Browsing Constitutional & Human Rights Litigation by Title
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The abused women in South Africa : statutory implications and the use of mediation to resolve domestic violence disputes.
(2000)No abstract available. -
Access to antiretrovirals : are there any solutions?
(2008)In South Africa 1 000 people die of AIDS everyday and 100 000 more people require ARVs every year. There is therefore an urgent need to provide access to ARVs andother essential medicines. The South African Constitution ... -
African customary law : a constitutional challenge for gender equality.
(1999)No abstract available. -
The African Union and human rights : drawing from the European experience of human rights supervision, what impact might the African Union, and the consequent creation of an African court, have on Africa with regard to human rights, African unity, and the issue of state sovereignty?
(2003)The formation of the African Union (AU) holds great promise for Africa with regard to development. It also brings a new dimension to human rights in Africa, with the creation of the African Court. However, the OAUs legacy ... -
The African Union and its radical stance towards human rights and democracy.
(2003)Any research that attempts to tackle the issue of human rights in Africa is likely to raise emotions because of the history of perpetual human rights violations in the region. Nevertheless, the establishment of the African ... -
An analytical study of the regulation of South African diamond trade from 1994 to 2009 with reference to aspects of the 1996 Constitution.
(2009)This study forms a unique study of South African diamond laws as developed in the context of the South African constitutional dispensation. This study is therefore a contribution to legal research and academia which forms ... -
The best interests of whose child? : an examination of African customary law in matters relating to children switched at birth.
(2018)Children switched at birth present not only emotional trauma but also a legal battle for all parties concerned. Thus the story of M and Z (an African boy and girl) switched at birth in OR Tambo Hospital on August 2, 2010 ... -
The coerced and forced sterilisation of women living with HIV in South Africa: a critical review of existing legal remedies.
(2018)No abstract available. -
A comparative analysis of the practice of family mediation with particular reference to African customary mediation.
(1997)Family mediation is a process that' was and is still practised by African indigenous societies. However, mediation in relation to family and divorce matters, is viewed either positively or negatively by most South African ... -
The constitutional experience of Zimbabwe : some basic fundamental tenets of constitutionalism which the new constitution should embody.
(2013)Zimbabwe adopted the Lancaster Constitution in 1980. This constitution has been amended a record nineteen times. The critic on some of the amendments is that they have undermined the fundamental tenets of constitutionalism. ... -
The contribution of the African Charter on human and people's rights to the realisation of democratic governance in Africa.
(2006)No abstract available. -
A critical analysis of the home mortgage foreclosure requirements and procedure in South Africa and proposals for legislative reform.
(2020)The execution against immovable property, or foreclosure, involves a delicate balancing of mortgagor and mortgagee rights. From a mortgagor perspective, he or she is protected by Section 26 (1) of the South African ... -
Did you say "asinine" milord? – Bekker v Naude en andere 2003 5 SA 173 (SCA).
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Dignity of an ex-convict in South Africa : a critical discussion.
(2018)The constitutions of many countries do not provide a clear definition of the concept of dignity. This study scrutinises the meaning of dignity and the violation of ex-convicts’ right to dignity in South Africa. Government ... -
The eradication of domestic expediency by the African court on human and peoples' rights : lessons from Europe.
(2003)The proposed African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights is an important development in the history of Africa. For the first time, there will be a regional judicial mechanism for the adjudication of human rights issues. ... -
Executed in execution : discussion and suggestions regarding the immovable property foreclosure process in South Africa.
(2017)The right to housing is not only important because of its socio-economic role in society – also because of our racially and socio-economically divided past. Despite the vital function housing plays, manifested in the ... -
Food labelling legislation.
(1990)Food labelling serves to (a) inform consumers about the attributes of a food product so that they can make rational and well-informed choices; (b) assist manufacturers in marketing their product; and (c) warn consumers ... -
A human rights analysis of posthumous reproduction in South Africa.
(2018)Advances in the field of medicine are consistently posing difficult questions to the law and society. This is because of the propensity of these medical advances to alter the limits of what is and is not possible, and ...