Law Society of South Africa and Others v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others (South Africa Litigation Centre and Centre for Applied Legal Studies as Amicus Curiae)

Case Number:
CCT67/18
Citations:
[2018] ZACC 51
Citations:
2019 (3) BCLR 329 (CC)
Citations:
2019 (3) SA 30 (CC)
Judge:
Mogoeng CJ Majority judgment
Judge:
Cameron and Froneman JJ separate judgment
Hearing Date:
30 August 2018
Judgment Date:
11 December 2018
Case History:
Application for confirmation of an order of constitutional invalidity made by the Pretoria High Court: Law Society of South Africa and Others v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others (20382/2015) [2018] ZAGPPHC 4; [2018] 2 All SA 806 (GP); 2018 (6) BCLR 695 (GP) (1 March 2018).
Synopsis:
Constitution — sections 231, 232, 7(1)-(2), 8(1) — Prematurity — constitutionality of the President’s signing of the 2014 Protocol — suspension of the SADC Tribunal — removal of individuals’ access to the Tribunal — access to justice SADC Treaty — articles 18 and 26 of Vienna Convention — customary international law — international law obligations — unlawfulness, procedural irrationality
Judgment:
Full judgment

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