Book and Book Chapters (Faculty of Law): Recent submissions
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From the Community Law Centre to the Dullah Omar Institute: The Path of Engaged Research
(UWC Press, 2020)Commencing its life as a research, advocacy and constitution-building entity in 1990, the Community Law Centre, later becoming the Dullah Omar Institute, has over the past 29 years played a significant role in the shaping ... -
The implications of varying statutory minimum age thresholds for child consent in respect of minors granted majority status through civil marriage in South Africa
(Intersentia, 2018)South Africa is a young constitutional democracy and developing country. Its main national laws protecting children, namely, the supreme Constitution 19961 and the comprehensive Children's Act 20052 based on its provisions, ... -
Alleviating poverty through retirement reforms
(Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2020)Older persons in South Africa may be described as a sizeable but vulnerable group requiring specific protection. One of the ways in which the country can provide for the socio-economic needs of its older population is ... -
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 ... -
Negotiating settlements in a broader law enforcement context
(Elgar Publishing, 2020-04-08)This thought-provoking book examines the scope, benefits and challenges of negotiated settlements as an enforcement mechanism in bribery cases, and demonstrates the need for a more harmonized and principled approach to ... -
Access to Justice in Kenya in the Context of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 16.3 on the Rule of Law: Lessons for the upcoming 2020 Voluntary National Review Report
(CEDRED Publications, 2020-08)Kenya was among the various countries that presented a Voluntary National Review Report in 2017. In the context of the Sustainable Development Goal 16.3, a close reading of the 2017 Report shows some strong and weak points. ... -
Formal recognition of adult relationships and legal gender in a comparative perspective
(Elgar Publishing, 2020-03-02)This innovative and thought-provoking Research Handbook explores not only current debates in the area of gender, sexuality and the law but also points the way for future socio-legal research and scholarship. It presents ... -
Exploring the link between poverty and human rights in Africa
(Pretoria University Law Press, 2020)Poverty remains one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in this century. Despite the fact that the world is blessed with natural and human resources, a significant number of people, particularly in developing countries, ... -
Advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights of adolescents in Africa: The role of the courts
(Springer, 2019)Across the world, adolescents encounter various challenges that may implicate the enjoyment of their sexual and reproductive health and rights. The situation of adolescents in Africa is aggravated by high poverty levels ... -
Towards a new juvenile justice system in Namibia
(Intersentia, 2019)Namibia ’ s moves towards developing a new juvenile justice system for children in conflict commenced a quarter of a century ago. A country which emerged from the ravages of apartheid colonisation and a bloody civil war ... -
Federation among unequals. A country study of constitutional asymmetry in Ethiopia
(Palgrave MacMillan, 2019)Although some level of political asymmetry is unavoidable in any federal arrangement, the problem of an Ethiopian federation affected by glaring political asymmetry remains unexplored. The aim of this chapter is to examine ... -
Mobility and ethnic federalism in Ethiopia
(Addis Ababa UniversityAddis Ababa University - School of Law, 2019)Ethiopia’s federal dispensation, ushered under the 1995 Constitution, guarantees ethnic groups – constitutionally termed as “nations, nationalities and peoples” – a wide array of self-rule rights. The Constitution also ... -
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 ... -
The withering away of politically salient territorial cleavages in South Africa and the emergence of watermark ethnic Federalism
(Oxford University Press, 2019)The policy of apartheid was an attempt to territorialize the white/black racial cleavage through the creation of bantustans, confining black political aspirations to 13 percent of the country, while the remainder of the ... -
Southern African perspectives on banning corporal punishment – a comparison of Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe
(Brill Nijhoff, 2019)This chapter reviews recent judicial and legislative developments concerning steps towards – and against – the abolition of corporal punishment in four closely connected southern African jurisdictions: South Africa, ... -
City regions in pursuit of SDG 11: Institutionalising multilevel cooperation in Gauteng, South Africa
(Routledge, 2019)Metropolitan areas are becoming more and more important in shaping the future of the planet. In 2017 there were 34 megacities worldwide, i.e. cities with a population of over 10 million. It is expected that this number ... -
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 ... -
Bank secrecy: Implementing the relevant provisions of the United Nations Convention against corruption in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)For many decades South African law has recognised a bank's duty to keep its client's information confidential. This is popularly known as bank secrecy. However, this duty is not absolute. National and international law ... -
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 -
The reconciliation of transnational economic, social and cultural human rights via the common interest
(VerLoren Van Themaat Centre, 2012)In general, human rights obligations are restricted to states' actions within their own territory in relation to their own citizens and residents. However, article 55(c) of the Charter of the United Nations refers to the ...