The Bill of Right Compendium offers clear guidance on the practical application of the Bill of Rights in South Africa. Practitioners and academics provide expert advice and opinion and regular updates ensure you are kept abreast of the relevant legislative, case-law and other important developments affecting fundamental rights.

The publication is available in printed and online format.

For more information or to order online visit our online bookstore 

• Introduction to the Bill of Rights
• International human rights conventions
Public Law
• Criminal law and the Bill of Rights
• The environment and the Bill of Rights
• Interpretation of statutes and the Constitution

• Private law and the Bill of Rights: A threshold issue of “horizontality”
• Family law and the Bill of Rights
• The law of persons and the Bill of Rights
• Children’s rights: A general overview
• Mental health and the Bill of Rights
• The right to restitution of land
• Property and the Bill of Rights
• The law of succession and the Bill of Rights
• The law of contract and the Bill of Rights
• Gender issues and the Bill of Rights
• Sexual orientation and Bill of Rights

• The law of insolvency and the Bill of Rights
• Labour and the Bill of Rights

• The law of criminal procedure and the Bill of Rights

• Indigenous law and the Bill of Rights

• International law and the Bill of Rights