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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 ...
Section 54: Obligation to report commission of sexual offences against children or persons who are mentally disabled
(Juta Law, 2011)
INTRODUCTION: The duty to report the knowledge of the commission of sexual offences against certain vulnerable victims is newly provided for in this section of the Criminal Law (sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment ...
Surrogacy, South African style
(International Bar Association Legal Practice Division, 2013)
This article reviews the Act’s provisions concerning surrogacy and raises some questions for consideration.
Diversion in the South African criminal justice system: emerging jurisprudence
(Juta Law, 2015)
On 1 April 2010 the South African Child Justice Act (CJA or the Act) commenced. The long title of the Act states, inter alia, that the purpose of the Act is 'to establish a criminal justice system for children, who are 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 ...
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 ...
Law and justice at the dawn of the 21st century: Essays in honour of Lovell Derek Fernandez
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Essays in honour of Lovell Derek Fernandez, Lawyer, Linguist, Mensch
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 ...
Restorative justice as postmodern justice: exegesis and critique
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
This essay explores the relationship between postmodernism and RJ.
Postmodernism quickly outgrew its non-legal origins and has extended its
reach to incorporate matters legal. Already, it has established a significant
presence ...
Prisoner transfer to South Africa: Some of the likely challenges ahead
(North-West University, 2013)
For many years the South African government has been reluctant to enter into prisoner transfer agreements. This reluctance is demonstrated by at least two instances. The first is that in 2000 there was an attempt by an ...