The South African Criminal Law
Background of the Country
South Africa is the southernmost country in the continent of Africa, most recognized for its varying topography, cultural diversity, and enhanced natural beauty, characteristics that have made the nation a favorable tour destination for most tourists since the end of the apartheid rule ("South Africa," n.d.).
Demographically, the population of South Africa is approximated to be close to 60.1 million individuals of varying cultures, origins, religions, and languages ("Demographics of South Africa," 2001).
Economic Structure of South Africa
South Africa's economic structure is mixed with centralized, socialist, and capitalists economic structures (Tennant, 2018).
South Africa's economic structure is mixed with centralized, socialist, and capitalists economic structures (Tennant, 2018).
The economy has traditionally rooted its primary sectors, all of which are a result of wealth favorable agricultural conditions, and mineral sources(Tennant, 2018).
Government Structure in South Africa
South Africa has a democratic type of government ("Structure and functions of the South African government," n.d.).
South Africans constitutional democracy constitutes three systems of government and also an independent judiciary.
The provincial, national and local government levels contain executive and legislative and executive authority in their spheres and are also defined in the South African constitutions as being interrelated, distinctive, and interdependent("Structure and functions of the South African government," n.d.).
Methods of selecting officials in branches in South Africa include the election of members of parliament rather than individuals directly.
Legal tradition of South Africa
South Africa has a hybrid mixed legal system that is usually formed by interweaving several distinct legal traditions, all of which are civil legal systems that are passed on from the Dutch people, law systems that were also inherited from the British and indigenous Africans who are always termed as the African customary law, all of which are several variations that depend on the tribal origins ("Law of South Africa," 2006).
Describe the Procedural Protections in South Africa
The sources of substantive criminal law in South Africa are contained in the legislation, case law, and common law ("South African criminal law," 2012).
Criminal procedural law in South Africa entails the adjudication procedures of that country's criminal law.
The procedures constitute the part of adjectival and procedural law and also describe the several ways in which the substantive counterparts and the South African criminal law are applied ("South African criminal law," 2012).
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