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SAFLII- TRAINING
GRACE VAN NIEKERK
UWC LAW LIBRARY
gvanniekerk@uwc.ac.za
ABOUT SAFLII
The Southern African Legal Information Institute
(SAFLII) publishes legal information for free public
access which comprises mainly of case law from South
Africa.
SAFLII also hosts legal materials from other countries in
the region, which are obtained through partnerships and
collaborative efforts with governments, courts, law
societies and more recently through linking to other
Legal Information Institutes being established in these
regions.
TOPIC SEARCH FOR MATERIALS
Type your topic in the search box – use search
operators for eg. AND, OR, NOT and “ “ for phrases
Your results will come up in terms of
Relevance to your keywords. The
Percentage number behind each items
indicates how relevant it is to your topic
If you want to look for specific types eg.
Cases, use the ‘By Databases’ tab and it
will show you how many documents is in
each court.
Click on the document number to open
the list.
Using the advanced search to select specific
databases
Select ‘Advanced Search’ below the
search box – here you can select your
Specific court or Database to search in.
The search results come up in the
same way.
Browsing SAFLII by source
You can browse what SAFLII has by
selecting ‘South Africa’ and then
selecting the database you want to
browse.
Once in your database, browse
by year or title.
Using LawCite to track case treatment
Select LawCite on the case you
want to View. Alternatively go to
LawCite.org and search for the
case there.
It shows all the cases that have referred to this case – not only in South Africa,
but also elsewhere that has a Legal Information Institute – you can click on each
heading to arrange the results by that heading
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SAFLII TRAINING

  • 1. SAFLII- TRAINING GRACE VAN NIEKERK UWC LAW LIBRARY gvanniekerk@uwc.ac.za
  • 2. ABOUT SAFLII The Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) publishes legal information for free public access which comprises mainly of case law from South Africa. SAFLII also hosts legal materials from other countries in the region, which are obtained through partnerships and collaborative efforts with governments, courts, law societies and more recently through linking to other Legal Information Institutes being established in these regions.
  • 3. TOPIC SEARCH FOR MATERIALS Type your topic in the search box – use search operators for eg. AND, OR, NOT and “ “ for phrases
  • 4. Your results will come up in terms of Relevance to your keywords. The Percentage number behind each items indicates how relevant it is to your topic
  • 5. If you want to look for specific types eg. Cases, use the ‘By Databases’ tab and it will show you how many documents is in each court. Click on the document number to open the list.
  • 6. Using the advanced search to select specific databases Select ‘Advanced Search’ below the search box – here you can select your Specific court or Database to search in.
  • 7. The search results come up in the same way.
  • 8. Browsing SAFLII by source You can browse what SAFLII has by selecting ‘South Africa’ and then selecting the database you want to browse.
  • 9. Once in your database, browse by year or title.
  • 10. Using LawCite to track case treatment Select LawCite on the case you want to View. Alternatively go to LawCite.org and search for the case there.
  • 11. It shows all the cases that have referred to this case – not only in South Africa, but also elsewhere that has a Legal Information Institute – you can click on each heading to arrange the results by that heading