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6 THRHR [i] (1942)

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             TYDSKRIF VIR


             HEDENDAAGSE


ROMEINS-HOLLANDSE REG


NOMMER 1


FEBRUARIE 1942


SESDE JAARGANG


ONDER REDAKSIE VAN


Prof. Dr. L. J. VAN     APELDOORN,
                   Amsterdam.
Dr. J. DONNER, 's-Gravenhage.
Dr. H. F. W. D. FISCHER,
           Amsterdam, Sekretaris.
Dr. P. J. IDENBURG, Leiden.
F. J. DE JONG, 's-Gravenhage.
Prof. Dr. E. M. MEYERS, Leiden.
Prof. Dr. J. C. VAN OVEN, Leiden.
Adres van die Redaksie in Nederland:
     Keizersgracht 497, Amsterdam.


Adv. A. B. BEYERS, Kaapstad.
Prof. L. I. COERTZE, Pretoria.
Adv. H. A. FAGAN K. A., Kaapstad.
Regter F. P. VAN DEN HEEVER,
                  Bloemfontein.
Prof. Dr. D. PONT, Pretoria,
                    Sekretaris.
Dr. L. C. STEYN, Pretoria.
Dr. H. VER LOREN VAN THFmT,
                   Stellenbosch.
Prof. Dr. J. C. DE WET, Stellenbosch.
Adres van die Redaksle in Suld-
Afr~ka: Posbus 1263, Pretoria.


Lord MANSFIELD . . . . frequently insisted, as many judges have
done before and since, that the only proper use of precedents
was to illustrate and ascertain pertinent principles, not to regard
them, as the baser sort of pleaders do, as a machine which will
deliver convenient decisions by the mere turning of a handle.
                    C. K. ALLEN, Law in the Making, 3rd ed.,
                                             p. 201.


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