Template:Cite SAFLII/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Cite SAFLII. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Usage

This template is used to cite cases, legislation and other materials listed in the Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) database. You should look up the case you wish to cite on SAFLII, then refer to the URL of the web page on which the case appears to fill in the information required by the template.

Template

{{cite SAFLII
|litigants    = 
|link         = 
|court        = 
|year         = 
|num          = 
|parallelcite = 
|date         = 
|courtname    = 
|juris        = 
}}

or

{{cite SAFLII|litigants=|link=|court=|year=|num=|parallelcite=|date=|courtname=|juris=}}

Parameters

All parameters are optional unless otherwise specified.

Parameter	Description
Case name
litigants	The names of the litigants separated with v or v. for versus (in other words, the case name), like this: "National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality v Minister of Justice".
link	The name of a Wikipedia article about the case, for example: "National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality and Another v Minister of Justice and Others". This will be linked to the names of the litigants specified using the |litigants= parameter.
SAFLII link: http://www.saflii.org/[country]/cases/court/year/num.html
court	Mandatory: The neutral citation code used by SAFLII to identify the court that decided the case, as follows: SADCT: SADC Tribunal ZACC: Constitutional Court of South Africa ZASCA: Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa ZAECHC: High Courts – Eastern Cape ZAGPHC: High Courts – Gauteng ZAGPPHC: High Courts – Gauteng, Pretoria ZAWCHC: Western Cape High Court ZAEQC: Equality Court The template currently only handles cases decided by the above courts. Please update the template if you wish to include additional courts, or leave a message on the talk page if you need help with this.
year	Mandatory: the year of the decision.
num	Mandatory: the case number.
Other information
pinpoint	The page or paragraph number at which information or a quotation you are referring to appears, like this: "528", "p. 528" or "para. 25". When referring to a range of pages or paragraph numbers, separate the starting and ending numbers with an en dash like this: "528–530".
date	The date that the case was decided. You may enter the date in any format accepted by the template {{date}}, such as "9 October 1998" or "1998-10-09". It will appear a day-month-year format.
parallelcite	Parallel citations to the case. If there is more than one parallel citation, separate the citations with commas, like this: "1995 (6) BCLR 665, 1999 (1) SA 6".
courtname	The court that decided the case. The name of the court can be wikilinked, like this: "[[Constitutional Court of South Africa|Constitutional Court]]". To have the template automatically indicate the court and jurisdiction of a case, type "courtname=auto".
juris	The jurisdiction that decided the case, such as "South Africa". It is unnecessary to use this parameter if you are already using "courtname=auto".

Examples

Wikitext	Result
{{cite SAFLII|litigants=S v Makwanyane|court=ZACC|year=1995|num=3|parallelcite=1995 (3) S.A. 391|date=6 June 1995|courtname=auto}}	S v Makwanyane [1995] ZACC 3, 1995 (3) S.A. 391 (6 June 1995), Constitutional Court (South Africa)
{{cite SAFLII|court=ZACC|year=1995|num=3|parallelcite=1995 (3) S.A. 391}}	[1995] ZACC 3, 1995 (3) S.A. 391
{{cite SAFLII|litigants=National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality v Minister of Justice|link=National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality and Another v Minister of Justice and Others|court=ZACC|year=1998|num=15|pinpoint=paras. 79–82|parallelcite=1999 (1) S.A. 6|courtname=Const. Ct.}}	National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality v Minister of Justice [1998] ZACC 15 at paras. 79–82, 1999 (1) S.A. 6, Const. Ct.
{{cite SAFLII|litigants=Moch v Nedtravel (Pty) Ltd|court=ZASCA|year=1996|num=2|parallelcite=1996 (3) S.A. 1|courtname=auto}}	Moch v Nedtravel (Pty) Ltd [1996] ZASCA 2, 1996 (3) S.A. 1, Supreme Court of Appeal (South Africa)

See also

{{Cite AustLII}} {{Cite BAILII}} {{Cite CanLII}} {{Cite CommonLII}}

{{Cite LIIofIndia}} {{Cite NZLII}} {{Cite WorldLII}}