Browsing Journals by Subject "Law"
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The application of section 8(3) of the constitution in the development of customary law values in South Africa's new constitutional dispensation
(2012)The constitutional recognition of customary law alongside common law in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 is highly commendable. It also raises the question of whether or not the recognition was ... -
The Development of the Interface between Law, Medicine and Psychiatry: Medico-Legal Perspectives in History
(2009)Medicine and law were related from early times. This relation resulted as a necessity of protecting communities from the irresponsible acts of impostors. Various legal codes dealing with medical malpractice existed in ... -
Did i break it? recording indigenous (Customary) Law
(PER/PELJ, 2019)In this paper, I explore several issues emerging in the discourse about the recording of indigenous law by drawing on several examples of my research and work with indigenous law in Canada. This is an important inquiry ... -
Disaster risk reduction in Iraq
(OASIS, 2019)Iraq is at risk of multiple hazards including both natural and man-made calamities. Little effort had been made before 2003 to address the disaster risk; even though many legislations enacted to provide a relief in the ... -
Inclusivity towards legal research: a historical and future perspective.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2012)In order to research the South African law and understand how legal processes must transpire in contemporary South Africa, a historical perspective is firstly required. Historical knowledge gained assists both the academic ... -
Making a case for a development-driven approach to law as a linchpin for the post-2015 development agenda
(2015)The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are milestones on a long road to global development. They were adopted by consensus in 2000 as a policy framework to guide the global development process, ending poverty as the ...