Browsing PER: Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal by Subject "Culture"
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Concepts of Justice and National Context Outlining Legal Comparisons Between the Federal Republic of Germany, the United States of America, and the People's Republic of China
(PER/PELJ, 2022)Comparative law holds the promise of improving knowledge. Looking at other legal systems enables a nuanced understanding of the rules of one's own country. While comparative law traditionally starts with a concrete issue, ... -
Exploring the cultural dimensions of the right to the highest attainable standard of health
(2015)The right to enjoying the highest attainable standard of health is incorporated in many international and regional human rights instruments. This right contains both freedoms and entitlements, including the freedom to ... -
Language Discrimination in the Context of South African Workplace Discrimination Law
(PER/PELJ, 2022)This contribution considers the role of language as a prohibited ground of unfair discrimination in the workplace in South Africa, an area of law that has been somewhat neglected in the literature to date. It starts by ... -
Legal perspectives on the role of culture in sustainable development
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)This article introduces some legal perspectives on the role of culture in sustainable development. The authors agree that sustainable development has been designed as an environmental concept but that room exists for the ... -
Property rights and traditional knowledge
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)For the past several decades, there has been a push to provide some sort of right akin to an intellectual property right in traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expression. This push has encountered staunch ... -
The regulation of the possession of weapons at gatherings
(2013)The Dangerous Weapons Act 15 of 2013 provides for certain prohibitions and restrictions in respect of the possession of a dangerous weapon and it repeals the Dangerous Weapons Act 71 of 1968 as well as the different Dangerous ... -
The role of religious leaders in curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)The tragic impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Nigeria and its rate of escalation despite increasing access to health services have been alarming and terrifying. Nigerian people are very religious, yet the impact of the ...