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Rethinking bilateral investment treaties in Nigeria: The morocco-Nigeria bilateral investment treaty in view
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
This study focuses on Re-thinking Bilateral Investment Treaties in Nigeria: The Morocco-Nigeria BIT in view. Two countries, Morocco and Nigeria, signing BITs commit themselves to several specific standards on the treatment ...
Evaluating the legal burden of good corporate governance on small and medium enterprises in South Africa in view of the Covid-19 pandemic
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
In simple terms corporate governance can be defined as a system by which companies are directed and controlled by its board of directors.1 Good Corporate Governance in a company is of prime importance as it ensure the ...
Investigator-prosecutor collaboration: A framework for improving Namibia’s criminal justice process
(2021)
Namibia, analysing models, principles and approaches of interagency cooperation to determine a suitable model for Namibia. The study was based on research questions examining the trends in the Namibian criminal justice ...
Appraisal of South Africa’s legislative adoption of the twin-peaks system in light of international experiences
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
The 2007-2008 global financial crisis demonstrated the weakness of a light-touch financial regulatory system. The global financial crisis thus formed the basis for countries to reconsider a model of financial regulation ...
The right to identity in the context of embryo donation
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
In this research, I seek to investigate the extent to which the South African Legislature and the international community recognises the right to identity of a child born through embryo donation.
First, I carefully examine ...
The South African legislative response to cybercrime
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
As the world moves into a hyper-connected global society with near universal access to the
internet, cybercrime has become a global challenge.
The problems embedded in the issue of cybercrime are at least twofold. Firstly, ...
An assessment of the constitutionality of the directions and regulations issued to local government during the Covid-19 state of disaster
(2021)
President Cyril Ramaphosa first addressed the nation regarding the Covid-19 pandemic on the 15th of March 2020, when he announced the national state of disaster in terms of the Disaster Management Act (DMA) to prevent the ...
Corporate governance failures in South Africa: Are pension funds next?
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
In recent times, South Africa (‘SA’) has seen many corporate failures due to poor corporate governance. It spans across Johannesburg Stock Exchange (‘JSE’) listed companies, State Owned Enterprises (’SOE’s’)1 as well as ...
A critical analysis of South Africa’s approach to the complementarity principle under the Rome statute of the ICC
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
The Rome Statute established the International Criminal Court (the ICC) in July 2002 and South Africa was one of the first signatories. South Africa incorporated this statute into its domestic law by enacting the Implementation ...
Corruption and the judiciary: A critical study of Uganda
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Corruption, or ‘the abuse of entrusted power for private gain’,1 has been identified by the World Bank as one of the greatest obstacles to economic and social development.2 In Uganda, widespread corruption limits access ...