Download or read book Essays in Honour of Ellison Kahn written by Coenraad J. Visser and published by Juta. This book was released on 1989 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book When the State No Longer Kills written by Sangmin Bae and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite public support for the death penalty, a remarkable number of countries in different parts of the world have banned capital punishment in all its forms, regardless of the nature of the crime or the criminal. Arguing that international norms are often a critical source of ideas for change in state policy, but that impact varies greatly, Sangmin Bae offers a systemic explanation of how, when, and under what conditions a country complies with international norms. She examines four countries that reached different stages of norm compliance with respect to the death penalty—Ukraine, South Africa, South Korea, and the United States. Focusing on the role of political leadership and domestic political institutions, Bae clarifies the causal mechanisms that lead to state compliance or noncompliance with the norm.
Download or read book Southern Cross written by Reinhard Zimmermann and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 1218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a history of some of the main institutions of South African private law and in so doing explores the process through which integration of the English common law and the continental civil law came about in that jurisdiction. Here is a book aimed at both European and South African audiences. For European lawyers it provides a stimulating insight into the way the process of harmonization of private law has occurred in South Africa and may occur within the European Union. By analysing the historical evolution of the most important institutions of the law of obligations and the law of property the book demonstrates how the two legal traditions have been accommodated within one system. The starting point for each essay is the "pure" Roman-Dutch law as it was transplanted to the Cape of Good Hope in the years following 1652 (and as it has been examined in considerable detail in another volume edited by Robert Feenstra and Reinhard Zimmerman, published in 1992). The analysis focuses on how the Roman-Dutch law has been preserved, changed, modified or replaced in the course of the nineteenth century when the Cape became a British colony; and on what happened after the creation of the union of South Africa in 1910. Each essay therefore attempts, in the field of law with which it is dealing, to answer questions such as: what was the level of interaction between the civil law and the common law? What were the mechanisms that brought about the particular form of competition, coexistence or fusion that exists in that area of law? Is the process complete or is it still continuing? Is it possible to observe the emergence, from these two routes, of a genuinely South African private law? How is the result to be evaluated? In establishing reception patterns at the level of specific areas of law, they go beyond generalization about the compatibility of the two traditions and present evidence of a possible symbiosis of English and Continental law. For South African readers the principal value of the book is that it offers essays by the most prominent South African private lawyers refelecting on the history of their subjects. It therefore constitutes the first stage in the writing of a history of substantive private law in South Africa. So far the focus has mainly been on the so called "external history" of South African law, and such texts as there are on the development of the institutions of private law are often in Afrikaans and mainly to be found in unpublished theses. Thus this book fulfils a real need for those teaching South African private law and legal history. Although the volume investigates a specific aspect of the making of modern South African law it is imperative not to lose sight of the fact that private law in that country, as every way else did not develop in a vacuum, but as part of a wider political and social prcess. For this reason the book opens with an essay which contextualizes the contributions that follow, giving a view of the "setting" in which the development of South Africa took place: colonial domination, cultural imperialism, and racial and nationalistic ideologies. Two further introductory essays pay specific attention to the impact of the procedural framework on the substantive private law and to the "architects" of the mixed system.
Download or read book Essays in Honour of AJ Kerr written by and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2006 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ars Docendi et Scribendi Essays in honour of Johan Scott written by Edited by the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria and published by Pretoria University Law Press. This book was released on with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ars Docendi et Scribendi: Essays in honour of Johan Scott Edited by the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria ISBN: 978-1-920538-76-7 Pages: 243 Print version: Available Electronic version: Free PDF available About the publication "Festschrift" - a collection of articles by the colleagues, former students, etc. of a noted scholar, published in his or her honour. During his travels abroad Johan Scott built up a wide network of international scholars who over time became a valued circle of friends, many of whom spent enriching moments in his company and who contributed to this Festschrift. Contributors were requested to write in their home language, and furthermore to submit their contributions for publication in other journals worldwide, specifically accrediting this Festschrift in order to expand access worldwide to the wonderful contributions written in honour of our colleague. Great scholars like Johan never retire. They might go fishing more than they could in the past, but his calling of being a true teacher will never fade. Scholars like Johan understand that the present and the future are inevitably linked to the past, and although education depends on talent and performance, it should always serve to build character and a vision for future generations. Table of Contents Dedication Acknowledgments Publications of Johan Scott Essays Sessie en subrogasie Susan Scott Revisiting the maxim imperitia culpae adnumeratur in context of medical negligence – can the maxim be extended to include the application of luxuria? Pieter Carstens The Omissions in Oppelt Duard Kleyn & Emile Zitzke Skeepshouer-geboue – roerend of onroerend? I Knobel Wrongfulness: derailed or on track? Johann Knobel Fremdsprachige Rechtsbegriffe und Auslegung von internationalen Verträgen Gabriele Koziol Die actio de deiectis vel effusis in Südafrika und Österreich Helmut Koziol, Wien/Graz Die regsrelevansie van owerspel: quo vadis? Johann Neethling & Johan Potgieter Die impak van die Nasionale Kredietwet op die Sakereg en Saaklike Sekerheid JM Otto How the European Court of Human Rights changed the life of surrogacy children Prof Dr Walter Pintens De Nederlandse Natuurschoonwet: voorbeeld voor Zuid-Afrika? Prof Sebastiaan Roes Borgstelling, saaklike sekerheidsregte én die verpligtinge van ’n medehoofskuldenaar – ’n werklik merkwaardige uitspraak JC Sonnekus The Hopeless Case of Climate Change: Can we still keep the floodgates shut? Jaap Spier & Daniël Witte Die Consumer Protection Act: Laaste spyker in voetstootsbedinge se doodskis? Philip N Stoop Protection of trust beneficiaries through the application of basic trust principles Anton van der Linde Taming the chimera: The treatment of “wrongfulness” in South African delict scholarship Daniel Visser Enkele aspekte rakende ’n retensiereg en ’n verhuurder se stilswyende hipoteek Dr M Wiese Personal tributes André Boraine Christof Heyns Aeenna Malan Chris Pretorius Neil van Schalkwyk Caroline Van Schoubroeck Bibliography
Download or read book Law and Justice in a Multistate World Essays in Honor of Arthur T von Mehren written by James Nafziger and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2022-06-08 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over half a century Arthur T. von Mehren has been a luminary in the fields of comparative law, private international law, and legal education. Here, fifty-eight of the world's leading scholars and jurists honor his work and outstanding contributions to the advance of knowledge and reform. The volume is divided into four illuminating sections: Part I: Jurisdiction & Judgment Part II: Choice of Law Part III: International Arbitration Part IV: Comparative & European Law Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.
Download or read book The Engagement of Domestic Courts with International Law written by André Nollkaemper and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-07-11 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Engagement of Domestic Courts with International Law advances and develops a new paradigm for describing, assessing, and understanding the role of domestic courts in the international legal order.
Download or read book The Future of Tradition written by Leon Shaskolsky Sheleff and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent years have seen an increased interest in the variety of cultures co-existing within one state, and a growing acknowledgement of the values ensconced in pluralistic social structures. this book examines the manner in which indigenous people can function in modern states, preserving their traditional customs, while simultaneously adapting aspects of their culture to the challenges posed by modern life. Whereas it was formerly assumed that these tribal frameworks were doomed to extinction, and some states even encouraged such a process, there has been a revival in their vitality, linked to a recognition of their rights. The book offers a comprehensive survey of various aspects of tribal life, focusing on political issues such as the meaning of sovereignty, legal issues dealing with the role of custom and social issues concerned with sustaining communal life. A focused study is made of a whole series of legal factors, relating to possession and ownership of land, religious rites, the nature of polygamous marriages, the assertion of group rites, the manner of peacefully resolving disputes and allied questions. Recent judicial decisions are analysed as a reflection of the far-reaching changes that have taken place, in a process that has seen the former disregard of basic rights of indigenous people being replaced by an awareness of the injustices perpetrated in the past and a willingness to seek to redress them. The comparison between approaches of different English-speaking countries provides an account of interwoven developments.
Download or read book Precedent Possibility written by Dennis Davis and published by Juta and Company Ltd. This book was released on 2009 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not a day goes by in present South Africa when the role of law, the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary and the future of constitutional democracy is not debated. This book will take the reader into the heart of the legal system, the understanding of which is necessary when wrestling with these pressing questions. The book examines a series of key cases over the past 60 years, the judgements in which changed the political or social landscape of the country. The choice of cases for inclusion in the book was made both to tell compelling and significant historical stories, as well as to illustrate the possibilities inherent in law, and the potential for its abuse and use. All of the chosen cases were ones where the country held its collective breath before judgement was delivered. Through the stories told, the reader will not only engage with critical aspects of South African history, but will be exposed to the manner in which the possibility of our new constitutional democracy is linked to the legal precedents, traditions and culture which were built up over the past century.
Download or read book Psychology and Law written by Colin Tredoux and published by Juta and Company Ltd. This book was released on 2005 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The congruencies between psychology and law are explored in this collection of learning objectives, exercises, and reference material that addresses the intersection of these two disciplines. In addition to practical topics such as crime and policing, the detection of deception and truthfulness, dangerousness and the risk of violence, and the employment of the psychologist as expert witness, it also discusses modern moral issues such as the role and treatment of child witnesses in legal proceedings, investigative psychology and psychological profiling, and the use of insanity and diminished capacity defenses.
Download or read book Lawfare written by Michelle le Roux and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when South Africa's tumultuous political life becomes entangled in the courts of law? Throughout the past 50 years, the courts have been a battleground for contesting political forces as more and more conflicts that were once fought in Parliament or in streets, or through strikes and media campaigns, find their way to the judiciary. Certainly, the legal system was used by both the apartheid state and its opponents. But it is in the post-apartheid era, and in particular under the rule of President Jacob Zuma, that we have witnessed a dramatic increase in 'lawfare': the migration of politics to the courts. The authors show through a series of case studies how just about every aspect of political life ends up in court: the arms deal, the demise of the Scorpions, the Cabinet reshuffle, the expulsion of the EFF from Parliament, the nuclear procurement process, the Cape Town mayor – the list goes on and on. This book offers a highly readable analysis of some of the most widely publicised and decisive instances of lawfare. It argues that while it is good that the judiciary is able to shoulder the burden of supporting democracy, it is showing signs of immense strain under the present deluge of political cases. Whether the courts will survive this strain undamaged remains to be seen.
Download or read book South Africa s Crisis of Constitutional Democracy written by Robert A. Licht and published by American Enterprise Institute. This book was released on 1994 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to help bring about the desired transition to liberal democracy in South Africa, particularly as the deliberations about a permanent constitution get under way.
Download or read book Preclassical Conflict of Laws written by Nikitas E. Hatzimihail and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To better appreciate present-day private international law and its future prospects and challenges, we should consider the history and historiography of the field. This book offers an original approach to the study of conflict of laws and legal history that exposes doctrinal lawyers to historical context, and legal historians to the intricacies of legal doctrine. The analysis is based on an in-depth examination of Medieval and Early Modern conflict of laws, focusing on the classic texts of Bartolus and Huber. Combining theoretical insights, textual analysis and historical perspectives, the author presents the preclassical conflict of laws as a rich world of doctrines and policies, theory and practice, context and continuity. This book challenges preconceptions and serves as an advanced introduction which illustrates the relevance of history in commanding private international law, while aspiring to make private international law relevant for history.
Download or read book Law Power and the Sovereign State written by Michael Ross Fowler and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet bloc, it is timely to ask what continuing role, if any, the concept of sovereignty can and should play in the emerging &"new world order.&" The aim of Law, Power, and the Sovereign State is both to counter the argument that the end of the sovereign state is close at hand and to bring scholarship on sovereignty into the post-Cold War era. The study assesses sovereignty as status and as power and examines the issue of what precisely constitutes a sovereign state. In determining how a political entity gains sovereignty, the authors introduce the requirements of de facto independence and de jure independence and explore the ambiguities inherent in each. They also examine the political process by which the international community formally confers sovereign status. Fowler and Bunck trace the continuing tension of the &"chunk and basket&" theories of sovereignty through the history of international sovereignty disputes and conclude by considering the usefulness of sovereignty as a concept in the future study and conduct of international affairs. They find that, despite frequent predictions of its imminent demise, the concept of sovereignty is alive and well as the twentieth century draws to a close.
Download or read book Annual Survey of South African Law written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 1348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Actes Du Congr s Annuel written by African Society of International and Comparative Law. Conference and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
