Die omvang van die reg op regsverteenwoordiging in 'n demokratiese Suid-Afrika, met spesifieke verwysing na die posisie in die Verenigde State van Amerika
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Authors
Blackburn, Hester Francina.
Issue Date
1996-05
Type
Dissertation
Language
af
Keywords
Omvang van reg op regsverteenwoordiging , Grondwet , Amerikaanse hofbeslissings , Absolute reg , Sosiale en ekonomiese omstandighede , Wesentlike onreg , Regsverteenwoordiger van keuse , Effektiewe regsverteenwoordiging , Strafregplegingstelsel , Extent of right to legal representation , Constitution , American court decisions , Absolute right , Social and economic circumstances , Substantial injustice , Legal representative of choice , Effective legal representation , Criminal justice system
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Abstract
Alhoewel die Grondwet van die Republiek van Suid-Afrika die bestaande reg op
regsverteenwoordiging uitgebrei het tot sy logiese eindpunt, is daar geen vaste inhoud
aan hierdie reg gegee nie en sal die howe die omvang daarvan moet ontwikkel.
Hierdie reg kan weens die heersende sosiale en ekonomiese omstandighede nie 'n
absolute reg wees nie. Indien 'n beskuldigde nie 'n regsverteenwoordiger kan bekostig
nie, sal een op staatsonkoste aan horn verskaf word, maar slegs indien <lit andersins tot
wesentlike onreg sal lei. In so 'n geval het die beskuldigde nie die reg op 'n
regsverteenwoordiger van sy keuse nie. Effektiewe regsverteenwoordiging word ook
nie gewaarborg nie. Daar word derhalwe steeds nie aan die sine qua non van 'n
volledige strafregplegingstelsel soos <lit oor tyd in die Verenigde State van Amerika
ontwikkel het, <lit is die verskaffing van kostelose regsverteenwoordiging aan elke
behoeftige persoon beskuldig van 'n emstige misdaad, voldoen nie
Although the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa has extended the existing right to legal representation to its logical conclusion, no definitive substance has been given to this right and the courts will have to develop the purview thereof. This right cannot be an absolute right because of ruling social and economic circumstances. Should an accused not be able to afford a legal representative, one will be supplied to him at state expense, but only if substantial injustice would otherwise result. In such an event the accused is not entitled to a legal representative of his choice. Effective legal representation is also not guaranteed. There is therefore still not compliance with the sine qua non of a comprehensive criminal justice system as has developed over time in the United States of America, that is the provision of free legal representation to every indigent person accused of a serious crime
Although the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa has extended the existing right to legal representation to its logical conclusion, no definitive substance has been given to this right and the courts will have to develop the purview thereof. This right cannot be an absolute right because of ruling social and economic circumstances. Should an accused not be able to afford a legal representative, one will be supplied to him at state expense, but only if substantial injustice would otherwise result. In such an event the accused is not entitled to a legal representative of his choice. Effective legal representation is also not guaranteed. There is therefore still not compliance with the sine qua non of a comprehensive criminal justice system as has developed over time in the United States of America, that is the provision of free legal representation to every indigent person accused of a serious crime
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Citation
Blackburn, Hester Francina. (1996) Die omvang van die reg op regsverteenwoordiging in 'n demokratiese Suid-Afrika, met spesifieke verwysing na die posisie in die Verenigde State van Amerika, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17312>