The purpose of this bilingual casebook is to provide students of criminal law with a collection of the most important decisions on criminal law, or extracts thereof.

The purpose of this bilingual casebook is to provide students of criminal law with a collection of the most important decisions on criminal law, or extracts thereof. It is intended for use in a beginners' course in criminal law as material supplementary to a textbook or other complete guide to this branch of the law. The casebook contains excerpts from the most important South African judgments on criminal law. Certain shorter judgments are printed in full. Each case is preceded by a brief summary of the facts in the case, and followed by a note explaining the importance of the judgment. Afrikaans judgments are provided with English translations. An introduction explaining the meanings of important concepts and expressions found in judgments is included. This title will be of value to students who do not yet have any experience in reading judgments. The three previous editions of this casebook have proven to be an ideal and necessary aid to students of criminal law.