An Introduction to Namibian Law

The author of this book, Prof. S.K. Amor, is
Acting Director of the Justice Training Centre and lecturer at the
University of Namibia. The writing of this book was inspired mainly by
the fact that, despite Namibia’s independence in 1990, Namibian legal
practitioners, academics and students lecturing and studying law at the
University of Namibia (UNAM) still do not have a truly Namibian
reference book. Instead, they rely heavily on legal literature from
South Africa and other countries.

An Introduction to Namibian Law
is an attempt to bridge this gap by introducing law academics,
lecturers and students to the most important aspects of Namibian law. It
explains the origin of the country’s law and looks at the various
influences over the years.

The book contains material covered in
various UNAM courses, such as Jurisprudence, Introduction to Cases,
Comparative Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law, Interpretation
of Statutes, and Civil and Criminal Procedure. It also contains various
extracts in support of legal arguments, in which legal concepts are
illustrated and thoroughly explained, as well as sample legal forms.
Full accounts of certain cases are included to give students of Namibian
law a depth of understanding of how Namibian law has been applied over
the years.