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Women’s rights and freedoms in Islamic jurisprudence pertaining to marriage and divorce: lessons for south Africa from Morocco and Tunisia?
(University of Western Cape, 2014)
The objective of this doctoral thesis is essentially two-fold: first, it seeks to ascertain whether the rights and freedoms of Muslim women in the contexts of marriage and divorce are adequately protected in terms of Islamic ...
The right to freedom of religion in the public domain in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Within the context of South Africa‘s diverging religious, cultural and social backgrounds, new questions on the nature of a multicultural society are raised from the perspective of human rights. The universality and ...
The role of international human rights law in guiding the interpretation of women's right to be free from violence under the South African constitution
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The thesis firstly looks at how women's right to freedom from violence has developed in international (global) human rights law since the early 1990s. In this regard, the study finds that while the issue of violence against ...
Ubuntu and the South African Law of Contract with particular reference to the common law Contract of Employment
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The concept of ubuntu has exercised the minds of many philosophers and jurists in
recent times. This arises from the fact that the concept has many facets to it –
etymological, linguistic, ethical and juridical – all of ...
Women's access to land in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The thesis analysed the Ugandan policy and legal framework on women’s land rights vis-à-vis the regional and international legal and policy framework, to identify the gaps, progress and the way forward.
Four objectives ...