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Policing the Perimeter of Parliamentary Sovereignty: A Critique of the Decision in Forum Party of Zimbabwe & Others v. Minister of Local Government, Rural and Urban Development & Others (Unreported) S.C. 129/97

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1998

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1 1913 TPD 530, at 534.

2 See Kerr, A.J. and Grogan, J.. “Subordinate legislation pronounced ultra vires: valid or invalid”, (1990) 107 S.A.L.J. 574 which was a critical discussion of S v. Guild Painters and Decorators (Pty) Ltd & others 1990 (1) SA 760 (C)Google Scholar

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