S v Campher

JurisdictionSouth Africa
JudgeViljoen AR, Jacobs AR en Boshoff Wn AR
Judgment Date28 November 1986
Citation1987 (1) SA 940 (A)
Hearing Date16 September 1986
CourtAppellate Division

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  • S v Calitz
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...and Others 1984 (3) SA 327 (A); S v Arnold 1985 (3) SA 256 (K) op 263H-I; S v Ngubane 1985 (3) SA 677 (A) op 685D-G; S v Campher 1987 (1) SA 940 (A) op 955E-F, 956G-957A, 965A-B, 966G-I; S v Rapitsi 1987 (4) SA 351 (A) op 358E-359H; S v Laubscher 1988 (1) SA 163 (A) op 166H-I, 167F-G; S v N......
  • S v Mnisi
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...B R v Dhlumayo and Another 1948 (2) SA 677 (A): dictum at 706 considered S v Calitz 1990 (1) SACR 119 (A): referred to S v Campher 1987 (1) SA 940 (A): dicta at 964C - E and 967D - E applied C S v Cunningham 1996 (1) SACR 631 (A): referred S v Di Blasi 1996 (1) SACR 1 (A): referred to S v F......
  • Comment: Road rage and reasoning about responsibility
    • South Africa
    • Juta South African Criminal Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • 24 May 2019
    ...61 (A), and S v Cunningham 1996 (1) SACR 631 (A) where automatism was in issue, and in S v Van Vuuren 1983 (1) SA 12 (A), S v Campher 1987 (1) SA 940 (A), S v Shapiro 1994 (1) SACR 112 (A), S v Ingram 1995 (1) SACR 1 (A), S v Kensley 1995 (1) SACR 646 (A), S v Nursingh 1995 (2) SACR 331 (D)......
  • S v Kalogoropoulos
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...(3) SA 666 (A); R v Manda 1951 (3) SA 158 (A); S v Chretien 1981 (1) SA 1097 (A); S v Van Vuuren F 1983 (1) SA 12 (A); S v Campher 1987 (1) SA 940 (A); S v Lesch 1981 (1) SA 814 (O); S v Bailey 1982 (3) SA 772 (A); S v Arnold 1985 (3) SA 251 (C); J R du Plessis 'The Ambit of the Extension o......
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41 cases
  • S v Calitz
    • South Africa
    • 28 September 1989
    ...and Others 1984 (3) SA 327 (A); S v Arnold 1985 (3) SA 256 (K) op 263H-I; S v Ngubane 1985 (3) SA 677 (A) op 685D-G; S v Campher 1987 (1) SA 940 (A) op 955E-F, 956G-957A, 965A-B, 966G-I; S v Rapitsi 1987 (4) SA 351 (A) op 358E-359H; S v Laubscher 1988 (1) SA 163 (A) op 166H-I, 167F-G; S v N......
  • S v Mnisi
    • South Africa
    • 19 March 2009
    ...B R v Dhlumayo and Another 1948 (2) SA 677 (A): dictum at 706 considered S v Calitz 1990 (1) SACR 119 (A): referred to S v Campher 1987 (1) SA 940 (A): dicta at 964C - E and 967D - E applied C S v Cunningham 1996 (1) SACR 631 (A): referred S v Di Blasi 1996 (1) SACR 1 (A): referred to S v F......
  • S v Kalogoropoulos
    • South Africa
    • 30 November 1992
    ...(3) SA 666 (A); R v Manda 1951 (3) SA 158 (A); S v Chretien 1981 (1) SA 1097 (A); S v Van Vuuren F 1983 (1) SA 12 (A); S v Campher 1987 (1) SA 940 (A); S v Lesch 1981 (1) SA 814 (O); S v Bailey 1982 (3) SA 772 (A); S v Arnold 1985 (3) SA 251 (C); J R du Plessis 'The Ambit of the Extension o......
  • S v Mnisi
    • South Africa
    • Supreme Court of Appeal
    • 19 March 2009
    ...1996 (1) SACR 631 (A); S v Henry 1999 (1) SACR 13 (SCA); S v Francis 1999 (1) SACR 650 (SCA); S v Kok 2001 (2) SACR 106 (SCA). [2] 1987 (1) SA 940 (A) at 964C - H and 967D - [3] 1988 (1) SA 163 (A) at 173F - G. [4] 1990 (1) SACR 130 (A) at 135b - e. [5] 1994 (1) SACR 112 (A) at 123c - f. [6......
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9 books & journal articles
  • Comment: Road rage and reasoning about responsibility
    • South Africa
    • Juta South African Criminal Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • 24 May 2019
    ...61 (A), and S v Cunningham 1996 (1) SACR 631 (A) where automatism was in issue, and in S v Van Vuuren 1983 (1) SA 12 (A), S v Campher 1987 (1) SA 940 (A), S v Shapiro 1994 (1) SACR 112 (A), S v Ingram 1995 (1) SACR 1 (A), S v Kensley 1995 (1) SACR 646 (A), S v Nursingh 1995 (2) SACR 331 (D)......
  • The tension between legal theory and policy considerations in the general principles of criminal law
    • South Africa
    • Juta Acta Juridica No. , August 2019
    • 15 August 2019
    ...law,see W R LaFave and A W Scott Criminal Law 2ed (1986) 653–65.As to Australian law, see P Gillies Criminal Law 3ed (1993) 358–79.371987 (1) SA 940 (A).38S v Laubscher 1988 (1) SA 163 (A) at 167F.391990 (1) SACR 561 (A).40Burchell and Hunt (n 19) 214; Du Plessis (n 35); C R Snyman ‘Is ther......
  • Battered woman syndrome: Some reflections on the utility of this 'syndrome' to South African women who kill their abusers
    • South Africa
    • Juta South African Criminal Law Journal No. , August 2019
    • 16 August 2019
    ...therefore be closely examined to determine where the truth lies.’93 See for instance S v Arnold 1985 (3) SA 256 (C) and S v Campher 1987 (1) SA 940 (A) where for the f‌i rst time in South African law, the courts recognised that factors such as severe emotional stress and provocation could l......
  • Paedophilia and the South African criminal justice system: A psychological perspective
    • South Africa
    • Juta South African Criminal Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • 24 May 2019
    ...1959 (2) SA 260 (N); S v Mahlinza 1967 (1) SA 408 (A); S v Johnson 1969 (1) SA 201 (A); S v Lesch 1983 (1) SA 814 (0); S v Campher 1987 (1) SA 940 (A); S v Laubscher 1988 (1) SA 163 (A); S v Calitz 1990 (1) SACR 119 (A); S v Smith 1990 (1) SACR 130 (A); S v Wiid 1990 (1) SACR 561 (A); S v K......
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