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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 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, ...
An overview of post-divorce support for muslim children in the context of South African Law, Islamic Law and the proposed 2010 Muslim Marriages Bill
(International Assossiation of IT Laywers, 2012)
After 350 years of non-recognition, and following a
protracted procedure, Muslim religious marriages and divorces are
currently in the process of being directly and formally recognised in terms
of South African law. A ...
Dissolution of a muslim marriage by divorce
(Juta, 2014)
Although Muslims first arrived in South Africa more than 350 years ago and two decades have passed since the advent of democracy, their religious marriages are currently not formally recognized in terms of the (common) ...
Parental Care and the Best Interest of the Child in Muslim Countries
(T.M.C. Asser Press The Hague, 2017)
This chapter on South Africa critically analyses the evolution of the
concept of the best interests of the child, and specifically how it pertains to the
fields of care (custody), contact (access), guardianship and ...
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 ...