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Life Imprisonment in International Criminal Tribunals and Selected African Jurisdictions - Mauritius, South Africa and Uganda.
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
The study has three major aims: To give a detailed discussion of the question of punishment and the three major theories or objectives of punishment – retribution, deterrence and rehabilitation, from a philosophical point ...
Ethiopia’s environmental federalism: problems and prospects an analysis in comparative perspective
(University of Western Cape, 2009)
Ethiopia is a federal state located in the horn of Africa. The Constitution has assignedlegislative, executive and judicial powers to the federal and regional Governments.1The main objective of this study is, therefore, ...
The co-operation regime of the international criminal court: the obligation of states to arrest and surender
(University of Western Cape, 2009)
The study attempts to identify the concrete mechanisms inherent in the co-operation regime of the ICC in relation to the arrest and surrender of suspects. By doing so, it attempts to contribute to a better understanding ...
‘When is dismissal an appropriate sanction for misconduct? and who has the last say?’
(2009)
In this mini-thesis, I will present a historical development of the manner in which South African courts have tested the fairness of dismissals, for misconduct. South African Labour history has been marred by confusion and ...
The role of the victim in the South African system of plea and sentence agreements: a critique of section 105a of the criminal procedure act
(2009)
Crime victims once played a prominent role in the criminal justice system. Historically, victims who sought to bring their wrongdoers to justice conducted their own investigations and argued their own cases or employed ...
Pertinent legal issues and impediments fettering the successful prosecution of the crime of money laundering and its predicate offences in Zambia: proposed reforms
(2009)
The law relating to money laundering is not a new branch of law although it seems to be just emerging in this modern era of advanced technology and organised crime. It evolved in the 18th century with the case of Rex v ...
The international mechanisms relating to mutual assistance in the field of information exchange and civil forfeiture
(2009)
Several international instruments relating to the forfeiture of assets derived through
unlawful means have been developed in the last decade. These relate to both civil and criminal forfeiture proceedings. Nevertheless, ...