In this paper South Africa's civil law tradition, particularly with regard to property law, is placed on trial in order to expose dangers which threaten the new legal order. The perceived strengths and values of the civil law tradition are scrutinized to uncover its shortcomings and undermine ...
In East Africa, evidence of authoritarian contagion is growing. The governments of Uganda, once seen as a great hope for democracy, and South Sudan, the world’s youngest country and a recipient of hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign assistance, are contemplating restrictive legislation targ...
This, however, is only possible if 'the rule of law' prevails and if civil society is allowed to participate in a political, social and economic sense. This article looks at the role of civil society in promoting good governance in South Africa. The article argues that good governance is ...
Further, while Title VII does not cover every employee in the United States, many state and local laws, such as California’s Fair Employment and Housing Council’s regulations and the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL), provide similar or greater protection from gender identity ...
After elucidating the interpretative difficulties caused by the Act, attempting to shed some light on a number of the anomalies alluded to above and briefly analysing the comparable marriage and marriage-like relationships encountered in Dutch law, this contribution concludes that the Civil Union Act ...
Civil society action, it is proposed, could be valuable in further reforming the South African social security system, and in realising rights as autonomous social action. 展开 关键词: CIVIL society SOCIAL security SOCIAL security -- Law & legislation SOCIAL legislation SECURITY systems ...
On 21 October 1986, the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights entered into force. This issue of the 'African Human Rights Law Journal', appearing as the 20th anniversary of the Charter is celebrated, is an extended commemoration o... BT Nyanduga - 《African Human Rights Law Journal...
law is also influential: Scotland and the Roman-Dutch law countries (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and Guyana) Countries with codes intended to be comprehensive, such as France: it is this last category that is normally regarded as typical of civil law systems, and is discussed ...
The principle of civil disobedience has achieved some standing ininternational lawthrough thewar crime trials at Nürnberg, Germany, afterWorld War II, which affirmed the principle that individuals may, under certain circumstances, be held accountable for failure to break the laws of their country. ...
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