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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

In recent years South Africans have become accustomed to the fact that the local sphere of government is part and parcel of the new democratic structure of government in the Republic. Today, all local governments are clothed ...

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 ...

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 ...