Select Constitutional Documents Illustrating South African History

Select Constitutional Documents Illustrating South African History by G. W. Eybers is a foundational documentary compilation first published in 1918 by George Routledge & Sons, Limited. Issued in the aftermath of the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 and during the final year of the First World War, this scholarly volume brings together key constitutional texts that shaped South Africa’s political evolution from early colonial administration through union.

Eybers, a respected historian of South African constitutional development, curated official proclamations, charters, ordinances, conventions, and legislative instruments central to the governance of the Cape Colony, Natal, the Orange Free State, and the South African Republic (Transvaal). The collection includes documents relating to British imperial policy, Boer republican constitutions, and the legislative framework leading to Union. By presenting these primary sources in structured sequence, Select Constitutional Documents Illustrating South African History allows readers to trace the shifting balance between colonial authority, settler governance, and emerging national structures.

The 1918 George Routledge & Sons edition stands as an important early twentieth-century academic resource, produced at a time when South Africa’s constitutional identity was still consolidating. As a documentary reference rather than narrative history, Select Constitutional Documents Illustrating South African History offers direct access to the texts that underpinned political authority in southern Africa. For collectors of Africana, legal history, and constitutional studies, this volume remains a significant and academically valuable resource documenting the legal foundations of modern South Africa.

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