Browsing Masters Degrees (Constitutional & Human Rights Litigation) by Title
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The abused women in South Africa : statutory implications and the use of mediation to resolve domestic violence disputes.
(2000)No abstract available. -
Access to antiretrovirals : are there any solutions?
(2008)In South Africa 1 000 people die of AIDS everyday and 100 000 more people require ARVs every year. There is therefore an urgent need to provide access to ARVs andother essential medicines. The South African Constitution ... -
African customary law : a constitutional challenge for gender equality.
(1999)No abstract available. -
The African Union and human rights : drawing from the European experience of human rights supervision, what impact might the African Union, and the consequent creation of an African court, have on Africa with regard to human rights, African unity, and the issue of state sovereignty?
(2003)The formation of the African Union (AU) holds great promise for Africa with regard to development. It also brings a new dimension to human rights in Africa, with the creation of the African Court. However, the OAUs legacy ... -
The African Union and its radical stance towards human rights and democracy.
(2003)Any research that attempts to tackle the issue of human rights in Africa is likely to raise emotions because of the history of perpetual human rights violations in the region. Nevertheless, the establishment of the African ... -
An analysis of multilingualism as an approach to language-in-education policies of the Department of Basic Education in relation to the promotion of indigenous languages as languages of teaching and learning, in accordance with section 29(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.
(2021)The Constitution of South Africa recognises eleven official languages, nine of which are considered indigenous African languages. This recognition seeks to provide for language protection, promote multilingualism and create ... -
Balancing the right to peaceful use and enjoyment of private property with the right of access to adequate housing and the government’s legitimate interest thereto.
(2020)In the pre-constitutional dispensation, the courts could grant an eviction order without considering the risk of homelessness to the evictees. This was possible because there was no constitutional right of access to ... -
The best interests of whose child? : an examination of African customary law in matters relating to children switched at birth.
(2018)Children switched at birth present not only emotional trauma but also a legal battle for all parties concerned. Thus the story of M and Z (an African boy and girl) switched at birth in OR Tambo Hospital on August 2, 2010 ... -
A comparative analysis of the practice of family mediation with particular reference to African customary mediation.
(1997)Family mediation is a process that' was and is still practised by African indigenous societies. However, mediation in relation to family and divorce matters, is viewed either positively or negatively by most South African ... -
The constitutional experience of Zimbabwe : some basic fundamental tenets of constitutionalism which the new constitution should embody.
(2013)Zimbabwe adopted the Lancaster Constitution in 1980. This constitution has been amended a record nineteen times. The critic on some of the amendments is that they have undermined the fundamental tenets of constitutionalism. ... -
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 ... -
Deconstructing section 25(3) of the Constitution: have the courts adopted a progressive approach in interpreting section 25(3): a critical study of Uys NO and another v Msiza and others?
(2020)Section 25(2) of the Constitution provides that property may expropriated only in terms of law of general application for a public purpose or in the public interest, subject to compensation. Section 25(3) provides further ... -
Dignity of an ex-convict in South Africa : a critical discussion.
(2018)The constitutions of many countries do not provide a clear definition of the concept of dignity. This study scrutinises the meaning of dignity and the violation of ex-convicts’ right to dignity in South Africa. Government ... -
The eradication of domestic expediency by the African court on human and peoples' rights : lessons from Europe.
(2003)The proposed African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights is an important development in the history of Africa. For the first time, there will be a regional judicial mechanism for the adjudication of human rights issues. ... -
Executed in execution : discussion and suggestions regarding the immovable property foreclosure process in South Africa.
(2017)The right to housing is not only important because of its socio-economic role in society – also because of our racially and socio-economically divided past. Despite the vital function housing plays, manifested in the ... -
Food labelling legislation.
(1990)Food labelling serves to (a) inform consumers about the attributes of a food product so that they can make rational and well-informed choices; (b) assist manufacturers in marketing their product; and (c) warn consumers ... -
A human rights analysis of posthumous reproduction in South Africa.
(2018)Advances in the field of medicine are consistently posing difficult questions to the law and society. This is because of the propensity of these medical advances to alter the limits of what is and is not possible, and ... -
The ICC's jurisdictional limitations and the impunity for war crimes in the DRC : a plea for the establishment of a special criminal tribunal.
(2012)The cruelty and scope of the widespread criminality of humans in the world, which was a feature of the past century, was fuelled by scientific progress, egoism and humanity's power of destruction. The criminal consequences ...