• "Pay back the money” – a paper on criminal and civil asset forfeiture within South Africa and suggestions for reform 

  Curlewis, L.G. (Emerald, 2024)

  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 ...
• The apportionment of legal costs in South Africa : a comparative analysis 

  Bekker, Thino (Juta Law Journals, 2022)

  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. ...
• Should magistrates take down confessions? 

  Curlewis, Llewelyn Gray; Gravett, W.H. (Willem) (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Faculty of Law, 2022)

  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 ...
• The effect of unlawfully obtained evidence on the administration of justice 

  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 ...
• A review of the enforcement of arbitration awards ; a comparative study of Nigeria and South Africa 

  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 ...
• Private prosecutions in South Africa 

  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 ...
• Discovery of electronic information in legal proceedings in South Africa with specific reference to Rule 23 of the Magistrates’ Court Rules and Rule 35 of the Uniform Rules of Court 

  Hart, Elton Romeo (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  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”. ...
• Digital neocolonialism : the Chinese surveillance state in Africa 

  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 ...
• Negotiating the intellectual property protocol under the agreement establishing the African continental free trade area : priorities and opportunities for Nigeria 

  Adewopo, Adebambo; Oriakhogba, Desmond; Okorie, Chijioke (De Gruyter, 2022-02)

  EarlyMarch 2021, following its ratification of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA agreement), Nigeria’s National Office of Trade launched a consultative process into issues ...
• Jailed by a "black box" : the impact of opaque algorithms on the right to a fair trial in the United States of America 

  Gravett, W.H. (Willem) (LexisNexis, 2021)

  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, ...
• Medical negligence and criminal responsibility - when the court infringes on a medical practitioner's rights to a fair trial 

  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 ...
• Emergency remote learning during the pandemic from a South African perspective 

  Baboolal-Frank, Rashri (BMC, 2021-11-02)

  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 ...
• The general traits of millennial law students 

  Gravett, W.H. (Willem) (LexisNexis, 2020-02)

  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 ...
• The influence of technology on the learning styles of millennial law students 

  Gravett, W.H. (Willem) (LexisNexis, 2020-08)

  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 ...
• Digital coloniser? China and artificial intelligence in Africa 

  Gravett, W.H. (Willem) (Routledge, 2020)

  By using African countries as laboratories to improve its AI-based technologies, China is also reinforcing African governments’ illiberal and authoritarian tendencies.
• Juliana v United States of America : the final frontier for climate litigation in America? 

  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 dark side of artificial intelligence : challenges for the legal system 

  Gravett, W.H. (Willem) (Unisa Press, 2020-10)

  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 ...
• Judicial hostility towards international arbitration disputes in South Africa : case reflections 

  Baboolal-Frank, Rashri (Juta Law, 2019)

  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 ...
• An analysis of sectional title dispute resolution in South Africa 

  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 ...
• The legal liability of the various role players in professional boxing for an injury or death suffered by a boxer during a professional boxing bout held in South Africa 

  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 ...

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