Browsing Magister Legum - LLM (Public Law and Jurisprudence) by Title
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Abortion and the right to life: A case study of South Africa and Germany
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)The issue of abortion and the protection of the right to life have been discussed by many academics, yet remains an unresolved topic in many countries. The mere fact that abortion is the deliberate termination of a human ... -
Access to environmental information in international law: the significance of the MOX Plant case (Ireland v. United Kingdom)
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)Ireland and the United Kingdom are since 1993 in conflict about a Mox plant at Sellafield, on the Irish Sea. This plant is designed to recycle the plutonium which is produced during the reprocessing of nuclear fuel to ... -
Access to safe food in South Africa as a human rights imperative
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)The aim of this study is to examine laws and policies relating to food safety in South Africa, specifically with regard to labelling requirements in the food industry. It is hoped that this research will serve as a pointer ... -
Accession of least developed countries into the world trade organisation: the perspective of south Sudan
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Accomplishments, shortcomings and challenges: evaluation of the Special Court for Sierra Leone
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)This thesis assessed the effectiveness of the Special Court in relation to the impact is has made in cultivating the rudiments of a human rights culture, dispensing justice, ending a culture of impunity, effecting unity ... -
Accountability and prosecution in the Liberian transitional society: lessons from Rwanda and Sierra Leone
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)In the aftermath of World War Two, the International Community has shown a renewed commitment towards the protection of human rights. However, whether during wars or under dictatorial regimes, numerous human rights abuses ... -
The active and passive voting rights of convicted prisoners in South Africa and the United Kingdom
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)The purpose of this mini-thesis is to assess the present position regarding prisoner disenfranchisement in South Africa from a human rights perspective, and to recommend reforms of South African electoral legislation as ... -
Adopting a harmonised regional approach to customs regulation for the tripartite free trade agreement
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Adopting the Twin Peaks model as a consumer protection mechanism in the financial sector : the Ugandan perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)The main objective of the study is to analyse the possibility of adopting the Twin Peaks model as a mechanism for ensuring protection to the consumers of financial services in Uganda. Uganda's financial sector has suffered ... -
The African Charter on democracy, elections and governance: A normative framework for analysing electoral democracy in Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)This paper gave an insight into the novelties as well as the deficiencies of the provisions related to democratic elections and their implementation framework. It examined the potential effectiveness or otherwise of a ... -
The african commission on human and peoples' rights and the promotion and protection of prisoners, rights an analysis
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)There is an estimated one million prisoners in Africa and most of them are detained in overcrowded prisons and conditions that well below internationally accepted standards.'These prisons hold both sentenced prisoners ... -
Agricultural sector: the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the creation of an integrated agriculture sector in Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)This research recommended ways in which Nigeria could unlock constraints to commercialization and investment in the Nigerian agricultural sector for sustained economic growth, enhanced food security, increased competitiveness ... -
Agricultural trade under the multilateral trade system in sub-Saharan Africa: a South African perspective with lessons from Brazil
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Agriculture under the Doha Round and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)The objectives of the research was to critically analyse arguments for and against agricultural trade liberalization and its impact on food security, investigating the nexus between the three pillars of agriculture and ... -
An analysis of the amalgamation and merger procedure in South African company law
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Prior to 2010, as a result of a sluggish global economy, the amalgamation and merger procedure in South Africa was active although it was at an all-time low.1 However, in 2010, there was an increase in amalgamation and ... -
An analysis of municipal regulation and management of markets as an instrument to facilitate access to food and enhance food security
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)This paper seeks to answer the following question: how can municipalities manage and regulate markets in a manner that facilitates access to food and contributes to the enhancement of food security? In attempting to answer ... -
An analysis of the decentralisation framework provided for in the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralisation, Local Governance and Local Development, 2014
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)In 2014, the African Union (AU) adopted the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralisation, Local Governance and Local Development (the African Charter on Decentralisation). The Charter is a first of its ... -
An analysis of the difficulties related to victim participation before the International Criminal Court and the Extraordinary Chambers in the courts of Cambodia
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)By any standard, victim participation is a relatively new phenomenon in international criminal law proceedings. Incredible advances have been made in the effort to end impunity for crimes against humanity, war crimes, ... -
An analysis of the difficulties related to victim participation before the International Criminal Court and the extraordinary chambers in the courts of Cambodia
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)By any standard, victim participation is a relatively new phenomenon in international criminal law proceedings. Incredible advances have been made in the effort to end impunity for crimes against umanity, war crimes, ...
