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The jurisdiction of the Regional Courts Amendment Act, 2008: some implications for child law and divorce jurisdiction
(Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, 2011)
The promulgation of the Jurisdiction of the Regional Courts Amendment Act, 31 of 2008 (hereafter the JRCAA) in 62 large urban magisterial districts on 9 August 2010 (Women's Day) heralds a potentially drastic transformation ...
'Unconscionable and irrational': SAPS human resource allocation. South African Crime
(Institute for Security Studies (ISS), 2015)
The Khayelitsha Commission revealed that areas that are predominantly populated by people who are poor and black are systematically allocated only a small fraction of the average per capita allocation of police personnel ...
'Woman, but not human': widowhood practices and human rights violations in Nigeria
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2013)
This article examines the implications of widowhood practices for the enjoyment
of women’s fundamental rights and freedoms in Nigeria. The article
discusses the effects of socio-cultural and legal structures of Nigeria ...
Decriminalising abortion in South Africa: implications for the unborn's right to life
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
The 1975 Abortion and Sterilisation Act (ASA) was the first statute to regulate abortion in South Africa. The ASA provided that abortion was illegal. Although the default legal position adopted by it appeared to be clearly ...
Die bekendmaking van die identiteit van anonieme minderjariges by meerderjarigheid: regverdigbaar of nie?
(LitNet Akademies, 2016)
Die identiteit van minderjariges word nie bekendgemaak tydens hofverrigtinge nie. Sowel
getuies as slagoffers en oortreders kry hierdie vergunning en word deur die wetgewer
beskerm. Hierdie beskerming verval egter wanneer ...
The (mis)management of ethnolinguistic diversity in Ethiopian cities
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
Ethiopia has an ethnic federal system that is based on the assumption that the ethnolinguistic
communities of the country are located in neatly defined, or definable, territorial areas.
On the basis of this assumption ...
Cellphone technology, human rights and the criminal justice system
(The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, 2010)
Millions use cellphones every day. It is unthinkable for anyone to not have one in his/her possession. We can be reached almost everywhere and at almost every destination. It is small, compact and extremely user friendly. ...
Cave pecuniam: Lawyers as launderers
(North-West University, 2012)
In South Africa there is something almost sacrosanct about an attorney's trust
account. It is the prescribed destination of all funds paid in trust by a client to an
attorney. Clients tend to have complete confidence in ...
Does the differential criterion for vesting parental rights and responsibilities of unmarried parents violate international law? A legislative and social study of three African countries
(Cambridge University Press, 2011)
The right to non-discrimination for all children is established in international human rights law. International children's rights law further provides for the common responsibility of parents for the maintenance of their ...
Islamic state practices in the framework of Islamic and international human rights instruments
(Electronic Publishing, 2016)
The main purpose of this article is to provide an analytical perspective of essentially four current Islamic human rights instruments adopted under the protection of two different, parallel 'Arab' and 'Islamic' organisations, ...