Browsing Doctor Legum - LLD by Title
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The effect of a constitution and bill of rights on abortion in South Africa: A comparative study
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)This dissertation explores the effect that, the new democratic order could have on the abortion laws of South Africa. In particular, it investigates how the Transitional Constitution with its Bill of Rights may impact, on ... -
The effect of corruption on the 'available resources' for the right to housing as espoused by the Constitution of South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)The objective of this study was to expose how the ineffectiveness of the anti-corruption measures contributed in delaying the right to housing, as proffered by the Constitution of South Africa, to the impoverished population ... -
The effectiveness of the South African critical skills visa in comparative perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)There are notable skill shortages in South Africa. This thesis explores the reasons behind the skills shortages, including the impact of apartheid on education, brain drain, brain waste, and lack of apprenticeships. ... -
Efficiency and social capital in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: the case of Ethiopia
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)This study extends the existing literature on how social networks enhance the performance and sustainability of small enterprises. More specifically, the study isolates and investigates the mechanisms through which social ... -
Enforceable rights for victims of crime in England and Wales
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)The thesis draws on the author's own contribution to a co-authored text Wolhuter, et al, 2009), which was aimed at introducing students to the legal landscape pertaining to victims' rights in England and Wales. All the ... -
Enforcing the economic, social and cultural rights in the South African Constitution as justicable individual rights: the role of judicial remedies
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)Judicial remedies are, amongst others, a vehicle through which respect, protection, promotion and fulfilment of human rights can be delivered to those who need them. A remedy is the perspective from which litigants judge ... -
Entrenching the right to regulate in the international investment legal framework: The African experience
(University of Western Cape, 2019)The existing traditional international investment law regime which is largely based on the conventional European and North American Model Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) has come under intense criticism. The argument ... -
Evaluating the effectiveness of the audit committee: A case for protection of the independence of the audit committee under the South African corporate structure
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)The recent wave of corporate governance failures in South Africa has exposed, among others, weaknesses in the realm of the audit committee as an oversight body within the corporate structure, both in private and public ... -
An examination of the legal framework governing opportunities and barriers to economic development in Southern Africa: a case study of Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)This thesis examines the legal framework of Zimbabwe to determine if the laws and policies which are in place create opportunities for, or barriers to, economic development. Specifically, it examines the legal framework ... -
Examining the use of transitional justice mechanisms to redress gross violations of human rights and international crimes in the northern Uganda conflict
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Uganda and her citizens have endured a troubled, violent, conflict-prone history since independence from the British on 9th October 1962. Conflict in Uganda, just like in many an African country, has its primary root ... -
Facilitating intra-regional trade through the movement of people in the Southern African development community (SADC).
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Regional integration has been part of Africa’s overarching strategy for economic transformation. To further enhance sustainable development and economic growth, in the African continent intra-regional trade is equally ... -
Feeding inequality: access to equal education, feeder zones and former ‘model c’ schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)South Africa’s basic education system remains deeply unequal, fuelled in part by the inequitable access of black and poor children to good public schools that are overwhelmingly concentrated in more affluent ‘whiter areas’. ... -
Fighting corruption in the energy sector in Tanzania
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)This study contributes to understanding the governance challenges that impact on Tanzania’s future as a petroleum producing state. It considers corruption, which has fuelled insecurity, violence, and poverty in most of the ... -
Food security and local government in South Africa: the role of municipalities in a food systems approach.
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Realising the right to food in South Africa requires more than an increase in food supply. Instead it requires the structural causes that give rise to food insecurity be addressed. This is argued to compel the state to ... -
Forced sterilisation as a continuing violation of human rights in Africa: Possibilities and challenges
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)International standards recognise the basic right of all women and girls to make free choices about reproduction including the number if any, spacing and timing of their children without being subjected to discrimination, ... -
Gacaca courts versus the international criminal tribunal for Rwanda and national courts: lessons to learn from the Rwandan justice approaches to genocide
(2013)The 20th century witnessed several wars and genocides worldwide. Notable examples include the Armenian and Jews genocides which took place during World War I and World War II respectively. The Rwandan genocide of 1994 is ... -
Gender persecution as a ground for asylum in South Africa and Canada: Reconceptualising a theoretical framework for assessing refugee claims by women
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, women account for 48% of the refugees globally. "Persecution" is the central tenet in the refugee definition, but the ensuing jurisprudence was initially ... -
The harmonisation of rules on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in the Southern African Customs Union
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)The thesis considers the approaches followed by the European Union with the Brussels Regime, the federal system of the United States of America under the ‘full faith and credit clause’; the inter-state recognition scheme ... -
The harmonisation of rules on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in the southern African customs union
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)The Member States of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) have set as their objectives, amongst others, the facilitation of cross-border movement of goods between the territories of the Member States and the promotion ... -
Hungry for knowledge, hungry for bread: Realising the right to food of students in South African tertiary institutions
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Many of the disadvantaged groups which are impacted by a high burden of poverty and are thereby food insecure in South Africa, have over the years received attention from the government, resulting in many interventionist ...