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- 18 -In this way Zulu law was able to grow and expandinto what may be called oral case law.There were no lawyers in the modern sense sinceevery man had to defend himself, his friends and relatives. 4 )As an adult every man could attend and participate intbe hearing of lawsuits and in this way learned inpractice the legal usages of his tribe.2.3 AMENDMENT OF LAWS.According to Schapera, 5) a direct way of amendingthe existing laws was legislation.power,The chief had theif he acted according to recognized procedure,to make new decrees. He had, however, to discusssuch projected changes with the council.whenIt was onlythe council had approved of such measures thatthe chief issued an order which,had the force of law.contain manySpecial menpast precedents.while it lasted,The traditions of the Zulusinstances of such changes in the law.in the tribe made it their duty to remember\ ,Zulu law, like all systems of law, had as its sourceor or~g~nevery fact from which positive law. originates, i.e. legislat~on and custom which hadgradually obtained the force of law.Such customarylaw consisted of certain rules of conduct which werenot written down,but developed from the views of thecommunity and were carried down from generation to generation.Zulu law was transmitteq:to the childrenwho were carefully taught bytheir parents to distinguishbetween right and wrong conduct.4)5)KIDD,D.: THE ESSENTIAL KAFFIR, A & C. 81ack, Ltd.,London W.I., 1925, p. 197SCHAPERA, I.: op.cit., p. 19819 I .....