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Extending the frontiers of employment regulation: the case of domestic employment in South Africa
(Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Domestic workers form one of the most vulnerable and exploited sectors of the workforce in the world economy. In 2002 South Africa became one of relatively few countries to promulgate special legislation aimed at extending ...
Roman-Dutch law in modern South African succession law
(Ars Aequi, 2014)
Modern South African succession law adheres to many of the tenets of Roman-Dutch succession law, and present-day South African courts frequently invoke Roman-Dutch authority to address questions regarding contemporary ...
The Special Rapporteur on prisons and conditions of detention in Africa and the committee for the prevention of torture in Africa: the potential for synergy or inertia?
(SUR - International Journal on Human Rights, 2010)
Th is article examines the implications arising out of the recent decision of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (African Commission) to appoint the Chair of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture in ...
Criticism of the testamentary undue influence doctrine in the United States: lessons for South Africa?
(Lousiana State University Law Center, 2013)
This article analyzes undue influence in the South African law of wills in light of scholarly criticism of the testamentary undue influence doctrine in the United States. The Article assesses particularly whether the ...
Testamentary rescue: an analysis of the intention requirement in Australia and South Africa
(LexisNexis Australia, 2014)
This article provides a legal-comparative perspective on the rescue of formally irregular wills through the exercise of judicial dispensing powers in Australia and the comparable exercise of a judicial condonation power ...
The Right to Primary Education of Children With Disabilities in Malawi: A Diagnosis of the Conceptual Approach and Implementation
(Pretoria University Law Press, 2013)
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which Malawi ratified in August 2009, affirms the recognition that disabled children are entitled to enjoy human rights such as primary education, including ...
The legal status of evidence obtained through human rights violations in Uganda
(Faculty of Law, North-West University, 2016)
The Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995 is silent on the issue of dealing with evidence obtained through human rights
violations. This silence dates to the earlier Constitutions of 1962, 1966 and 1967. ...
Realising equality in access to HIV treatment for vulnerable and marginalised groups in Africa
(Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2012)
Almost thirty years into the HIV/AIDS pandemic its negative effects (including loss of health, income and a source of living) have continued to threaten lives in most parts of the world, particularly sub-Saharan Africa. ...
The potential of the Expert Committee of the African Children’s Charter in advancing adolescent sexual health and rights in Africa
(Institute of Foreign and Comparative Law, 2013)
This paper examines the role of the African Committee of Experts on the
Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACE) in advancing the sexual and reproductive rights of adolescent girls in Africa. The paper focuses on the ...
'Jumping the queue', waiting lists and other myths : perceptions and practice around housing demand and allocation in South Africa
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2014)
On 13 and 18 June 2014, the Socio-Economic Rights Project of the Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, held roundtable discussions in Cape Town and Johannesburg on housing demand and allocation in South Africa.