LibGuides: South African Legal Research: AULAI Manual & Other Pubs.

Legal Aid Manual

Association of University Legal Aid Institutions (AULAI): Manual (2005) - Yousuf A. Vawda, general ed.

Vawda is Associate Professor of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal. This Manual highlights key South African legal sources pertaining to land tenure law and housing law, family law, HIV/AIDS law and labor law. BLS students received access to this Manual when they were working at a South African university's legal aid clinic.

An Oct. 2009 issue of De Rebus stated that "AULAI has produced three manuals on curriculum development, teaching methodologies and assessment models."

Legal Aid Guide

Legal Aid Guide (2009) - Legal Aid Board [South Africa]
Chapter 4 outlines the criteria for availability of legal aid in South Africa. It includes references to applicable law, such as the Constitution, Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act 3 of 1996, Extension of Security of Tenure Act 62 of 1997, Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act 19 of 1998, and Children's Act.
Publisher of this Guide: Juta & Co. Ltd

Books about Clinical Law in South Africa

The Global Clinical Movement: Educating Lawyers for Social Justice (forthcoming Oct. 2010) by Frank S. Bloch, ed.
This book will include the following chapters: "Clinical Legal Education in Africa: Legal Education and Community Service" (David McQuoid-Mason, George Mukundi Wachira, & Ernest Ojukwu); "Street Law and Social Justice Education" (Richard Grimes, David McQuoid-Mason, Ed O'Brien & Judy Zimmer); "The Social Justice Nexus between ADR and Clinical Legal Education in India, South Africa, and the United States" (Karen Tokarz & V. Nagaraj); "The Global Clinical Movement" (Frank S. Bloch & N.R. Madhava Menon); and "Setting an Agenda for the Global Clinical Movement" (Peggy Maisel).
Clinical Law in South Africa (2006) by Willem De Klerk, ed.
De Klerk is a practitioner and adjunct professor based at the University of the Witwatersrand Law Clinic. The table of contents to the second edition of this unique text appears in the Library of Congress catalog.

Juta Law's "Understanding" Series

Understanding Land Tenure Law: Commentary & Legislation (2009) by A. Mahomed et al.
Provides commentary and text of: the Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act 3 of 1996; the Extension of Security of Tenure Act 62 of 1997 + regulations; the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from Unlawful Occupation of Land Act 19 of 1998; and Labour Tenancy Arbitration Rules. Discusses access to the Land Claims Court.

Juta Law publishes an "Understanding" series that provides overviews of many laws that student participants in clinics might need to apply. Titles in this series include: Understanding Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (2010); Understanding the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (2009); Understanding the Employment Equity Act (2009); Understanding Land Tenure Law (2009); Understanding the Labour Relations Act (2009); and Understanding Social Security Law (2009).

Community Law Centre Publications

University of the Western Cape's Community Law Centre "engages in policy development, advocacy and educational initiatives, focusing on areas critical to the realisation of human rights and democracy in South Africa and Africa in general." It publishes material about topics such as securing socio-economic rights, enforcing children's rights and protecting victims of domestic violence.

TIP: This Centre digests South African and foreign cases about children's rights and South African and foreign cases about socio-economic rights.

TIP: Many of this Centre's materials are available in full-text through links: Publications and Community Law Centre: Other Publications. Another way to identify publications of this Centre is to use UWC's library catalog and search "All fields": Community Law Centre. Then, use the Centre's title search feature to try to obtain the full-text publication at the Centre's website.

Examples:

Claiming Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the International Level (2009) - Lilian Chenwi.

Living in Security, Peace and Dignity: The Right To Have Access to Housing of Women Who Are Victims of Gender-based Violence (2009) - Helene Combrinck.

Evictions in South Africa: Relevant International and National Standards (2008) - Lilian Chenwi.

Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa: A Resource Book (2007) - Sibonile Khoza, ed.