Contents

3 November 1998

Articles

• Constitutional law and international law at the turn of the century / Frowein, JA
• Ubuntu and the law in South Africa / Mokgoro, Y
• Die betekenis van die bepalings van die 1996 Grondwet: Die aanhef en hoofstuk 1 / Venter, F
• Die dialektiek in die waardes van die 1996 Grondwet / Swanepoel, J
• Konstitusionele voorskrifte rakende regspersone / Pienaar, GJ
• Tradisionele leiers: erkenning en die pad vorentoe / Du Plessis, W & Scheepers, TE
• Gesinspolitiek en die ouer-kind verhouding / Maré, C

Editorial

In this era of an unstoppable increase in information on offer and improved means of communication, it is inevitable that the exchange of juristic ideas should develop and escalate electronically, by internet. A problem already challenging the time starved legal user of the electronic medium, is to separate the wheat from the chaff. For many people it is relatively easy to publish something on the Web. It is however just as demanding to produce quality in this manner as through any other medium, be it primitive or avant garde.

The Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal is focused on offering the interested reader reading matter which is worth reading. The presentation of the material is also designed to bring the reader to the kind of material being sought as quickly as possible, and the editors will constantly be looking for mechanisms and methods to improve it.

We would like to express our appreciation to the special referees who considered contributions to this edition. Since this first volume has been composed, an Editorial Board has been constituted. The members of this Board will in future participate in the process of refereeing contributions.

Readers are kindly invited to submit contributions to future editions. Two big advantages of this medium is the relative speed with which a contribution can be published and the potential size of the readership, which may be immense and from all parts of the world.