THE HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SOUTH AFRICAN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ARE TRACED FROM ROMAN LAW, ROMAN-DUTCH LAW, AND ENGLISH LAW TO THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY, AND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE IN SOUTH AFRICA IS EXAMINED FROM ITS BEGINNINGS IN 1652 TO 1977. THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT OF 1977 IS THE GOVERNING STATUTE FOR CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN RESPECT OF MOST COMMON-LAW OR STATUTORY CRIMES. JURISDICTION AND PROSECUTION OF CRIME, PRETRIAL, TRIAL, AND POSTTRIAL PROCEDURE, AND EXTRADITION ARE DISCUSSED. THE FINAL SECTION PRESENTS BRIEF ACCOUNTS OF MODERN SYSTEMS OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND COMPARES THEM TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN SYSTEM. THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SYSTEMS, REPRESENTING THE ACCUSATORIAL FORM OF PROCEDURE, AND THE FRENCH AND GERMAN SYSTEMS, REPRESENTING THE INQUISITORIAL FORM OF PROCEDURE, ARE FOCUSSED ON. SCOTTISH LAW PROVIDES AN EXAMPLE OF AN INTERMEDIATE OR MIXED SYSTEM OF PROCEDURE. REFERENCE IS ALSO MADE TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE COURSE OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS. TABLES OF STATUTES AND CASES ARE PROVIDED, ALONG WITH REFERENCES AND AN INDEX. THE APPENDIXES CONTAIN SELECTED LAWS AND STATUTES CONCERNING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE INCLUDING THE 1977 ACT. THEY ALSO CONTAIN ACTS CONCERNING TERRORISM, DRUG ABUSE, EXTRADITION, AND RULES OF THE SUPREME COURT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS. (DAG)