• The legal position regarding the best interests of the child in gender reassignment decisions in South Africa 

  Mahlobogwane, Frans Mashilo (2023-11)

  Although the recent concepts ‘gender dysphoria’ (according to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 2022) and ‘gender incongruence’ (as defined in the World Health Organization’s ...
• An ethico-legal analysis of benefit sharing for health research in South Africa 

  Chunda-Sinombe, Priscilla (2023-06-27)

  Health care research conducted in LMICs, including South Africa, has exploded in the last few decades. Albeit a welcome development, there has emerged the fear of and actual exploitation of host communities. As health care ...
• The independence of the prosecutorial authority : a comparative study of Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Namibia 

  Mungwari, Lucie-Annie Chipo (2022-07-09)

  In 2014 in the case of Telecel Zimbabwe(Private) Limited v Attorney-General of Zimbabwe1 the Prosecutor-General of Zimbabwe2 challenged the issuing of private prosecution certificates to private parties on the basis that ...
• Sustainable development and the rights of the indigenous peoples of the Niger Delta : towards a legal framework 

  Abolarin, Elizabeth Ebunoluwa (2021-09-29)

  This research sets to unravel the root cause of the conflict in the Niger Delta with the aim of finding a legal solution as a durable remedy. Grave violations of the indigenous peoples’ human rights and irreparable ...
• A critical review of the current state of forensic science knowledge and its integration in legal systems 

  Venter, Casper Henderik (2020-04)

  Forensic science has a significant historical and contemporary relationship with the criminal justice system. It is a relationship between two disciplines whose origins stem from different backgrounds. It is trite that ...
• Ownership of South African street art and the protection of cultural heritage resources 

  Smith, Sarah Rutherford (2019-09)

  The development of graffiti into an accepted art form, street art, is a cause of concern for South African property owners. The current position in South African property law regarding the original acquisition of ownership ...
• Challenges to gender equality in the legal profession in South Africa : a case for putting gender on the transformation agenda 

  Lasseko-Phooko, Matilda E. K. (2019-02)

  This study demonstrates the negative effect of stereotypes in the progression of women in the legal profession in South Africa and the laws, policies and measures that reinforce gender and sex stereotypes are discriminatory ...
• Social welfare in South Africa : a legal-philosophical analysis 

  Blomkamp, Casey Megan (2018)

  A large portion of the population of South Africa is made up of people who, due to poverty, disability, old age and/or lack of education, rely solely on social assistance provided by the government for their survival. The ...
• Mediation : an alternative dispute resolution in medical negligence cases 

  Nkabinde, Fortunate Thobeka (2018-11-05)

  Medical negligence is a growing concern within South Africa.1 The medical environment has great potential for conflict, because even the best trained physicians can commit errors that result in medical disabilities and ...
• An investigation of informed consent in clinical practice in South Africa 

  Chima, Sylvester Chidi (2018-02)

  This study was designed to evaluate the quality of informed consent practiced by healthcare professionals in South Africa using an empirical quantitative methodology combined with medicolegal analysis to produce an ...
• Enforcing the right of access to healthcare services in South Africa 

  Ebi, Ebi Achigbe Okeng (2016-06)

  The right to have access to health care services is enshrined in section 27 of the South African Constitution of 1996 as one of the socio-economic rights protected by this Constitution. In order to observe the entitlements ...
• Social assistance : legal reforms to improve coverage and quality of life for the poor people in South Africa 

  Tshoose, Clarence Itumeleng (2016-02)

  The South African Constitution in section 27(1)(c) obligates the state to develop a comprehensive social security system. It affirms the universal right to access to social security, including appropriate social assistance ...
• E-crimes and e-authentication - a legal perspective 

  Njotini, Mzukisi Niven (2016-09)

  E-crimes continue to generate grave challenges to the ICT regulatory agenda. Because e-crimes involve a wrongful appropriation of information online, it is enquired whether information is property which is capable of being ...
• A selection of legal issues relating to persons living with albinism 

  Mswela, Mphoeng Maureen (2016-02-28)

  Despite the fact that albinism affects several South Africans, it is a condition that remains deeply misunderstood. Albinism is steeped in myth and false notions, and is perceived by many as a curse and contamination. ...
• Minority rights and majority politics : a critical appraisal 

  Dent, Kate Jean (2015-12)

  In the interplay between protection of rights and majoritarianism, the court is the arena. This research focuses on the conflicting role of the court within a constitutional democracy and a contestation of the counter-majoritarian ...
• The SADC tribunal : its jurisdiction, enforcement of its judgments and the sovereignty of its member states 

  Phooko, Moses Retselisitsoe (2016-02)

  The Southern African Development Community Tribunal (the Tribunal) is the only judicial organ of the Southern African Development Community (the SADC). Its mandate includes ensuring “adherence to and the proper interpretation ...
• Accountability of multinational corporations for human rights violations under international law 

  Mnyongani, Freddy (2016-02)
• Dual citizenship or dual nationality : its desirability and relevance to Namibia 

  Kalvelagen, Arlette (2015-02)

  This dissertation endeavours to determine whether the concepts nationality and citizenship are interchangeable, or whether they each mean something very specific. In order to ascertain where the “origin” of using the terms ...
• Jurisprudensiële ontleding van die staatlike paradigma en van staatlike identiteit 

  Malan, Jacobus Johannes (2000-11)

  Die basiese tese voortspruitend uit hierdie ondersoek is dat wetenskapsbeoefening binne bepaalde terreine van die regswetenskap ondemeem word ooreenkomstig 'n verswee staatlike paradigma wat deurlopend streef na die ...
• Artikel 2(3) van die Wet op Testamente 7 van 1953 

  Du Plessis, Jan Abraham. (1999-11)

  Die verhandeling handel oor die howe se hantering van testamentere geskrifte wat nie aan die testamentsformaliteite voldoen nie. Die posisie voor die inwerkingtreding van artikel 2(3) word eerste bespreek. Daarna bespreek ...

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