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Browsing Research Articles (Public Law) by Author "Bekink, Bernard"
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Bekink, Bernard; Botha, C.J. (Christo)
(Oxford University Press, 2007-04)
It seems to me that a sort of hieratic language has developed by which the priests incant the commandments. I seem to see the ordinary citizen today standing before the law like the laity in a medieval church: at the far ...
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Bekink, Bernard; Bekink, Mildred
(LexisNexis, 2010)
One of the fundamental objectives of any legal system is to ensure that the
system is inherently fair and accessible. Many legal systems in the world today
are criticised for their lack of fairness, accessibility and, ...
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Bekink, Bernard
(Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2020)
“There’s a President who’s sure all that glitters is gold
and he’s building a homestead at Nkandla.
When he gets there, he knows, even if the tuck shop is closed
with a word he could get what he came for.
Ooh, ooh, and ...
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Bekink, Bernard
(Juta Law, 2008)
The relationship between the concepts of constitutionalism, secularism and an individual's fundamental right to freedom of religion has been strenuous over many centuries. Continuous power struggles between state institutions ...
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Botha, C.J. (Christo); Bekink, Bernard
(Routledge, 2018)
The Republic of South Africa has a mixed legal system. It is a hybrid of Roman Dutch common law (influenced by English law), indigenous customary law, legislation at various hierarchical levels, and a supreme justiciable ...
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Bekink, Bernard; Botha, C.J. (Christo)
(Pretoria University Law Press, 2015)
Making sense of the interwoven legislative interplay of timelines, hierarchical status, geographical space and governmental spheres in South Africa. Interpretation of statutes (the juridical understanding or construction ...
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Bekink, Bernard; Botha, C.J. (Christo)
(Juta Law, 2009)
Most people know little about their country's central bank; so far as they are concerned, a central bank is merely involved in determining the interest rate on their home loans and overdrafts. As recent events in the global ...
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Bekink, Bernard
(Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap and Kuns, 2021-03)
The debate in legal circles in South Africa about the lawfulness of the common-law defence,
until recently available to parents, of parental entitlement to administer moderate and
reasonable chastisement to their children ...
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Bekink, Bernard
(LexisNexis, 2008)
Local authority – building and building plans approval – liability for damages for
unlawful building alterations.
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Bekink, Bernard
(Juta Law, 2006-05-10)
With the commencement of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
1996, the focus of the private law has increasingly shifted from parents to
children. This has not only been the case under South African law but ...