The relationship between plant resources and traditional communities in Africa is inseparable. For centuries, indigenous communities have been depending on their cultural innovations and practices for health and food. Plant ...

The purpose of this article is to suggest to South African courts that specific performance is the most adequate remedy for breach of athletes' contracts. The current viewpoint of South African courts as to whether specific ...

Despite adopting a progressive legal and policy framework informed by internationally recognized human rights norms and values, Malawi has not complied with the obligation to explain its abortion law in accordance with ...

Article 27 of the TRIPS Agreement remains the most controversial provision of the TRIPS Agreement. This provision on patentable subject matter stipulates what is permissible under patent law. This article evaluates the ...

When the Trade Marks Act, 194 of 1993 (the ‘1993 Act’) came into force on 1 May 1995, it introduced the concept of protection for trade marks (in both registration and use situations) in relation to ‘similar’ goods or ...

The ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (hereafter referred to as CRC),1 heralded a new dispensation for children in South Africa. This Convention had its footprints imbedded in the ...

Due to the fascinating new developments in biomedicine such as stem cell therapy and tissue engineering, contemporary medicine is moving away from being a reactionary process to being a process which focuses on the ...

The Law Commission is an institution created by Malawi’s 1995 Constitution with the mandate to review and recommend laws to be in conformity with the Constitution and international law. In 2000, the Commission recommended, ...

This article provides an analysis of several important judgments issued by national courts in individual African countries (mostly Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa) in the period 1 January to 31 December 2021. Apart ...