Faculty of Law: Recent submissions
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A comparative analysis of the right to access to environmental information in South Africa and Uganda
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Even though the Ugandan legal framework on the right to access to environmental information has been described as one of the best in East Africa, it raises some legal concerns that could conceivably result in the limitation ... -
Democratic Alliance v Minister of International Relations and Cooperation 2017 (3) SA 212 (GP)
(Juta, 2016)The relationship between South African law and public international law - with specific reference to international agreements, such as the 1998 rome Statute of the international criminal court (rome Statute) - is primarily ... -
Rethinking the regulation of environment impact assessment and precaution in Mauritius
(SOAS University of London, 2017)As a small island developing state, Mauritius needs to manage its natural assets with a precautionary approach, especially as the tourism industry is one of the main pillars of its economy. While the precautionary principle ... -
Threats to security posed by ISIS in Syria: a human security approach
(Librello, 2017)The civil war in Syria coupled with the attacks by ISIS, has resulted in one of the largest humanitarian crises since World War II. Although international efforts have resulted in regaining control of important cities, ... -
Promoting environmental justice through civil-based instruments in South Africa
(SOAS University of London, 2017)Achieving environmental justice in South Africa is critically important, not only because of historical reasons rooted in the country's apartheid past, but also to ensure that everyone in the country, especially marginalized ... -
Somewhere between Rhetoric and Reality: environmental constitutionalism and the rights of nature in Ecuador
(Cambridge University Press, 2017)Today, numerous constitutions provide for a rights-based approach to environmental protection. Based as they are on an instrumentalist rationality that seeks to promote human entitlements to nature, the majority of these ... -
Student-centred problem-based learning as a transformative approach to legal education
(Independent Institute of Education, 2017)The quality of LLB graduates is causing an outcry among members of the legal profession. Concerns that law graduates are poorly prepared to meet the demands of practice and do not possess the legal skills expected of them ... -
Setting the scene for climate change litigation in South Africa: Earthlife Africa Johannesburg v Minister of Environmental Affairs and Others [2017] ZAGPPHC 58 (2017) 65662/16
(SOAS University of London, 2017)The recent decision of Earthlife Africa Johannesburg v Minister of Environmental Affairs and Others provides the foundation for streamlining climate change concerns within the context of socio-economic developments. This ... -
Artikel 102 van die insolvensiewet en notariële verbande: Van onsekerheid na sekerheid?
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Verandering en verhoging van die risiko tydens die termyn van die verskeringskontrak
(Juta, 2017)The current rule in insurance law is that a duty to disclose material facts before the conclusion of the contract rests on both parties to the insurance contract. The test for materiality is based on the judgment of the ... -
Caveat magister! Die uitsetting van kosgangers uit koshuise van openbare skole weens onbetaalde koshuisgeld
(LitNet, 2017)Verskeie openbare skole dui in briewe, op webtuistes en in aansoekvorms aan dat 'n kosganger uit die skool se koshuis gesit kan word indien koshuisgelde nie betaal word nie. In hierdie artikel word besin oor die regsgeldigheid ... -
Herstellende geregtigheid in gevalle van seksuele oortredings en die uitsprake van die hoogste hof van appèl in DPP v Thabethe en Seedat v S
(LitNet, 2017)Herstellende geregtigheid is 'n betreklik nuwe benadering waardeur geregtigheid kan realiseer, maar die aanwending daarvan in gevalle van seksuele oortredings is steeds in omstredenheid gehul. Alhoewel herstellende ... -
Het ‘n eerste verbandhouer werklik ‘n “vry hand"-voorkeur ten opsigte van sy sekuriteit as vervreembare goed kragtens artikel 8(b) van die Insolvensiewet? Absa Bank Ltd V Collier 2015 4 Sa 364 (WCC)
(University of the Free State, 2017)Met ‘n vlugtige lees van die opsomming van hierdie saak was die skrywers van mening dat die uitspraak nie juis noemenswaardig is nie, maar met nadere ondersoek het dit geblyk dat dit uiters belangrike kwessies aanroer. Dit ... -
The duty of the state to act fairly in litigation
(Juta, 2017)South African organs of state are obliged to act fairly, justly and honestly when litigating. These obligations are derived from the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, which places positive constitutional ... -
Constitutional interpretation in the so-called 'hard cases': Revisiting S v Makwanyane
(Pretoria University Law Press, 2017)Grondwetlike interpretasie in sogenaamde 'moeilike sake' verg, in sekere gevalle, dat regters van subjektiewe maatstawe moet gebruik maak om definisie te verskaf aan grondwetlike regte en waardes. Dit beteken dat regters ... -
African response to transboundary movement of hazardous wastes
(Danubius University, 2017)Control or management of transboundary movement of hazardous wastes is a global challenge. The indusries in the developed states generate hazardous wastes in their activities. Developed states have stringent laws and ... -
ntrusion into the autonomy of South African local government: advancing the minority judgment in the Merafong City case
(Pretoria University Law Press, 2017)Teen die agtergrond van die aard en wese van die Suid-Afrikaanse plaaslike regering wat na 1996 tot stand gekom het, is die saak van Merafong City Local Municipality v AngloGold Ashanti Ltd [2016] ZACC 35 een van die mees ... -
Domestic manifestations of international law's right to water: a comparative analysis of emerging rights obligations in Finland and South Africa
(Edinburgh University Press, 2017)Against the backdrop of the content and specific obligations arising from the right to water in international law, this article compares how the legal regimes in Finland and South Africa protect the right to water. The ... -
Tracing the roots of forfeiture and the loss of property in English and American Law
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2017)Restriction of the freedom and rights of an owner to do with his property as he pleases is not a new phenomenon in legal jurisprudence, but restrictions are limited by legislative provisions and regulations. Interference ...
