The 35th lecture in the Alfred and Winifred Hoernle Memorial Lecture series delivered by Chief Justice M M Corbett in Johannesburg on 7 May 1990, in celebrating the Diamond Jubilee year. In his introduction, the author, commends the late Alan Paton on his lecture delivered in 1985, as the 33rd in this series. Corbett wishes to express his interest in developing a bill of rights for South Africa; and drawing up a constitution that fully acknowledges the minority groups of the country; bearing in mind human rights o