Browsing by Subject "common law"
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Aboriginal customary law: A source of common law title to land (2014 Hart Publishing Oxford and Portland Oregon)
(PER, 2018)This contribution provides a short review of the book by Ulla Secher Aboriginal Customary Law: A Source of Common Law Title to Land on aboriginal customary law as a source of common law title to land published in 2014. -
The codification of the in duplum rule in South Africa and Zimbabwe
(North-West University, 2018)The in duplum rule is a common-law rule which is aimed at alleviating the liability of debtors to creditors by prescribing that interest ceases to run once it equals the capital sum borrowed. The rule has been part of ... -
Confidentiality in mediation : a legal analysis
(North-West University, 2018)Mediation is well-established as a way in which parties settle disputes worldwide. Although mediation has not grown in South Africa to the extent that it has in countries like Australia and the United States of America, ... -
Public interest environmental litigation: recent cases raise possible obstacles
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)Despite the broadening of locus standi in environmental cases by both Section 38 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, and Section 32 of the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998, two ... -
Should the Alienation of Land Act 68 of 1981 be amended to Address Homelessness? Sarrahwitz v Maritz 2015 8 BCLR 925 (CC)
(2017-12-05)This case note evaluates the judgment of the Constitutional Court in Sarrahwitz v Maritz 2015 8 BCLR 925 (CC). The authors evaluate the decision of the Constitutional Court to resort to the amendment of the Alienation of ... -
Statutory land and resource reform and private property in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2016)Statutory land and resource reform was introduced in the new democratic dispensation in South Africa in order to redress the injustices brought by Apartheid during the largest part of the twentieth century. This process ... -
Veiligheid in Meganiese Tegnologie-werkswinkels in openbare skole: 'n Onderwysregtelike perspektief
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)There is an urgent need in South Africa for people with technical and mechanical skills. In order to meet this need, technical subjects are promoted in public schools. At the same time, teachers find themselves in an ...