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Modern African childhoods: does Law matter?
(Oxford University Press, 2012)
INTRODUCTION: This paper poses a question often aimed at lawyers, especially when they straddle a culturally diverse and contested terrain of human experience, such as the role of children and families in society: does law ...
Substantive equality and maternal mortality in Nigeria
(Routledge and the Commission on Legal Pluralism, 2012)
Introduction: It is a tragedy that in the 21st century, when man has explored the moon and other planets and made significant advancement in science and technology, women should continue to die during pregnancy and childbirth. ...
The future of African customary law
(Elsevier, 2012)
It s intended to promote discussion and understanding of customary law and
to explore its continued relevance in sub-Saharan Africa…[It] considers the
characteristics of customary law and efforts to ascertain and codify ...
An overview of post-divorce support for muslim children in the context of South African Law, Islamic Law and the proposed 2010 Muslim Marriages Bill
(International Assossiation of IT Laywers, 2012)
After 350 years of non-recognition, and following a
protracted procedure, Muslim religious marriages and divorces are
currently in the process of being directly and formally recognised in terms
of South African law. A ...
Africa and the International Criminal Court
(Human Rights and Peace Centre, 2012)
Since the establishment and functioning of the ICC in 2002, the work of the
ICC has generated a lot of debate, criticisms and controversy. This is largely
due to the perception that, as far as the prosecution of cases ...
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 ...
Deconstructing the Leviathan: Derrida’s The Beast and the Sovereign
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2012)
Derrida’s The Beast & the Sovereign volume I, explores the contradictory appearance of animals in political discourse. Sometimes, as he points out, political man and the sovereign state appear in the form of an animal, and ...
Erfregtelike onwaardigheid: Enige lesse te leer vir die Suid-Afrikaanse reg uit die Nederlandse reg?
(Juta, 2012)
The regulation of unworthiness to inherit in Book 4 of the (new) Dutch Civil Code (2003) occasioned
numerous interpretation and application challenges to Dutch courts, notaries and inheritance scholars.
These challenges ...
Imperfect transition – local government reform in South Africa 1994-2012
(SUN Press, 2012)
Local government is a mirror of the larger political and economic forces, cleavages and
problems that are shaping South African society. It is these deeper fault lines in society,
rather than the Zuma government’s ...
Constitutionalism, public policy and discriminatory testamentary bequests - a good fit between common law and civil law in South Africa's mixed jurisdiction
(Tulane European & Civil Law Forum, 2012)
This article investigates South African courts' treatment of discriminatory testamentary bequests in the pre- and post-constitutional eras. It shows a change in judicial attitude towards such bequests from an accommodating, ...