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Juvenile justice review 1997
(South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 1998)
The 1997 juvenile justice review charts developments in juvenile justice law in South Africa from November 1996 until October 1997. The most significant development during 1997 was the release of the issue paper on Juvenile ...
Juvenile justice review 1994-1995
(South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 1995)
This review of the state of juvenile justice in South Africa introduces a new section to this journal in which annual developments relating to law and policy in the field of juvenile justice will be examined. Juvenile ...
Juvenile justice review 1998
(South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 1999)
The 1998 Juvenile Justice Review charts developments in juvenile justice law and practice in South Africa from October 1997 until October 1998. However, the release of the South African Law Commission discussion paper on ...
Juvenile justice review 1996
(South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 1996)
This review follows the 1995 review, the first in this journal, and similarly reviews the period until 30 September 1996. In the year presently under review the principle focus of juvenile justice concern was yet again the ...
The Juvenile Justice Law Reform Process in South Africa: Can children's rights approach carry the day?
(Quarterly Law Review, 1999)
The impetus for juvenile justice law reform sprang originally from concern for the plight of child detainees in the dark days of apartheid in
the 1980s. Children, who were at the forefront of the struggle for democratic ...
Prosecutorial attitudes towards diversion
(NICRO National Office, 1998)
This report investigates a number of issues relating to diversion in an effort to make certain recommendations with regard to the running and management of diversion with a particular emphasis on the discretionary powers ...
Muslim Personal Law - to be or not to be?
(Juta Law, 1995)
Introduction: The first Muslims had arrived at the Cape from the Dutch colonies in the East Indies (now Indonesia) and the coastal regions of Southern India from anywhere around 1652-1658. Despite having been granted the ...
Shari'a in South Africa
(Aboriginal Law Bulletin, 1995)
Muslim Personal Law (MPL) is often practised to the detriment of Muslim women in many countries. The Qur'an is a religious text considered by Muslims to be the literal word of God. It is a primary source of Islamic law and ...
A comparative study of the South African and Islamic law of succession and matrimonial property with especial attention to the implication for the Muslim woman
(The University of the Western Cape, 1991)
As a Muslim south African trained in South African Roman-Dutch law, I have been exposed to experiences/situations which indicate a conflict between the principles of South African Roman-Dutch law and Islamic law of succession. ...
An Analysis of the Human Rights and Gender consequences of the New South African Constitution and Bill of Rights with regards to the recognition and implementation of Muslim Personal Law
(The University of the Western Cape, 1996)
Prior to the new constitutional dispensation in South Africa all women had identities of race and gender imposed on them. With a new dispensation in place Muslim women, however, still have to deal with identities attributed ...