Download or read book South African Criminal Law and Procedure: General principles of criminal law written by E. M. Burchell and published by Juta and Company Ltd. This book was released on 1997 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Africa's recent Bill of Rights has already started to exert an influence on the criminal justice system. This third edition of the text attempts to determine the extent these principles reflect or contradict the rights and freedoms embodied in South Africa's Constitution.