Browsing PER: 2012 Volume 15 No 5 by Title
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The influence of the consumer protection act 68 of 2008 on the common law warranty against eviction: a comparative overview
(2012)The implementation of the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) has great implications for the South African common law of sale. In this contribution the influence of the CPA on the seller’s common law duty to warrant ... -
Maccsand (Pty) Ltd v City of Cape Town 2012 (4) SA 181 (CC)
(2012)The Constitutional Court in Maccsand (Pty) Ltd v City of Cape Town (CCT 103/11) 2012 ZACC 7 decided that the granting of mining rights or mining permits by the Minister of Mineral Resources in terms of the Mineral and ... -
Planning in all its (dis)guises: spheres of government, functional areas and authority
(2012)The Constitution determines that the legislative and executive powers regarding 'regional planning and development', 'urban and rural development', 'provincial planning' and 'municipal planning' are divided among the ... -
Raamwerkwetgewing ter verwesenliking van die reg op toegang tot voldoende voedsel
(2012)Various South African government reports list food security as a development priority. Despite this prioritisation and despite the fact that South Africa is currently food self-sufficient, ongoing food shortages remain ... -
Some comments on the scheme of arrangement as an "affected transaction" as defined in the companies act 71 of 2008
(2012)A scheme of arrangement involving a regulated company and its shareholders is defined as an "affected transaction" in the Companies Act 71 of 2008. Although scheme of arrangements, which can be used to achieve a takeover ... -
Termination-of-pregnancy rights and foetal interests in continued existence in South Africa: the choice on termination of pregnancy act 92 of 1996
(2012)The aim of this article is to demonstrate that, although South Africa has permissive termination-of-pregnancy legislation, to the extent that women can terminate firstand second-trimester pregnancies on demand and for ... -
Vox populi? Vox humbug! - Rising tension between the South African executive and judiciary considered in historical context - part one
(2012)This article takes as its starting point a controversy which has arisen around a proposed assessment by the South African government of the decisions of the Constitutional Court, giving rise to concerns that this will ... -
Vox populi? Vox humbug! - Rising tension between the South African executive and judiciary considered in historical context - part two
(2012)Part One of this article traced rising tensions between the South African executive and the judiciary on the question of the separation of powers. This situation was then contrasted and compared with a clash which took ...