LAW OF DELICT
TEXTBOOK 7TH Ed
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Law of Delict
Seventh Edition
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NEETHLING-POTGIETER-VISSER
Law of Delict
Seventh Edition
J NEETHLING BA LLB (UOVS) LLM (McGill) LLD (Unisa) Senior Professor of Private Law, University
of the Free State Emeritus Professor of Private Law, University of South Africa Advocate of the High
Court of South Africa
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JM POTGIETER BIur LLB LLM (RAU) LLM (Harvard) LLD (Unisa) Emeritus Professor of Private Law,
University of South Africa Attorney, Notary and Conveyancer
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Preface
Law of Delict is intended to be a comprehensive introduction to the general principles of delict- ual liability
and the most important forms of delict. It is primarily aimed at students in so far as we sought to deal
systematically and critically with the most important principles of the law of delict. Although it was not our
aim to provide an exhaustive discussion of positive law, practi- tioners should also find the book useful
since we cite and discuss the most authoritative sources (case law and legislation).
The seventh edition of Law of Delict, appearing simultaneously with the Afrikaans version thereof, was
revised and updated in toto in light of new legal authority and literature which natu- rally necessitated an
adaptation of legal principles and theoretical points of view. In particular, special attention was given to the
lively debate on delictual principles that has taken place in academic and judicial circles since the
appearance of the last edition, especially on the relation- ship between wrongfulness, negligence and legal
causation.
Case law was updated to the September 2014 South African law reports. We express our appreciation to
Corné Human, Mandy Jonck and Lisa Sandford of LexisNexis
for their efficient and friendly assistance with this edition of Law of Delict.
J NEETHLING JM POTGIETER September 2014
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