School of Law
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Law [24]
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Recent Submissions
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Transformational leadership as a tool to effectively implement the legislation governing disability in the workplace: the case of eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.
(2019)The South African government has enacted various labour laws intended to transform the country to empower previously underprivileged South Africans to enjoy equal access and fair treatment in the workplace. This legislation ... -
A legal based evaluation and discussion of the gender discrepancy in the intellectual property industry.
(2021)Intellectual property (IP) is protected by the law. 1 The law grants an individuals’ creation a monopoly as a return for their creativity. 2 It generates incentives for creativity, for the benefit of both the creators ... -
The evolution of an effective business rescue statutory regime in South Africa 1926 – 2021.
(2021)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: An embryonic concept of what is now referred to as “business rescue” was enacted as so-called “judicial management” in the then Union of South Africa by the Companies Act 46 of 1926. It had already ... -
Justice for juvenile offenders under the new amended legal framework of the Child Justice Act.
(2022)Juvenile justice has come a significantly long way in South Africa as separate system of law, which operates to specifically deal with children in conflict with the law based on international and regional instruments. ... -
Exploring child participation in parental divorce matters in African ind[i]genous communities of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2021)This descriptive, Afrocentric study was aimed at exploring child participation in parental divorce matters in indigenous African communities of KwaZulu-Natal. The research paradigm, methodology, principles, values, and ... -
An assessment of child marriage and its human rights implications on the girl child in Zimbabwe.
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Challenges experienced by children in child headed households (CHH) in South Africa.
(2021)The civilization of society from inception has always been accompanied by unintended consequences. Such as the disorientation of families. Subsequently, the prevalence of minors assuming duties of parents within households ... -
A South African perspective of business rescue abuse: protecting the sanctity of the business rescue process without losing sight of its purpose.
(2021)The current Companies Act 71 of 2008 (the Act) signaled a move away from a creditor-protectionist society and toward a debtor-protectionist business rescue model. As a result, applications have sprung up to take advantage ... -
A critical analysis of the role, appointment, and powers of a business rescue practitioner.
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The role of good faith in South African contract law.
(2022)This research paper seeks to address the role that good faith plays in South African contract law by first discussing its origin and then chronologically tracing its position from pre-1994 to today. The judgements of ... -
A critical analysis of eThekwini Municipality’s bylaws that criminalise children in street situations.
(2022)For a little more than fifteen years, children in street situations have been a focus of concern for relief organisations, such as NGOs and governments. There are children on the streets in every country, which is an ... -
Public protector or paper tiger? personality, politics and performance: an analysis based on precedent.
(2021)Since the inception of the post-Apartheid era, the Public Protector has found its root of empowerment in legislation (the Constitution and the Public Protector Act), which primarily constructs it as an independent and ... -
A critical analysis of the appropriateness of dismissal as an automatic sanction for dishonesty in the workplace.
(2021)Even though South Africa’s Constitution and the LRA entrench the rights of employees not to be unfairly dismissed, employees are dismissed for what are arguably minor infractions. Numerous employees have lost their human ... -
Balancing the right to strike by public health care workers against the right of patients: lessons from abroad.
(2022)The research will address the right to strike by public health care workers versus the fundamental right to access to health care. The objective of this research is to establish what the right to strike by health care ... -
The enforcement of an arbitration award against an associated ship in South Africa. An analysis of MT Pretty Scene: Galsworthy Ltd v Pretty Scene Shipping S.A. and Another 2021 (5) SA 134 (SCA)
(2022)Interpretation of the phrase 'when the maritime claim arose' has created ambiguity in relation to the claim of an arbitration award as defined in section (1)(aa) of the Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act 105 of 1983 ... -
The integration of orphans and vulnerable children into society: a case study of St Monica Children’s Home, Bluff.
(2022)The integration of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) into mainstream society has highlighted the inefficiencies of the orphanage system. Orphanages also known as child and youth care centres (CYCC), are devoted to ... -
"Fire on the seas! Fine by me?" Advancing an argument for the reform of the criminal liability incurred by corporates, under South African law, as a result of the misdeclaration of dangerous goods to be carried by sea.
(2022)The carriage of dangerous goods by sea requires the utmost care and preparation. An essential part of preparing for such operations is a trail of documents evidencing the exact profile of goods to be carried and the ...
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