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The impact of legal process outsourcing in South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO), the act of sending legal work to an offshore
destination or onshore to another location within the same country by a law firm or
legal department to a legal outsourcing company, has ...
Inhuman sentencing of children: A foucus on Zimbabwe and Botswana
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
The prevalence of corporal punishment and life imprisonment sentences for children in Africa is tied to their legal history. Colonialism had an extensive impact on the criminal law of most African States, including the ...
False advertising and consumer protection in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Deceptive advertising, which is also known as false advertising, refers to a manufacturer making use of confusing, misleading, or blatantly untrue statements to promote a particular product or service. The phrase ‘false, ...
An evaluation and discussion of a deposit insurance system: Should South Africa adopt such a system?
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
The research will evaluate and discuss the importance of Deposit Insurance Systems
(DIS) and the necessity of having this system. Important to the evaluation is an
analytical consideration of how the South African Reserve ...
Rights of the child and Euthanasia in the context of South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Euthanasia is controversial topic that attracts conversations on grounds of
fundamental human rights and freedoms. The opinions of legal scholars are
inconsistent because while some view euthanasia as a gross violation ...
Changing the traditional role of the Auditor general: Is the Public Audit Amendment Act constitutional?
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
The majority of South Africa’s 257 municipalities are in a dire state as evidenced by the recent
reports of the Auditor-General (AG).
1 The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional
Affairs revealed that only ...
Unfunded budgets in local government
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa entrenches the status of local government as
a distinct sphere of government.1
In terms of section 40(1), the government of the Republic is
constituted of three spheres, ...
Land grabbing in Ethiopia and Madagascar: Balancing respect for human rights of victims with development needs through land investments
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Many African states are in dire need of economic development to alleviate poverty, enhance the quality of life of peoples and bring development home. To meet this aim, land investments have been the preferred mode of ...
The role of good corporate governance in promoting developing countries as attractive investment destinations.
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
This thesis seeks to unpack the measures and structures that a developing nation can put into place to establish itself as a good investment destination. It discusses the three theories of corporate governance, and how ...
The role of legal and policy incentives in promoting factoring as a financing alternative for Smes in Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
Timely, adequate and affordable access to finance is pivotal to bolstering the participation of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in both domestic and international trade. Regrettably, despite their immense contributions ...