Die departement oog om die Grondwet en die beginsel van regsoewereiniteit te handhaaf en te beskerm en om regsdienste toeganklik, regverdig, vinnig en koste-effektief te bestuur ten einde ân veiliger Suid-Afrika te verseker.
The Department aims to uphold and protect the Constitution and the rule of law and to render accessible, fair, speedy and cost effective administration of Justice, in the interests of a safer and more secure South Africa.