Browsing Book and Book Chapters (Faculty of Law) by Title
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Federalism under pressure: Federal ‘health’ factors and ‘co-morbidities’
(Routledge, 2021)The Covid-19 pandemic has been a ‘focusing event’ (Béland et al. 2020) for federalism like no other, placing it under the microscope and giving rise to the three questions set out in the introduction of this book. Each ... -
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 ... -
The Flying Hadji
(Stellenbosch: Institute for Theological Interdisciplinary Research (EFSA) in cooperation with CCAWT Research, 2000)All things considered, becoming a Muslim theologian was high on my list of possible vocations at the end of high school. Unfortunately for me, this was not to be I was a Muslim woman with a dream at the wrong time. Instead, ... -
Food security, urban governance and multilevel government in Africa
(Springer, 2021)Realising the right to food requires more than an increase in food production. Increasing access to food is equally important, so this contribution adopts a “food systems approach”. Against the backdrop of a growing ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
The ghostly dance of Zarathustra
(2013)Reading of C.W. Maris’s Nietzsche-Niëzky-Nijinsky: De Dans van Zarathustra (2004) and De Dans van Zarathustra: Nietzsche en de vrolijke rechtswetenschap (2006). -
The Gift and the meaning-giving subject: A Reading of Given Time
(Springer, 2010)In this essay the relation between justice and the gift in Derrida’s thinking is explored. The essay shows that an understanding of the ontological difference or the relation between Being and beings in Heidegger’s thinking ... -
Human rights and the transformation of property. By Stuart Wilson
(Juta, 2021)A book devoted to the transformation of law, in this case property law, which is published in South Africa is cause for celebration. Such a work devoted to South African law is rarer than the proverbial dentures of a hen. ... -
The idea of a new Zimbabwe post- Mugabe
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2020)Zimbabwe has gone through deep political, economic and social challenges for close to three decades. Once known as the shining light of Africa, Zimbabwe is now often known for dominating international headlines for the ... -
Imperfect transition – local government reform in South Africa 1994-2012
(SUN Press, 2012)Local government is a mirror of the larger political and economic forces, cleavages and problems that are shaping South African society. It is these deeper fault lines in society, rather than the Zuma government’s ... -
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, ... -
In the name of diversity: The disenfranchisement of citizens in an African Federation
(Brill, 2021)The empowerment of ethnic communities is the cornerstone of the constitutional arrangement of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The Constitution organises the state along ethnic lines by using ethnicity as ... -
The interaction between family law, succession law and private international law: An introduction
(Intersentia, 2021)At the national level, the rules of substantive family and succession law work with private international law rules created specifically for these substantive laws. Hence, there cannot be any question that there is an ... -
Introduction: How federations combat Covid-19
(Routledge, 2021)On 31 December 2019, the first cases of the coronavirus, Covid-19, were identified in Wuhan City, China. Its dramatic rate of transmission and deadly effects soon led to the city’s shutdown, but not before it took wing ... -
Islamic mode of estate distribution in South Africa
(Jordan Publishing LexisNexis, 2016)It has been argued by some academics that the Islamic law of intestate succession discriminates against females due to its unequal distribution of shares in favour of males.' The general example used in this regard is when ... -
Kenya Kenyan Kadhis’ courts and their application of the Islamic law of divorce and distribution of property at the dissolution of marriage
(Cambridge University Press, 2021)Kenya does not have a State religion. Muslims are estimated to constitute than 10% of the Kenyan population. The ‘Kenyan Islamic practice … is predominantly Sunni with a Shafi intellectual tradition.’ However, there are ... -
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 law and politics of internal secession: The Ethiopian experience in comparative perspective
(Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2021)Although secession has been the subject of much scholarly work, the focus has largely been on the external dimension of secession, the decision of a territory to leave an existing state and establish itself as independent ...