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Corruption in the prison context
(Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, 2006)
The point of departure of this paper is that, in general, corruption is a human rights issue, which is accentuated in the prison context given the nature of imprisonment. Three factors create an intrinsic risk for corruption ...
South Africa
(University of Toronto Press, 2019)
South Africa is facing a major public safety crisis threatening its constitutional
democracy. Personal violent crime (murder, rape and robbery)
remains among the highest in the world; conuption in the public
service is ...
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 ...
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
Section 9b of the protected disclosures amendment act 5 of 2017: Discouraging whistleblowing in South Africa?
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The Protected Disclosures Act 26 of 2000 provides protection for individuals who
blow the whistle on corrupt activities in South Africa. The Protected Disclosures
Amendment Act 5 of 2017 widens the scope of the original ...
A discourse on the plight of South African women in the face of abuse and neglect
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
An upsurge in the rate of violence against women has an adverse effect on women in South Africa. Sadly, many South African women who are the victims of violent sexual conduct, such as, rape and other forms of violent sexual ...
Grappling with the scourge of money laundering during the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The deadly COVID-19 pandemic has unfortunately presented new opportunities for perpetrators to exploit. As such, hefty amounts of economic crimes such as money laundering and money laundering threats were committed from ...
The symbiosis between the criminalisation of sex work and corrupt policing in sex work in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Despite existing studies that prove the prevalence of corrupt policing of sex work in South Africa, corruption continues to be a common feature of sex workers’ experiences with police officers. In this article, it is argued ...
Tax Administration Act: Fulfilling human rights through efficient and effective tax administration
(Pretoria University Law Press, 2018)
The Constitution, 1996 embodies the ideals bonding South Africans who
must cohere and transcend their divisions to change the condition of
peoples’ lives by reconstructing a South African society dogged by
corruption ...