Browsing by Author "Rautenbach, Christa"
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Begrafnisregte in die konteks van die Afrika-gewoontereg en die rol van die testamentopsteller
(LitNet, 2012)Religious and cultural practices and values play an important role in funerals and how they should be conducted. This creates considerable conflict between heirs and family members, especially those living under a system ... -
Bhuiyan, Md J.H. and Jensen D. (eds). 2020. Law and Religion in the Liberal State (Hart Publishing 2020) ISBN 978 1 50992 633 6 (cased); 978 1 50992 635 0 (eBook); ePub 978 1 50992 634 3 [Book review]
(PER/PELJ, 2020)This contribution reviews the book titled Law and Religion in the Liberal State, and edited by two scholars, namely Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan and Darryn Jensen. The book contains a collection of papers dealing with the ... -
Bhuiyan, Md J.H. and Khan, B.U. (eds). 2019. Revisiting the Geneva Conventions: 1949-2019. (Brill Nijhoff Leiden ISBN 978 90 04 37553 6 (cased); 978 90 04 37554 3 (eBook) [Book review]
(PER/PELJ, 2020)This contribution reviews the book titled Revisiting the Geneva Conventions: 1949-2019, edited by two legal scholars, namely Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan and Borhan Uddin Khan. The book is a commemoration of the 70th anniversary ... -
Bloedige hand' beginsel in gevalle van nalatige doodsveroorsaking en boedelbeplanning
(North-West University, 2010)The “bloedige hand” principle stipulates that no person who causes the death of another person, intentionally or negligently, may inherit from the deceased. The legal position of the beneficiary who intentionally killed ... -
Case Law as an authoritative source of customary law: piecemeal recording of (living) customary law?
(PER/PELJ, 2019)This contribution deals with the question of whether a judgment from a mainstream court dealing with customary law can be regarded as authority and thus as a recording of a customary rule or rules. When a mainstream court ... -
Comments on the constitutional protection of religion in Swaziland
(Juta Law, 2008)Comparable to the South African legal system, the Swazi legal system has the characteristics of a dual legal system. Though the common law of Swaziland is Roman-Dutch law, Swazi customary law has a firm hold in the Swazi ... -
Common law crimes and indigenous customs: Dealing with the issues in south african law
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Culture (and religion) in constitutional adjudication
(2003)The faculty of law of the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education in corroboration with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stifttung embarked on a study on Politics, Socio-Economic Issues and Culture in Constitutional ... -
Deep legal pluralism in South Africa: Judicial accommodation of non-state law
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A few comments on the (possible) revival of the customary law rule of male primogeniture : can the common-law principle of freedom of testation come to its rescue?
(Juta, 2014)The customary law rule of male primogeniture has been declared unconstitutional and invalid, and legal sources of the common law of succession have been tailored to provide for the devolution of estates which were formerly ... -
Fragmentation: Friend or foe in the effective implementation of the Cultural Diversity Convention in South Africa?
(VerLoren van Themaat Centre for Public Law Studies (UNISA), 2009)It seems as if South Africa has never been as energetically involved in the international law-making arena as she was in the making of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural ... -
Godsdienstige en kulturele simbole in openbare skole : sigbaarwording en groei van regspluralisme in Suid-Afrika / Christa Rautenbach
(Potchefstroom : Noordwes-Universiteit, Potchefstroomkampus (Suid-Afrika), 2007) -
Hindoe-eggenote, weet jy wat jou regsposisie in die Suid-Afrikaanse reg is?
(Faculty of Law, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009)This article investigates the legal position of a Hindu wife married in terms of Hindu rites. In general, her marriage is not recognised as a valid marriage because it does not comply with the requirements set out in the ... -
Hindu perspectives on alternative dispute resolution : Lessons for South African criminal law
(North-West University, 2018)Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) existed in various forms in most traditional societies since time immemorial. Today, modern ADR mechanisms are widely recognised and utilised globally to resolve a broad range of disputes. ... -
In the name of comparative constitutional jurisprudence: the consideration of German precedents by South African constitutional court judges
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Indian succession laws with apecial reference to the position of females: a model for South Africa
(IFCOL, 2008)South Africa's dual system of succession laws (the common law of succession and the customary law of succession) recently came under scrutiny in Bhe v Magistrate, Khayelitsha (Commission for Gender Equality as Amicus ... -
Institutionalisation of African traditional medicine in South Africa: healing powers of the law?
(Unisa (College of Law), 2011)In line with global trends in law and domestic realities the South African government has been one of the few “new” nations to make significant progress in including traditional health practice in the mainstream healthcare ... -
Legal perspectives on the role of culture in sustainable development
(Faculty of Law, North West University, 2010)
