 During English rule, this difference gave rise to a celebrated dispute in early South African law.In the late 19th century, under the general influence of English law ‘and the particular dominating influence of Lord Henry de Villiers CJ’, the courts reinterpreted "iusta causa" to be valuable consideration and necessary for a valid contract.This was met with fierce resistance by northern jurists like John Gilbert Kotzé, and later rejected outright by the Transvaal Supreme Court in "Rood v Wallach" (1904) which applied a general principle of binding force.