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Competition law and cartel enforcement regimes in the global south: examining the effectiveness of co-operation in south-south regional trade agreements.
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Competition law and its enforcement have become necessary tools in the face of trade liberalisation.
Nowhere is this more evident than in the area of cross-border cartels. The global South is steadily
becoming aware of ...
A critique of the jurisprudence of the African commission regarding evidence in relation to human rights violations: A need for reform?
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The success of any human rights system at the domestic, regional or international level requires an adequate development of the normative, institutional and jurisprudential frameworks. With regard to the African Commission, ...
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Right: A test of African notions of human rights and justice
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Right (the Court) is the most recent of the three regional Human Rights Bodies. Envisioned by the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Right, its structures was not planned until ...
The Impact of South African Law on the Islamic Law of Succession
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
South African Muslims constitute a religious minority group that is subject to dual legal
systems. In the public sphere they are bound by South African law whereas in the private
sphere are duty bound in terms of their ...
The Social Obligation Norm as the Framework for Land Restitution in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
This research project proposes that the social-obligation norm of ownership should be
adopted as the ethic on which land restitution is carried out in South Africa. While there
exists a subtle and indirect appreciation of ...
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 ...
The centre cannot hold: The role of subnational governments in policing in South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2019)
South Africa continues to experience one of the highest crime rates in the world. Crime is unevenly distributed, and the police are not trusted by the majority of citizens. The power and responsibility for policing lies ...
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 ...