13 articles in this issue
Christa Rautenbach
The third issue of 2013 contains 12 contributions ranging from two orationes, nine articles and one note. The first oratio is an address delivered by Karthy Govender at the Law Faculty, University of Michigan, to commemorate the 2013 Martin Luther King Da... see more
Karthy Govender
The paper commences by considering the similarity between Dr King, MK Gandhi and Nelson Mandela and argues that they are high mimetic figures who inspire us to be better. Their legacy and memory operate as a yardstick by which we can evaluate the conduct ... see more
Mike van Graan
The South African Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) recently published for comments a Revised White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage (the White Paper) dated 4 June 2013.[1] The White Paper contains a new vision of arts and culture and is intended to... see more
Irma J Kroeze
There are increasing calls for academics to abandon "traditional" disciplinary research and to engage in multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary research. The argument is that this will serve to break down working in "silos" and somehow lead to more in... see more
Hanri M du Plessis
The unilateral determination of price has been a controversial issue for an extended period of time. During the 1990s the Supreme Court of Appeal asked if the rule should still form part of South African law. Specifically, the court raised a few questions... see more
Pieter Bakker
The chaos theory is utilised in a metaphorical manner to describe the current state of family law and more specifically law regulating intimate relationships in South Africa. A bird's eye view of the law of intimate relationships is provided to indicate t... see more
Jamil D Mujuzi
Official and unofficial reports indicate that the South African government is in the process of entering into prisoner transfer agreements or making prisoner transfer arrangements. This comes after many years of reluctance on the part of the government to... see more
Raymond Koen
Nils Christie is acknowledged generally as the theoretical founding father of restorative justice. Evgeny Pashukanis may be taken as the premier Marxist theoretician of law. This essay represents an endeavour to read Christie through the lens of Pashukani... see more
Heidi C Schoeman
With the entering into force of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 in 2011 a number of rights were granted to trade unions by the act. The Companies Act 71 of 2008 not only grants rights to registered trade unions, as is the case in labour law, but in some case... see more
Jadesola O Lokulo-Sodipe, Abiodun J Osuntogun
To reflect the growing trends in the international scene and in furtherance of the objective of its Revised 1993 Treaty, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) summit in December 2006 revolutionised the structure of ECOWAS by re-designatin... see more
Chantelle Feldhaus
Section 28(2) of the Constitution states that a child's best interest is of paramount importance in every matter concerning the child. Section 9 further provides that every person is considered equal before the law and has the right to equal protect... see more
Zannelize Strauss, Debbie Horsten
The prevention and treatment of infectious diseases remain among the greatest challenges faced by today's developing countries. The World Health Organisation estimates that about one-third of the world's population lacks access to essential medicine, a fa... see more
Michelle MM Fuchs
When a mortgagor is in default and the mortgagee wants to enforce the debt the National Credit Act (hereafter t... see more