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Pre-agreement assessment as a responsible lending tool in South-Africa, the EU and belgium: part 1
(PER, 2018)
Responsible lending has become a very pertinent issue on the agenda of credit regulators across the globe who seek to combat the causes of consumer over-indebtedness. In this context the use of "pre-agreement assessment" ...
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 ...
Pericles should learn to fix a leaky pipe – why trial advocacy should become part of the LLB curriculum (Part 2)
(PER, 2018)
The inescapable reality is that most law school graduates are headed for professional life. This means that law schools have some accountability for the competence of their graduates, and thus an educational responsibility ...
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 ...
Leadership, social justice and transformation – inspire a leader
(PER, 2018)
Transformation is not impossible. In 1994 there were about 150 judges in this country. Of this number, one was female and one was black. Today there are 227 judges in South Africa, of whom 82 are female and 145 male. 34% ...
Laws against strikes – The South African experience in an international and comparative perspective
(PER, 2018)
This contribution reviews the book entitled Laws against Strikes – The South African Experience in an International and Comparative Perspective edited by Bob Hepple, Rochelle le Roux and Silvana Sciarra.
Untitled: Securing land tenure in urban and rural South Africa (2017 University of KwaZulu-Natal Press)
(PER, 2018-01-16)
This contribution provides a review of the book edited by Donna Hornby, Rosalie Kingwill, Lauren Royston and Ben Cousins, Untitled: Securing Land Tenure in Urban and Rural South Africa. It deals with the topic of land ...
Maintaining the ecological flows of estuaries: a critical reflection on the application and interpretation of the relevant legal framework through the lens of the Klein River estuary
(PER, 2018)
South Africa has 291 functional estuaries of which 43 per cent are threatened. These estuaries provide numerous environmental goods and services to the species situated within and adjacent to them. In an effort to improve ...
Reviewing the suitability of affirmative action and the inherent requirements of the job as grounds of justification to equal pay claims in terms of the employment equity act 55 of 1998
(PER, 2018)
The Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 ("EEA") has been amended to include a specific provision dealing with equal pay claims in the form of section 6(4). Section 6(4) of the EEA prohibits unfair discrimination in terms and ...