Browsing PER: 2018 Volume 21 by Title
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Beyond Sexual Binaries? The German Federal Constitutional Court and the Rights of Intersex People
(PER/PELJ, 2018)In a recent judgment, the German Federal Constitutional Court held that it was unconstitutional to require every person's sex to be entered on the birth register, without providing for a third option for intersex persons. ... -
The BRICS-lawyers' guide to global cooperation (Cambridge University Press 2017)
(PER, 2018)This contribution reviews the book The BRICS-Lawyers' Guide to Global Cooperation edited by Rostam J Neuwirth, Alexandr Svetlicinii and Denis De Castro Halis. It was published by Cambridge University Press in 2017, and ... -
"The Common Law is … not what it used to be"*: Revisiting Recognition of a Constitutionally-Inspired Implied Duty of Fair Dealing in the Common Law Contract of Employment (Part 1)
(PER/PELJ, 2018)This piece, which is in three parts, will revisit the importation of fairness into the employment contract (outside and independent of the fairness-based provisions of our labour legislation) by a line of Supreme Court of ... -
"The Common Law is … not what it used to be"*: Revisiting Recognition of a Constitutionally-Inspired Implied Duty of Fair Dealing in the Common Law Contract of Employment (Part 2)
(PER/PELJ, 2018)This piece, which is in three parts, will revisit the importation of fairness into the employment contract (outside and independent of the fairness-based provisions of our labour legislation) by a line of Supreme Court of ... -
"The Common Law is … not what it used to be"*: Revisiting Recognition of a Constitutionally-Inspired Implied Duty of Fair Dealing in the Common Law Contract of Employment (Part 3)
(PER/PELJ, 2018)This piece, which is in three parts, will revisit the importation of fairness into the employment contract (outside and independent of the fairness-based provisions of our labour legislation) by a line of Supreme Court of ... -
The constitutionalisation of the test for statutory illegality in South African contract law: Cool ideas v Hubbard 2014 4 SA 474 (CC)
(PER / PELJ, 2018)This paper investigates the constitutionalisation of the test for statutory illegality (the test) in South African contract law, firstly through a careful evaluation of the manner in which the Constitutional Court (CC) ... -
Corruption and human rights law in Africa (2016 Hart Publishing, Oxford)
(PER, 2018-01-16)This contribution reviews the book by Kolawole Olaniyan on corruption and human rights law in Africa. The book, Corruption and Human Rights Law in Africa, provides a framework for complementarity between promoting and ... -
Delivery of the Compulsory Section 129(1) Notice as required by the National Credit Act of 2005*
(PER/PELJ, 2018)In terms of section 129(1) of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005 (NCA), a credit provider first needs to provide a consumer with notice of his default and a list of possible remedies to overcome the default, before enforcing ... -
The direct applicability of SADC community law in South Africa and Zimbabwe: a call for supranationality and the uniform application of SADC community law
(PER, 2018)The Southern African Development Community Tribunal (SADC Tribunal) became operational in 1992 and delivered several judgments against Zimbabwe. Some of those decisions are yet to be enforced. The attempt to enforce them ... -
Disposing of bodies, semantically: notes on the meaning of "disposal" in S v Molefe
(PER, 2018-05-17)In S v Molefe the presiding officer determines the meaning of the word "disposal" at the hand of two criteria, namely visibility and permanence; this means a body has to be permanently out of sight to be considered ... -
Does albinism fit within the legal definition of disability in the employment context? A comparative analysis of the judicial interpretation of disability under the SA and the US non-discrimination laws
(PER / PELJ, 2018)South Africans with albinism are among the most marginalised and vulnerable citizens yet very little attention is paid to protecting them from human rights violations. There have been several calls by ... -
A duty of support for all South African unmarried intimate partners Part 2: Developing customary and common law and circumventing the volks judgment
(PER / PELJ, 2018)Part I of this two-part article argued that post-constitutional developments of the right to support have excluded the largest and most vulnerable sector of South African women – African women in invalid customary marriages ... -
A duty of support for all South African unmarried intimate partners Part I: The limits of the cohabitation and marriage based models
(PER / PELJ, 2018)The democratic Constitutional dispensation has led to the gradual extension of spousal duties of support to unmarried couples who hitherto could not legally claim support from their partners or from third parties who had ... -
The Duty to Produce One’s Firearm for Inspection in Terms of the Firearms Control Act: The Right to Silence under Siege?
(PER/PELJ, 2018)The right of the arrested and accused persons to remain silent at pre-trial and during their trial are significant to ensuring a fair trial. The purpose of the right to remain silent is to ensure that the state bears the ... -
Facing the challenge of improving the legal writing skills of educationally disadvantaged law students in a South African law school
(PER, 2018)Many first-year students in the School of Law at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College, who have been disadvantaged by a poor primary and secondary education, exhibit poor legal writing skills. Over a period of ... -
Formal regulation of third party litigation funding agreements? A South African perspective
(PER/PELJ, 2018)In South Africa third party litigation funding agreement as a tool that provides access to justice is not legislated with regard to non-lawyers. This article is based on research conducted to determine whether regulating ... -
Frankenberg G comparative constitutional studies – Between magic and deceit (2018 Edward Elgar Publishing UK) ISBN 978 1 78254 897 3 & 978 1 78254 898 0 (eBook)
(PER / PELJ, 2018)This contribution reviews the book by Günter Frankenberg titled Comparative Constitutional Studies – Between Magic and Deceit published by Edward Elgar Publishing in 2018 -
Human rights and the new sustainable mechanism of the Paris agreement: A new opportunity to promote climate justice
(PER, 2018)In the light of the new era of climate action under the Paris Agreement (PA) and the rights and justice issues raised by climate change-related policies and measures, this paper discusses the integration of a human rights ... -
In search of the perceived quality and impact of accredited South African law journals: exploring the possibility of a ranking system. A baseline study: 2009 – 2014
(PER, 2018)The DHET Research Output Policy (2015) indicates that there has been a change in the government’s approach to research funding. Previously all research published in any accredited journal was rewarded equally. A decision ... -
Inheritance rights for posthumously procreated children: a growing challenge for the law
(PER / PELJ, 2018)Significant advances in cryogenic technology render it possible to freeze and store human gametes. Under appropriate laboratory conditions frozen gametes can remain viable for long periods of time. In consequence, it is ...