Browsing PER: 2017 Volume 20 by Title
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Towards a Sound Pedagogy in Law: A Constitutionally Informed Dissertation as Capstone Course in the LLB Degree Programme
(2017)The LLB degree programme (Bachelor of Laws) should adequately prepare graduates for the demands set by both legal practice and the greater South African society. Law schools are not tasked with producing future legal ... -
Twenty Years of Constitutional Court Judgments: What Lessons are there about Sentencing?
(2017-12-05)This contribution considers the Constitutional Court of South Africa’s judgments regarding aspects of sentencing. It starts with an overview of relevant judgments, before attending in more detail to judgments on the minimum ... -
Using the Law to Combat Public Procurement Corruption in South Africa: Lessons from Hong Kong
(2017)Since South Africa’s political transition in 1994, corruption has been a major feature of the country’s politics. However, the complexity of post-apartheid South African politics has sometimes prevented allegations and ... -
Water Security and Climate Change: The Need for Adaptive Governance
(2017-01-05)Climate change will bring about unprecedented economic, social and environmental effects, which require both the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation to its adverse effects. Water is the main element through ... -
Water Security and International Law
(2017-01-17)The article explores water security from an international law point of view. The article argues that in order to better understand water security it is important to focus on the function of international water law. Even ... -
Water Security and Judicial and Administrative Confusion in South Africa: The Trustees of the Time Being of the Lucas Scheepers Trust, IT 633/96 v MEC for the Department of Water Affairs, Gauteng 2015 ZAGPPHC 211 (17 April 2015)
(2017-01-18)One of the gravest constraints which South Africa faces in its efforts to promote development and to lift much of its population out of poverty is the relative scarcity of its water. Significant changes were made to South ... -
Water Security and the Right to Water in Southern Africa: An Overview
(2017-01-05)The Southern African region's water-related problems are quite diverse. From the struggles of indigenous communities in Botswana to the cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe; from the difficulties of poor communities in accessing ... -
Werknemers as lasgewende ouers in surrogasie-aangeleenthede: die geboorte van nuwe verlof-behoeftes in Suid-Afrika
(2017)Commissioning parents, in terms of a surrogacy agreement, have the same parental obligations towards their child as traditional parents. Yet, despite the legitimising of surrogacy in the Children’s Act 38 of 2005, no ... -
What is the Future of Polygyny (Polygamy) in Africa?
(NWU, 2017-11-06)The traditional practice of polygyny, whereby only a man is allowed to marry more than one wife in a customary marriage, has long been perceived to be an offender of women's rights. Recent family law reforms on the African ...