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Current Issue

Vol 21 (2018)

Published: 2018-01-15

Articles

Pathological Corporate Governance Deficiencies in South Africa's State-Owned Companies: A Critical Reflection

Tebello Thabane, Elizabeth Snyman-Van Deventer
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Reviewing the suitability of affirmative action and the inherent requirements of the job as grounds of justification to equal pay claims in terms of the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998

Shamier Ebrahim
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The National Credit Act's remedies for reckless credit in the mortgage context

Reghard Brits
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The Registration of Special Notarial Bonds under the Security by Means of Movable Property Act and the Publicity Principle: Lessons from Developments in Belgium

Lefa Sebolaisi Ntsoane
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In Search of the Perceived Quality and Impact of Accredited South African Law Journals: Exploring the Possibility of a Ranking System. A Baseline Study: 2009 - 2014

Marita Carnelley
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Le Roux v Dey and Children's Rights Approaches to Judging

Meda Couzens
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Human Rights and the New Sustainable Mechanism of the Paris Agreement: A New Opportunity to Promote Climate Justice

Paola Villavicencio Calzadilla
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Pericles Should Learn to Fix a Leaky Pipe – Why Trial Advocacy Should Become Part of the LLB Curriculum (Part 1)

Willem Hendrik Gravett
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Pericles Should Learn to Fix a Leaky Pipe – Why Trial Advocacy Should Become Part of the LLB Curriculum (Part 2)

Willem Hendrik Gravett
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Facing the Challenge of Improving the Legal Writing Skills of Educationally Disadvantaged Law Students in a South African Law School

Angela Diane Crocker
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An Analysis of the Regulatory Environment Governing Hearsay Electronic Evidence in South Africa: Suggestions for Reform – Part One

Lee Swales
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An Analysis of the Regulatory Environment Governing Hearsay Electronic Evidence in South Africa: Suggestions for Reform – Part Two

Lee Swales
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Justificatory Theories for Intellectual Property Viewed Through the Constitutional Prism

Mikhalien Du Bois
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The Direct Applicability of SADC Community Law in South Africa and Zimbabwe: A Call for Supranationality and the Uniform Application of SADC Community Law

Tshidi Phooko
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The Testimonial Competence of Children: A Need for Law Reform in South Africa

Mildred Bekink
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The Testamentary Trust: Is it a Trust or a Will? Hanekom v Voigt 2016 1 SA 416 (WCC)

Eben Nel
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South Africans offering Foreign Military Assistance Abroad: How real is the Risk of Domestic Prosecution?

Shannon Joy Bosch
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The Legal Nature of the Embryo: Legal Subject or Legal Object?

Robbie Robinson
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Intermediaries and the International Obligation to Protect Child Witnesses in South Africa

Rongedzayi Fambasayi, René Koraan
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Pre-agreement assessment as a responsible lending tool in South Africa, the EU and Belgium: Part 1

Corlia Maritha van Heerden, Reinhard n/a Stteennot
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Pre-agreement assessment as a responsible lending tool in South Africa, the EU and Belgium: Part 2

Corlia Maritha van Heerden, Reinhard n/a Steennot
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Inheritance Rights for Posthumously Procreated Children: A Growing Challenge for the Law

Frederick Noel Zaal, Justin d'Almaine
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Notes

"Violence" In Sport and the Violenti non Fit Iniuria Defence: A Perspective on the Death of the Cricket Player Phil Hughes

Pieter Labuschagne
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Parental Criminal Responsibility for the Misconduct of Their Children: A Consideration

Charnelle van der Bijl
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Case Notes

Maintaining the Ecological Flows of Estuaries: A Critical Reflection on the Application and Interpretation of the Relevant Legal Framework through the Lens of the Klein River Estuary

Alexander Ross Paterson
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Integration of the Bride as a Requirement for a Valid Customary Marriage: Mkabe v Minister of Home Affairs 2016 ZAGPPHC 460

Pieter Bakker
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Disposing of Bodies, Semantically: Notes on the Meaning of "Disposal" in S v Molefe

Terrence R Carney
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Orationes

Values and the Rule of Law: Foundations of the European Union – An Inside Perspective from the ECJ

Thomas von Danwitz
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Leadership, Social Justice and Transformation – Inspire a Leader

Leona Valerie Theron
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Book Reviews

Laws against Strikes – The South African Experience in an International and Comparative Perspective

Michael Laubscher
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Aboriginal Customary Law: A Source of Common Law Title to Land

Elmien Du Plessis
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Untitled: Securing Land Tenure in Urban and Rural South Africa

Elmien Du Plessis
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Corruption and Human Rights Law in Africa

Willard Tawonezvi Mugadza
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The BRICS-Lawyers' Guide to Global Cooperation

Franziska Sucker
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