The human rights implications of the ‘best loser system’ in Mauritius and the prospect of reform

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dc.contributor.advisor Matusse, Angelo
dc.contributor.postgraduate Seegobin, Krishna Sham
dc.date.accessioned 2010-01-08T13:51:51Z
dc.date.available 2010-01-08T13:51:51Z
dc.date.created 2009
dc.date.issued 2009
dc.description A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of Mr Angelo Matusse, Faculty of Law, Universidade Eduardo, Mondlane Mocambique. en_US
dc.description Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa))--University of Pretoria, 2009. en_US
dc.description.abstract The Best Loser System (BLS) in Mauritius is a component of the electoral system where candidates are selected by established procedure on the basis of their race or community to stand as members of parliament It is as a tool to protect minority interests. The main research question is the following : what are the human rights implications and the prospect of reform of the BLS in Mauritius? en_US
dc.description.degree LLM
dc.description.department Centre for Human Rights
dc.description.uri http://www.chr.up.ac.za/ en_US
dc.identifier.citation Seegobin, KS 2009, The human rights implications of the ‘best loser system’ in Mauritius and the prospect of reform, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/12470>
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/12470
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Pretoria
dc.relation.ispartofseries LLM Dissertations en_US
dc.rights University of Pretoria en_US
dc.subject UCTD
dc.subject Best loser system en_US
dc.subject Electoral systems Mauritius en_US
dc.subject Race discrimination en_US
dc.title The human rights implications of the ‘best loser system’ in Mauritius and the prospect of reform en_US
dc.type Mini Dissertation en_US


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