Browsing PER: 2004 Volume 7 No 2 by Title
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The changing rules of jus ad bellum: conflicts in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan
(2004)This article focuses on three instances of the use of armed force in international relations. The three instances that are explored are the intervention by NATO in Kosovo, the armed attack by mainly the USA and the UK ... -
Dilemma of Muslim women regarding divorce in South Africa
(2004)On a daily basis people enquire about the dissolution of Islamic marriages, in terms of South African law In South Africa. There exist no legal grounds for obtaining a divorce in a South African court, for persons married ... -
Ontwikkeling van die gemenereg in die lig van artikel 39(2) en 173 van die Grondwet
(2004)The point of departure in the Constitution is that the existing legal order should largely be kept intact, despite the fact that this is disliked by some. The common (or non-statutory) law has also retained its position, ... -
Parental access to minors' health records in the South African health care context: concerns and recommendations
(2007)Privacy and confidentiality have long been recognized as essential elements of the doctor-patient relationship. Patients should feel free to disclose the most intimate and private medical facts about themselves to their ... -
A return to the manifest justice principle: a critical examination of the "reasonable suspicion/apprehension of bias" and "real possibility of bias" tests for judicial bias in South Africa and England
(2004)The impartiality of judges often expressed in the Latin maxim nemo iudex in propria causa interpreted to mean that no man should be a judge in his own cause together with the right of fair hearing make up the right to ... -
Some comments on the current (and future) status of Muslim personal law in South Africa
(2004)The state law of South Africa consists of the common law and the customary law. However, in reality there exist various cultural and religious communities who lead their private lives outside of state law. For example, the ...