law is a major "branch of the law", for example in common law legal systems such as those in England and Wales and in the United States, where it stands in contrast to criminal law.

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Columbia Law School

Columbia Law School (CLS) is the law school of Columbia University, a private Ivy League university in New York City.

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Commercial law

Commercial law (or business law), which is also known by other names such as mercantile law or trade law depending on jurisdiction; is the body of law that applies to the rights, relations, and conduct of persons and organizations engaged in commercial and business activities.

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Common law

Common law (also known as judicial precedent, judge-made law, or case law) is the body of law created by judges and similar quasi-judicial tribunals by virtue of being stated in written opinions.

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Constitutional Court of South Africa

The Constitutional Court of South Africa is a supreme constitutional court established by the Constitution of South Africa, and is the apex court in the South African judicial system, with general jurisdiction.

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David Dyzenhaus

Professor David Dyzenhaus is a South African-born, Canadian jurist who is currently Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Toronto, holding the Albert Abel Chair of Law.

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Dennis Davis (judge)

David Martin Dennis (born 1 May 1951) is a South African legal academic, jurist, and retired judge who was the Judge President of the Competition Appeal Court between 2000 and 2020. John Didcott and Dennis Davis (judge) are 20th-century South African judges, 20th-century South African lawyers and university of Cape Town alumni.

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Durban

Durban (eThekwini, from itheku meaning "bay, lagoon") is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.

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Edwin King

Edwin Leslie King SC (25 September 1929 – 28 May 2015) known as 'Sharkey', was a judge of the High Court of South Africa and Judge President of the Western Cape High Court. John Didcott and Edwin King are 20th-century South African judges, south African Senior Counsel and university of Cape Town alumni.

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Electoral Court of South Africa

The Electoral Court is a South African court that oversees the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and the conduct of elections.

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Etienne Mureinik

Etienne Mureinik (January 1954 – 10 July 1996) was a South African lawyer and legal scholar. John Didcott and Etienne Mureinik are 20th-century South African lawyers.

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Fatima Meer

Fatima Meer (12 August 1928 – 12 March 2010) was a South African writer, academic, screenwriter, and prominent anti-apartheid activist.

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Freedom of speech

Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction.

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George Bizos

George Bizos (Γιώργος Μπίζος; 14 November 19279 September 2020) was a Greek-South African human rights lawyer who campaigned against apartheid in South Africa. John Didcott and George Bizos are 20th-century South African lawyers.

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Grandmaster (chess)

Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE.

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Hilton College (South Africa)

Hilton College, more commonly referred to as Hilton, is a South African private boarding school for boys located near the town of Hilton in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands and is situated on a 1,762 ha (4,350 acre) estate that includes a 550 ha (1,400 acre) wildlife reserve and the 150 ha (370 acre) school campus Hilton College was founded in 1872 by Gould Arthur Lucas and Reverend William Orde Newnham as a non-denominational Christian boys' school.

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Honorary degree

An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements.

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Human rights

Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,.

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In re Dube

In re Dube is a famous case in South African law, heard and decided by Milne J and Didcott J in the Natal Provincial Division on May 1, 1979.

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Independent Online

Independent Online, popularly known as IOL, is a news website based in South Africa that has been involved in various controversies, including making up fake stories, fictitious journalists and doxing.

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Interim Constitution (South Africa)

The Interim Constitution was the fundamental law of South Africa from during the first non-racial general election on 27 April 1994 until it was superseded by the final constitution on 4 February 1997.

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Internal resistance to apartheid

Internal resistance to apartheid in South Africa originated from several independent sectors of South African society and took forms ranging from social movements and passive resistance to guerrilla warfare.

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International human rights law

International human rights law (IHRL) is the body of international law designed to promote human rights on social, regional, and domestic levels.

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Ismail Mahomed

Ismail Mahomed SCOB SC (5 July 1931 – 17 June 2000) was a South African lawyer and jurist who served as the first black Chief Justice of South Africa from January 1997 until his death in June 2000. John Didcott and Ismail Mahomed are 20th-century South African judges, 20th-century South African lawyers and judges of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.

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Jack Greenberg

Jack Greenberg (December 22, 1924 – October 12, 2016) was an American attorney and legal scholar.

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John Milne (judge)

Alexander John Milne (18 December 1929 – 17 December 1993) was a South African judge from Natal Province. John Didcott and John Milne (judge) are 20th-century South African judges, 20th-century South African lawyers, Alumni of Hilton College (South Africa) and south African Senior Counsel.

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Judicial Service Commission (South Africa)

The Judicial Service Commission is a body specially constituted by the South African Constitution to recommend persons for appointment to the judiciary of South Africa.

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Judiciary of South Africa

The judiciary of South Africa is the body of judges and magistrates who sit in the courts of South Africa.

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KwaZulu-Natal Division

The KwaZulu-Natal Division of the High Court of South Africa is a superior court of law with general jurisdiction over the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

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Laurie Ackermann

Lourens Wepener Hugo "Laurie" Ackermann (14 January 1934 – 25 May 2024) was a South African retired judge who served on the Constitutional Court of South Africa from 1994 to 2004. John Didcott and Laurie Ackermann are 20th-century South African judges, 20th-century South African lawyers, judges of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and south African Senior Counsel.

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Law's Empire

Law's Empire is a 1986 text in legal philosophy by Ronald Dworkin, in which the author continues his criticism of the philosophy of legal positivism as promoted by H.L.A. Hart during the middle to late 20th century.

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Legal aid

Legal aid is the provision of assistance to people who are unable to afford legal representation and access to the court system.

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Legal interpretation in South Africa

Legal interpretation in South Africa refers to the juridical understanding of South African legislation and case law, and the rules and principles used to construct its meaning for judicial purposes.

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Legislative intent

In law, the legislative intent of the legislature in enacting legislation may sometimes be considered by the judiciary to interpret the law (see judicial interpretation).

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Leukemia

Leukemia (also spelled leukaemia; pronounced) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and produce high numbers of abnormal blood cells.

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Liberal Party of South Africa

The Liberal Party of South Africa was a South African political party from 1953 to 1968.

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List of people subject to banning orders under apartheid

This is a selection of people subject to a "banning order" by the apartheid-era South African government.

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Mail & Guardian

The Mail & Guardian, formerly the Weekly Mail, is a South African weekly newspaper and website, published by M&G Media in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Mandatory sentencing

Mandatory sentencing requires that offenders serve a predefined term of imprisonment for certain crimes, commonly serious or violent offenses.

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Matriculation in South Africa

In South Africa, matriculation (or matric) is the final year of high school and the qualification received on graduating from high school, and the minimum university entrance requirements.

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The Metal and Allied Workers' Union (MAWU) was a trade union representing workers in metalworking, engineering and related industries in South Africa.

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Michael Corbett (judge)

Michael McGregor Corbett, OMS, LLB (14 September 1923 – 16 September 2007) was a former Chief Justice of South Africa (1989–1996).

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Mitigating factor

In criminal law, a mitigating factor, also known as an extenuating circumstance, is any information or evidence presented to the court regarding the defendant or the circumstances of the crime that might result in reduced charges or a lesser sentence.

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Natal (province)

The Province of Natal, commonly called Natal, was a province of South Africa from May 1910 until May 1994.

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National Union of South African Students

The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) was an important force for liberalism and later radicalism in South African student anti-apartheid politics.

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Natural justice

In English law, natural justice is technical terminology for the rule against bias (nemo iudex in causa sua) and the right to a fair hearing (audi alteram partem).

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Negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa

The apartheid system in South Africa was ended through a series of bilateral and multi-party negotiations between 1990 and 1993.

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Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, and statesman who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. John Didcott and Nelson Mandela are 20th-century South African lawyers.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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P. W. Botha

Pieter Willem Botha, (12 January 1916 – 31 October 2006) was a South African politician.

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Parliamentary sovereignty

Parliamentary sovereignty, also called parliamentary supremacy or legislative supremacy, is a concept in the constitutional law of some parliamentary democracies.

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Pius Langa

Pius Nkonzo Langa SCOB (25 March 1939 – 24 July 2013) was Chief Justice of South Africa from June 2005 to October 2009. John Didcott and Pius Langa are 20th-century South African judges, 20th-century South African lawyers, judges of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and south African Senior Counsel.

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Private property

Private property is a legal designation for the ownership of property by non-governmental legal entities.

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Public law

Public law is the part of law that governs relations and affairs between legal persons and a government, between different institutions within a state, between different branches of governments, as well as relationships between persons that are of direct concern to society.

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Raymond Wacks

Raymond Wacks is Emeritus Professor of Law and Legal Theory at the University of Hong Kong, where he was Head of the Department of Law from 1986 to 1993.

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Restraint of trade

Restraints of trade is a common law doctrine relating to the enforceability of contractual restrictions on freedom to conduct business.

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Rhodes Scholarship

The Rhodes Scholarship is an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford in Oxford, United Kingdom.

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Richard Goldstone

Richard Joseph Goldstone (born 26 October 1938) is a South African retired judge who served in the Constitutional Court of South Africa from July 1994 to October 2003. John Didcott and Richard Goldstone are 20th-century South African judges, judges of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and south African Senior Counsel.

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Right to counsel

In criminal law, the right to counsel means a defendant has a legal right to have the assistance of counsel (i.e., lawyers) and, if the defendant cannot afford a lawyer, requires that the government appoint one or pay the defendant's legal expenses.

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Ronald Dworkin

Ronald Myles Dworkin (December 11, 1931 – February 14, 2013) was an American legal philosopher, jurist, and scholar of United States constitutional law.

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Rule of law

The rule of law is a political ideal that all citizens and institutions within a country, state, or community are accountable to the same laws, including lawmakers and leaders.

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S v Makwanyane

S v Makwanyane and Another (CCT 3/94) was a landmark 1995 judgement of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.

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S v Vermaas

In S v Vermaas; S v Du Plessis 1995 (3) SA 292 (CC); 1995 (7) BCLR 851(CC), the accused were charged with multiple counts of fraud.

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Sandile Ngcobo

Sandile Ngcobo (born 1 March 1953) is a retired South African judge who was the Chief Justice of South Africa from October 2009 to August 2011. John Didcott and Sandile Ngcobo are 20th-century South African judges, 20th-century South African lawyers, judges of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and people from Durban.

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Security Branch (South Africa)

The Security Branch of the South African Police, established in 1947 as the Special Branch, was the security police apparatus of the apartheid state in South Africa.

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Senior counsel

The title of Senior Counsel or State Counsel (post-nominal letters: SC) is given to a senior lawyer in some countries that were formerly part of the British Empire.

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Separation of powers

The separation of powers principle functionally differentiates several types of state power (usually law-making, adjudication, and execution) and requires these operations of government to be conceptually and institutionally distinguishable and articulated, thereby maintaining the integrity of each.

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Sharpeville massacre

The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960 at the police station in the township of Sharpeville in the then Transvaal Province of the then Union of South Africa (today part of Gauteng).

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South African History Project

The South African History Project (2001-2004) was established and initiated by Professor Kader Asmal, former Minister of Education in South Africa.

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South African Institute of Race Relations

The South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR) is a research and policy organisation in South Africa.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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Southern Rhodesia

Southern Rhodesia was a landlocked, self-governing British Crown colony in Southern Africa, established in 1923 and consisting of British South Africa Company (BSAC) territories lying south of the Zambezi River.

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State of emergency

A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens.

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Student activism

Student activism or campus activism is work by students to cause political, environmental, economic, or social change.

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Supreme Court of Appeal (South Africa)

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), formerly known as the Appellate Division, is the second-highest court of appeal in South Africa below the Constitutional Court.

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Supreme Court of South Africa

The Supreme Court of South Africa was a superior court of law in South Africa from 1910 to 1997.

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Terrorism Act, 1967

The Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967 was a law of the South African Apartheid regime until all except section 7 was repealed under the Internal Security and Intimidation Amendment Act 138 of 1991.

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Textualism

Textualism is a formalist theory in which the interpretation of the law is based exclusively on the ordinary meaning of the legal text, where no consideration is given to non-textual sources, such as intention of the law when passed, the problem it was intended to remedy, or significant questions regarding the justice or rectitude of the law.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Didcott

Also known as Didcott, John.

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Deaths from leukemia in South Africa

Judges of the Constitutional Court of South Africa

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