The Journal of African History http://journals.cambridge.org/AFH Additional services for The Journal of African History: Email alerts: Click here Subscriptions: Click here Commercial reprints: Click here Terms of use : Click here Writing South African Legal History: A Prospectus Martin Chanock The Journal of African History / Volume 30 / Issue 02 / July 1989, pp 265 - 288 DOI: 10.1017/S0021853700024130, Published online: 22 January 2009 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0021853700024130 How to cite this article: Martin Chanock (1989). Writing South African Legal History: A Prospectus. The Journal of African History, 30, pp 265-288 doi:10.1017/S0021853700024130 Request Permissions : Click here Downloaded from http://journals.cambridge.org/AFH, IP address: 145.118.230.78 on 20 Mar 2015