Browsing Law by Subject "Constitutional rights"

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    • The constitutional impact of strategic litigation in South Africa 

      Klaasen, Abraham (North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)
      The broad focus of the thesis is an analysis of the constitutional limits to strategic litigation involving the state. The first chapter outlines the background of the study and defines the concept of strategic litigation. ...

    • The detention of sentenced juveniles 

      Nel, Schalk (North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)
      This study examines the various factors that the courts need to take into consideration before placing a sentenced juvenile. These factors will be discussed within the scope of the Constitution and other legislation in the ...

    • The implications of ukuthwala on South Africa's regional and international law obligations 

      Gaanakgomo, Letlhogonolo Brenda (North-West University (South Africa), 2019)
      This study examined the South African legislative frameworks directly or indirectly dealing with the practice of ukuthwala. The focus was on cases of ukuthwala involving children under the age of 18 years and not on women ...

    • The legal significance of human dignity 

      Steinmann, Anna Catherina (North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)
      The meaning of human dignity has been elusive since its recognition by the Stoics in 128 B.C. as an attribute that distinguishes man from the rest of nature because of his ability to reason and to decide over his own fate. ...

    • The right to progressively free higher education in terms of International and South African Law 

      Masombuka, Samuel Macaleni (North-West University (South Africa)., 2022)
      Protest action in relation to increasing tuition fees at the level of tertiary education has become quite a regular occurrence in South Africa. It is in this context that this study ponders the question whether, in the ...

    • The state's legal responsibility for the social reintegration of sexually abused children 

      Van Biljon, Kenny (2014)
      Section 28(1)(d) of the Constitution guarantees a child the right to be protected against abuse. When a child’s constitutional rights are violated by an offender by means of sexual abuse and degradation, the state has a ...