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The Legal Relevance of Nature based Solutions for Sustainable Urban Development in South African Secondary Cities
(PER/PELJ, 2022)
South Africa, like many other countries worldwide, strives for sustainable development. Increasing urbanisation and climate change are two of the main drivers of the global pursuit of sustainable development. Nature-based ...
The consequences of the statutory regulation of customary law: an examination of the South African customary law of succession and marriage
(PER/PELJ, 2019)
In pluralistic legal systems, the regulation of non-state law through statute carries the risks associated with codification; namely the ossification and distortion of law. This article examines the effects of statutory ...
Strikes in essential services in Kenya : the doctors, nurses and clinical officers' strikes revisited and lessons from South Africa
(PER/PELJ, 2020)
The right to strike is one of the fundamental rights enshrined in the Kenyan Constitution, 2010. Any limitation to the right involves the danger of collective bargaining. The right to strike is derived from the Right to ...
Improving access to justice through law graduate post-study community service in South Africa
(PER/PELJ, 2020)
Access to justice for all in South Africa, as most clearly set out in sections 34 and 35 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, is necessary to realise various other fundamental rights and to improve ...
Neither Adopted nor Borrowed : A Critique of the Conception of the South African Bill of Rights
(PER/PELJ, 2020)
The failure of the post-apartheid government to deliver on some of the promises of the South African Bill of Rights, coupled with the appropriation of the Bill of Rights by the international human rights movement, create ...
Altering the human genome : mapping the genome editing regulatory system in South Africa
(PER/PELJ, 2021)
Novel therapeutic strategies using genome editing technologies,
such as CRISPR-Cas9 are revolutionising the way in which
diseases can be prevented and treated in the future.
Consequently, a global debate has emerged ...
South Africa's journey to climate change regulation : Earthlife Africa Johannesburg v Minister of Environmental Affairs 2017 2 All SA 519 (GP)
(PER/PELJ, 2021)
Concerns over climate change are increasingly reaching an urgent level. Many countries have begun focusing their efforts on mitigating its devastating impact. At the same time countries need to ensure their economic growth ...
Judicial review of the legislative process in Lesotho : lessons from South Africa
(PER/PELJ, 2019)
The Constitution of Lesotho, 1993 has a supremacy clause which ordinarily empowers the judiciary to review the actions of other branches of government. However, the judiciary in Lesotho seems to treat the legislative process ...
The Right to Electricity in South Africa
(PER/PELJ, 2022)
In this note, we examine access to electricity as a right in South African law. We also consider whether deprivations, interferences and disruptions of electricity supply are justifiable limitations of the right. While ...
Defining the Urban Edge - A Guide to its Implementation for Sustainable Development
(PER/PELJ, 2022)
As relics of the legacy of apartheid, the boundaries of cities have
expanded exponentially. The notion of the urban edge has
therefore been introduced as a planning tool to prevent further
sprawl and has become an ...