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Comparative analysis of the legal framework for adoption under African customary law
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
While there is a comprehensive legal framework for the adoption of children under statutory
law in Nigeria, South Africa, and Botswana, there is far less clarity on customary law adoption.
This study explored how the ...
The limitation of fundamental rights
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)
South Africa's new Constitution has been hailed as one of the most democratic
and sophisticated in history, surpassing even the Constitutions of many first
world countries. Of paramount importance in the Constitution is ...
Socio-economic rights in Africa: a critical evaluation of legal protection mechanisms and Implementation strategies
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)
There is an emerging broad consensus that civil and political rights on the one hand, and
socio-economic rights on the other, are ingenerated and indivisible. Taken together, they
embody the cardinal norms which inform ...
Revisiting the role of sub-regional courts in the protection of human rights in Africa
(2009)
When the Rome Statute was being drafted, referral of a situation by a state party was thought to have the least potential for making the International Criminal Court (hereinafter referred to as the ICC) operational. It was ...