This study is an examination of pivotal cases decided by the Constitutional Courts of South Africa and Uganda, the roles that these decisions play in political stability, and the potential for political bias in the interpretation of a newborn constitution. Topical cases include S v. Makwanyane ...
It shows that people's courts arose from a long tradition of extra-State township courts in South Africa. These courts, 'makgotla', presided over civil and family disputes, rarely over serious criminal cases. Their aim was generally conciliatory, and their sentences not severe. Despite some ...
In 2008, several organisations intervened in the case on the side of the petitioners as the coalition Voices against 377. “Many of us had multiple roles such as being both feminist and gay, so we brought different issues into different fora. It was truly intersectional. Human rights organisat...
Courts are thus physical arenas in which defendants (one set of players) are ascribed symbolic roles: guilty or innocent, convicted or acquitted or discharged or, in some criminal justice systems, not proven; and, where guilt is demonstrated, they are arenas in which consequent tariffs are ap-...
Cape 2014 Strengthening the protection of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the African region through human rights Published by: Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) The Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) is a publisher at the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, South Africa. PU...
Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ)district annual general body meet urged the government to take away the ban on media in courts. A group of advocates stopped journalists reporting courts and manhandled them. They did it by brushing aside the decisions taken by the committee, presided ...
Victims of child sexual abuse are expected to testify against their abusers in court. The procedure is frightening, and many children may suffer secondary trauma as a result. South Africa's criminal justice system has implemented several reforms in recent years to make...
Comparative studies in the Global South, following Shapiro's institutional approach, have aimed to measure the involvement of courts in politics by assessing the power of the judiciary in society, the level of judicial independence, and their role in the context of the judicialization of politics....