Browsing PER: 2014 Volume 17 No 3 by Title
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A historical overview of the regulation of market abuse in South Africa
(2014)In an early attempt to combat market abuse in the South African financial markets, legislation such as the Companies Act, the Financial Markets Control Act and the Stock Exchanges Control Act were enacted. However, these ... -
The International Humanitarian Law notion of direct participation in hostilities – a review of the ICRC interpretive guide and subsequent debate
(2014)The phrase "direct participation in hostilities" has a very specific meaning in international humanitarian law (IHL). Those individuals who are clothed with combatant status are authorised to participate directly in ... -
The law and practice of criminal asset forfeiture in South African criminal procedure: a constitutional dilemma
(2014)The deprivation of the proceeds of crime has been a feature of criminal law for many years. The original rationale for the confiscation of criminal assets at international level was the fight against organised crime, a ... -
The new .Africa top level domain: an African initiative in ensuring Africa's rightful place on the global network
(2014)The new gTLD programme of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the single most important development since the privatisation of the DNS in 1998. The management of the Domain Name System (DNS) ... -
The problematic practical application of Section 1(6) and 1(7) of the Intestate Succession Act under a new dispensation
(2014)In recent years many developments have taken place in the field of the law of succession. Du Toit aptly states that "despite the static image that the law of succession often projects, it is a vibrant area of the law that ... -
Proselytism and the right to freedom from improper irreligious influence: the example of public school education
(2014)Jurisprudentially speaking, "proselytism" is a concept within the larger genus of the protection of religious rights and freedoms. The word lends itself to differing opinions. However, there is a popular school of thought ... -
The role of quality in the adjudication of public tenders
(2014)The quality of the goods or services that government procures is obviously a very important consideration in deciding which supplier should be awarded a particular public tender. It follows that in the regulation of public ... -
To be or not to be? The role of private enquiries in the South African insolvency law
(2014)This article analyses the role of the so-called private examinations in our South African insolvency law and deals with the question of whether or not section 417 of the Insolvency Act (Act 24 of 1936) is adequately and ... -
The unconstitutional practices of the Judicial Service Commission under the guise of Judicial Transformation: Cape Bar Council v Judicial Service Commission [2012] 2 ALL 143 (WCC)
(2014)This contribution aims to point out valuable lessons from the shortcomings of the Judicial Service Commission as highlighted in the case of The Cape Bar Council v The Judicial Service Commission. The case involved the ...
