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The constitutional family in the Law of Succession
(Juta Law, 2009)
This article traces the development of the constitutional family in the South African law of succession through a synopsis of Constitutional Court and High Court judgments on the application of the Intestate Succession Act ...
Derrida's 'The Purveyor of Truth' and constitutional reading
(Springer, 2008)
In this article the author explores Jacques Derrida’s reading in ‘The Purveyor of Truth’ of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Purloined Letter’. In his essay, Derrida proposes a reading which differs markedly from the interpretation ...
The role of constitution making and institution building in furthering peace, justice and development: South Africa’s democratic transition
(Oxford University Press, 2010)
The international community accepts that peace, justice and development are indivisible properties of human freedom and thus wants a more coordinated approach to post conflict recovery. Today, transitions to democracy are ...
Sovereignty without sovereignty: Derrida’s Declarations of Independence
(Springer, 2008)
This article questions the common assumptions in legal theory regarding Derrida’s well-known Declarations of Independence. Through a close reading of this text, well-known ground such as the relation between speech and ...
Realising the right of access to water: pipe dream or watershed?
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)
The article assesses the implications of the Grootboom judgment on the right of access to water. The free basic water policy intends six free kilolitres of water per household per month to be funded from the equitable share ...
Incy wincy spider went climbing up again – prospects for constitutional (re)interpretation of section 28(1)(c) of the South African Constitution in the next decade of democracy
(Nelson R Mandela School of Law, University of Fort Hare, 2007)
INTRODUCTION: This article reviews the first decade of jurisprudence concerning interpretation of the rights enumerated in s 28(1)(c) of the Constitution of South Africa (the Constitution), commonly referred to as the ...
Private prosecutions and discrimination against juristic persons in South Africa: A comment on National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development & Another
(Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2015)
Unlike countries such as the United Kingdom, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Australia, in South Africa companies and associations are not permitted to institute private prosecutions although natural persons have a right to institute ...
Unsustainable and unjust: Criminal justice policy and remand detention since 1994
(Institute for Security Studies (ISS), 2014)
The 'tough on crime' approach embodied in bail and sentencing law has had a profound impact on the trends around remand detention, including prison overcrowding of such an extent that it is estimated to have contributed ...
2 + 2 = 5? Exploring the domestication of the CRC in South African jurisprudence (2002-2006)
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2008)
South Africa commenced transition to a constitutional democracy with the adoption
of an interim constitution in 1994, followed by national elections based, for
the fi rst time, on universal adult suffrage. A justiciable ...
An evaluation of Kenya’s parallel legal regime on refugees, and the courts’ guarantee of their rights
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The Constitution of the Republic of Kenya 2010 (Constitution) provides that general rules of international law such as customary international law form part of the laws of Kenya.1 Articles 2(5) and (6) provides that “[t]he ...