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This thesis is centered on a major research question: What has been the path of the South African Police (SAP) from parliamentary sovereignty to constitutional supremacy? How can constitutionalism, the rule of law, and ...
The UN Resolution 1803 of 1962 on Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources (PSNR) was a catalyst for rethinking the ownership and governance of natural resources. In terms of the Resolution, the state is at the centre ...
This study examines the shortcomings in the Community Schemes Ombud Services Act's implementation in South Africa to eradicating lawlessness. This revolutionary legislation aims to close the wealth gap between South Africans, ...
The adoption of the new constitution in 2013 led to the constitutionalisation of public procurement in Zimbabwe. The Constitution is the principal source of law in Zimbabwe. This set in motion a series of legislative reforms ...
The domestic violence phenomenon is a vexatious issue in many societies across the world today. In South Africa, it is a compelling problem that the country’s law system and communities grapple with daily. Hence, domestic ...
The stated goals of international trade agreements have increasingly included provisions pertaining to the achievement of sustainable development. The thesis discusses the concept of sustainable development in the context ...
Whilst a signature is not a formality in our law in order for a valid and binding
transaction to be concluded, it is invariably appended to identify the signatory, affirm
the signatory's intention to append his/her ...
The resolution of health research problems has over the years generally been guided by private law approaches, mainly under the laws of contract and delict. The dominance of private law approaches has mainly been evident ...
Prior to the introduction of private participation in the value chain of the power supply
system, some of the major challenges bedeviling the system are; the inadequate
generation capacity, failing and limited transmission ...
The overarching purpose of this research is to establish the need for legislative and policy reform in respect of the exchange of sexual acts for reward and peripheral crimes in South Africa. It has sought to do so through ...
In the Republic of South Africa (‘RSA’), there are exponentially increasing and indeterminable
consequential risks and breaches involved in the spontaneous and indispensable personal,
official and general anatomic uses ...
The purpose of the study was to undertake an analysis of the legal and policy developments of the right to basic education in South Africa as enshrined in section 29 of the Constitution. This included, amongst others, the ...
This dissertation involved a discussion and analysis of the international and domestic legal framework, and case law governing the immunity, arrest and surrender of heads of State wherein international crimes are addressed. ...
This research examines the principle of belonging as a fundamental basis of existence as a human being. It seeks to show that non-recognition as a national of any country has led to many people being stateless and living ...
Fundamental reform of the current system of access to land in Nigeria is imperative to
ensure a process of land administration that is simple, accessible and sufficiently comprehensive to redress the impact of colonisation ...
This study examines South Africa’s legal obligations to prevent, suppress and punish grave breaches of international humanitarian law (IHL). Whereas South Africa signed, ratified, and domesticated instruments that seek to ...
Many African states have now regained their independence, however, sustainable
economic development and relations remain a dream. The African powerhouse is
hosted at the African Union (AU) and it is aimed at achieving ...
This study explores several South African cyber laws by comparing them to international precepts of the UK and the US, and determines how they impact on extraditions. The extradition process is largely governed by the dual ...
The Right to Development (RTD) is not a new issue in human rights practice, having received recognition as an inalienable human right by the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development (UNDRTD) in 1986, more ...
Euthanasia has been a contentious issue in South Africa and around the world for a long time. Despite some request for the decriminalisation of euthanasia in South Africa, it remains an illegal and a criminal offence in ...