OF OBEDIENCE AND OFFENCE S v Mostert 2006 1 SACR 560 (N)

Authors

  • Suhayfa Bhamjee
  • Shannon Hoctor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17159/obiter.v27i3.14373

Keywords:

defence of obedience to orders, superior orders, crimen injuria

Abstract

The judgment of Theron J in the recent case of S v Mostert has raised some interesting questions about the nature and content of the defence of obedience to orders (which will be referred to interchangeably with the alternative appellation “superior orders” in the discussion which follows), and the ambit of the common-law crime of crimen injuria.

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Published

18-07-2022

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 3 (2006)

Section

Cases

License

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How to Cite

OF OBEDIENCE AND OFFENCE S v Mostert 2006 1 SACR 560 (N). (2022). Obiter, 27(3). https://doi.org/10.17159/obiter.v27i3.14373