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Second chamber as a site of legislative intergovernmental relations: An African federation in comparative perspective
(Routledge, 2021)
South Africa, a country that does not recognize itself as a federation, has
established a second chamber that is probably ideal for legislative
intergovernmental relations. The National Council of Provinces is ...
Aspects of Dutch Colonial family law related to the Indonesian Rajah of Tambora's exile at the Cape
(Cambridge University Press, 2020)
'As far as family law is concerned, we in South Africa have ... every kind of family ... This is the result of ... history ... Our families are suffused with history, as family law is suffused with history, culture, belief ...
The rise of corruption in Ethiopia: Is a lack of constitutionalism to blame?
(Oxford, 2020)
In 2001, a political division arose within the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF)1
, arguably the
core the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), the ruling party and a
coalition of four ethnic-based ...
Strengthening financial integrity in Nigeria: the national identification harmonization project
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022)
Purpose – Nigeria needs to improve its national identification coverage to support improved anti-money laundering and combating of financing of terrorism and proliferation (AML/CFT) measures. This study aims to examine its ...
The new framework planned for the legal recognition and regulation of Muslim marriages in a secular South Africa: From litigation to law reform
(Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) Jakarta, 2022)
Muslims, who originate from the East Indies and the Indian subcontinent,
have a history in South Africa dating back more than three centuries.
Attempts by South African Muslims to have their Muslim marriages (nikāḥs)
recognized ...
The trial of civilians before courts martial in Uganda: Analysing the jurisprudence of Ugandan courts in the light of the drafting history of articles 129(1)(d) and 120(a) of the constitution
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2022)
Unlike in the constitutions of other African countries such as
Botswana and Lesotho, where the relationship between the High
Court and courts martial is stipulated, the Ugandan Constitution
1995 (the Constitution) does ...
Addressing wrongful convictions or miscarriages of justice in the BRICS nations
(University of Tyumen, 2022)
For many decades, international human rights law has recognised the danger of wrongful
convictions and miscarriages of justice. It is against this background that measures have
been taken to prevent or combat wrongful ...
A Life in Human Rights: A Conversation with Dennis Davis’ London Review of International Law
(Oxford University Press, 2021)
Dennis Davis is Judge of the High Court of South Africa, Judge President of the Competition Appeal Court, and Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Cape Town. In this wide-ranging conversation with Tor Krever, he ...
Fact sheets on decentralisation in Africa
(UTS ePRESS, 2022)
A growing number of African countries are considering or implementing reforms that include forms of decentralisation. At times, these reforms are underpinned by (recent) constitutional change, as in Mozambique (2018), ...
Reaping “bumper harvests” during the Covid-19 pandemic: Interrogating the dynamics of corruption during the procurement of relief and healthcare items in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The discovery of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV2 or COVID-19) in Wuhan, China was considered a Chinese problem by Ugandans until confirmation of the first positive test in the country, in March 2020. The government went into ...