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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)
It is rare in law and in other disciplines for a word or a phrase to appear to mean what it does not. This is, however, true when it comes to life
imprisonment or life sentence. I Unlike sentences like the death penalty, ...
The challenges posed by mandatory minimum sentence legislation and recommendations for improved implementation
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)
Towards the end of 1997 Parliament unanimously enacted legislation that prescribe severe mandatory sentences for a large number of serious offences. Sections 51, 52 and 53 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act1 (hereinafter ...
The role of international law in juvenile justice Reform in south africa
(UWC, 2001)
This t hesis w ill seek to trace and to analyse the impact of international chi ldren's rights law upon the process of juvenile justice reform in South Africa during the past decade. As documented more fully in Chapter 2 ...
Children's right to consent to medical treatment and a consideration of the changes effected in the Children's Bill B70 D of 2003
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
Children's rights to consent to medical treatment and the balancing of parental rights have become the focus of much debate in South Africa over the last few decades. Issues concerning the age at which children can consent ...
Virginity testing and male circumcision: harmful practices of customary law?
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
When dealing with an issue of customary law, one has to begin by giving a definition of customary law for the purposes of understanding. Customary law is defined in the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act1 as being ...