PURPOSE : The purpose of this paper is to bring to light the present civil and criminal asset forfeiture procedures within the South African context and to make suggestions for reform thereof. While there exists and is a ...
Een van die grootste hindernisse wat toegang tot die reg in siviele sake, soos gewaarborg in artikel 34 van die Suid-Afrikaanse grondwet,
belemmer, is die toekenning van astronomiese regskoste aan die einde van 'n regsgeding. ...
Section 217(1) of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 (the Act) sets forth the requirements for the admissibility of a confession made by any person in relation to the commission of an offence. Section 217(1)(a) provides ...
Ramatshimbila, Azwifarwi(University of Pretoria, 2022)
This mini-dissertation focuses on the true extent of the meaning and effect of
unlawfully obtained evidence. The focus is on the unlawfully obtained evidence
from the perspective of the rule of law and not necessarily ...
Makinde, Okadazim Niella(University of Pretoria, 2022)
Arbitration, as one of the alternative dispute resolution procedures, aids in the quick resolution of disputes as against traditional litigation. The Courts' apparent lack of promptness in dispensing disputes necessitates ...
Spies, Willem Durand(University of Pretoria, 2022)
This thesis will examine the question whether private prosecutions in South Africa could be of assistance to the National Prosecution Authority in fulfilling its constitutional mandate in the current post-Apartheid era of ...
The exponential growth in electronically generated and -stored information in legal proceedings raises the question of whether electronic information falls within the ambit of the traditional definition of the term “document”. ...
Gravett, W.H. (Willem)(Edinburgh University Press, 2022-02)
China has developed into a twenty-first-century surveillance state with unprecedented abilities to censor speech and infringe upon basic human rights. The effects of China's digital authoritarianism reach well beyond its ...
Ontwikkelings in kunsmatige intelligensie (AI) en masjienleer het daartoe begin lei dat
regerings die gesag om openbare funksies te verrig uitkontrakteer aan masjiene.
Algoritmiese besluitneming word inderdaad algemeen, ...
Curlewis, L.G.(Law Society of South Africa, 2021-07)
The application for leave to appeal
in S v Van der Walt 2020
(2) SACR 371 (CC) was served
before the Constitutional
Court (CC) against the judgment
of the Mpumalanga Division of the
High Court. The facts were as ...
The COVID-19 pandemic created a situation for the implementation of emergency
remote learning. This meant that as a lecturer at a traditionalist University of contact
sessions, the pandemic forced us to teach remotely ...
Elke generasie regstudente bied sy eie uitdagings aan regsdosente wie daarna streef om bevoegde en toegewyde lede van die regsberoep af te lewer. Hedendaagse regstudente vorm deel van die eerste generasie wat ten volle in ...
Een van die mees algemene verklarings vir die groot generasiegaping tussen milleniers en
vorige generasies is die tegnologiese rewolusie, wat 'n paradigmatiese verskuiwing teweeg
gebring het in die wyse waarop inligting ...
By using African countries as laboratories to improve its AI-based technologies, China is also reinforcing African governments’ illiberal and authoritarian tendencies.
Meyer, Yolandi; Gravett, W.H. (Willem)(Faculty of Law, Palacky University Olomouc, 2020-06)
This article analyses the protracted climate change case of Juliana v United
States of America. We consider the history of the case as well as the most recent judgment of the Federal Court of Appeals, which seems to be ...
The development of artificial intelligence has the potential to transform lives and work practices, raise efficiency, savings and safety levels, and provide enhanced levels of services. However, the current trend towards ...
The term judicial hostility in this context refers to the courts' reluctance to enforce arbitration awards. Judicial hostility towards international
arbitration had found its place in American courts as judges were reluctant ...
Baboolal-Frank, Rashri(Oxford University Press, 2020-12)
This article aims to explore alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, which are relevant to sectional titles schemes disputes. The alternative dispute resolution mechanisms will be discussed as an innovative trend to ...
Ramsden, Gerald Andrew(University of Pretoria, 2021)
In a sport like professional boxing where the infliction of bodily harm on one’s opponent is the primary objective of both the participants, it is therefore not surprising that the risk of serious bodily injury (and even ...
Baboolal-Frank, Rashri(Cambridge University Press, 2021-01)
The historical evolution of tribunals in South Africa is important in understanding the stratagem of present-day tribunals. This article attempts to take the reader on a journey from before colonisation to during and after ...