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Examining the South African competition law enforcement institutional framework: Lessons for Sierra Leone
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Trade liberalisation, free-market system, privatisation and deregulation have become major steps taken by individual countries to accelerate economic growth. This trend has made competition law and its enforcement institutional ...
An analysis of the ‘likelihood of confusion’ test in the South African trademark law
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This section contains an overview of trademarks and the objective is to provide background
information to the discussion. Trademark law is a creature of statute except for the law of
passing-off which comes from common ...
Balancing emancipatory legal pluralism and cultural relativism
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The concept of legal pluralism receives tremendous attention in sub-Saharan Africa. Notably,
this attention arises because of the domineering tendency displayed by transplanted European
legal orders now known as state ...
Judicial balancing of cultural relativism and universalism of human rights in post-Apartheid South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Globalisation did not only bring about major political, social and economic changes; it also strengthened the global reach of universalism of human rights. The concept of universal human rights is presently reconstructing ...
Workplace bullying: An evaluation of the legal framework on workplace bullying in South Africa: Need for reform
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Workplace bullying is often associated with negative acts such as harassment, discrimination
and victimisation,1 which is the reason that legal certainty is required, for protection against
such conduct. Consequently, ...
The possible impact of the international criminal court on human rights in Africa
(UWC, 2001)
The cruelty and horrors of World War ll were historic in shaping the new world order. The international protection of human rights then gained eminence following the establishment of the Nuremberg and Tokyo international ...
United Nations peacekeeping and international humanitarian law
(UWC, 2002)
The end of the Cold War created the expectation that the international community will be able to deal with any challenges to international peace and security more effectively. However, these expectations were dispelled, ...
lnterrogating the competence of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights to review the African Union Assembly's decisions for compliance with human rights
(University of Western Cape, 2010)
Globalisation and the transfer of powers from state constitutional systems to international
organisations (lOs) have led to several deficiencies, especially with regard to checks and balances in global governance.l The ...
The African charter on the rights and welfare of the child
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)
So far little is known about the first comprehensive regional children's rights charter, the 1990 OA1J African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.' Th" Charter has been mentioned occasionally by documents and ...
Making non-state actors accountable for violations of economic rights: a case study of transnational corporations in the African context
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)
The development of a common standard for holding governments accountable for
human rights violations represented by international human rights law (IHRL) has been
one of the major achievements of international law. ...