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Pashukanis on crime and punishment
(University of Pretoria, 2013)
Evgeny Pashukanis deservedly is famous as the author of the so-called
commodity form theory of law. In his Law and Marxism he postulated
that the form of legal relations held the key to the Marxist critique of law
and ...
Service delivery protests, struggle for rights and the failure of local democracy in South Africa and Uganda: parallels and divergences
(Centre for Applied Legal Studies, Wits University, 2013)
Although the two countries are thousands of miles apart, Uganda and South Africa have both
experienced service delivery protests in recent years. The protests have been directed mainly
at local governments, although in ...
Guidelines and principles on imprisonment and the prevention of torture under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights - how relevant are they for South Africa?
(Faculty of Law, UWC, 2013)
It must be regarded as a peculiarity that the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights makes no specific mention of prisoners’ rights and that these rights have to be inferred from overall reading of the Charter, and ...
The right to health in respect of terminally ill persons in South Africa
(2014)
It is probably true that „death is the great equalizer‟ amongst human beings and that some of its „cousins: illness, dementia, physical debility, and advance age‟2 can ensure a journey marked by severe pain and suffering ...
An analysis of professor Lourens du Plessis’ early (pro-life) and later (prochoice) perspectives on abortion
(Nelson Mandela University, 2016)
Abortion, or termination of pregnancy, albeit in gradations from most to less
restrictive to unrestricted, has always been legally allowed in South Africa. This
questions the need for the introduction of new law. ...
The implications of varying statutory minimum age thresholds for child consent in respect of minors granted majority status through civil marriage in South Africa
(Intersentia, 2018)
South Africa is a young constitutional democracy and developing country.
Its main national laws protecting children, namely, the supreme Constitution
19961 and the comprehensive Children's Act 20052 based on its provisions, ...
Mobile money, financial inclusion and financial integrity: The South African case
(Washington Journal of Law, Technology and Arts, 2013)
The usage of mobile banking and in particular,
payments by means of mobile phones, has increased in
recent years in South Africa, with consequent impacts from
a legal and regulatory point of view. South Africa is ...
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 ...
Unfunded mandates: Directing subnational governments
(Deutsche Förschungsinstitut fur Öffentlichen Verwaltung, 2012)
Unfounded mandates are an extreme manifestation of the phenomenon of governing from the centre; the federal government through various strategies imposes national mandates on state and local governments at the expense of ...
The CRC in South Africa 15 years on: does the new Child Justice Act 75 of 2008 comply with international children’s rights instruments?
(Queens University, Belfast School of Law, 2011)
Article 40 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child1 requires states parties to take
appropriate measures to ensure that children accused of committing offences are treated in a manner that
would ensure ...