Browsing PER: Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal by Subject "informed consent"
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The protection of children's right to self-determination in South African law with specific reference to medical treatment and operations
(PER / PELJ, 2018)The Children's Act 38 of 2005 provides that children over the age of 12 years can consent to their own medical treatment or that of their children, provided they are of sufficient maturity and have the mental capacity ... -
Sounding the alarm: government of the republic of Namibia v LM and Women's Rights during childbirth in South Africa
(PER/PELJ, 2018)Government of the Republic of Namibia v LM [2014] NASC 19 (hereafter the LM case) concerns the involuntary sterilisation of women during childbirth. The Supreme Court of Namibia found that obtaining consent during the ...