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Mother's of Africa: crimes against women - a medico-legal guide
(University of the Free State, 2006-05)English: The women of South Africa continue to labour under the yoke of sexual violence and misuse. 1. The constitutional development of the rights of women is examined in chapter one. 2. The crimes of rape, domestic ... -
Combating human trafficking: a South African legal perspective
(University of the Free State, 2010-11)The transatlantic slave trade has been outlawed for more than 200 years. However, could it be that slavery still exists, but in a modern form, namely that of human trafficking for various exploitative purposes? Investigating ... -
The organised crime of organ trafficking
(University of the Free State, 2006-11)Across the world today people are selling their bodily organs to organ trafficking syndicates in order to make money for necessities and to pay off loans used in order to survive. Modern medical technology has vastly ... -
A proposed framework for the legal protection of premature and critically-ill neonates in the context of South African child law
(University of the Free State, 2012-07)English: Until relatively recently extremely premature babies and critically-ill neonates would not have survived because medical science was insufficiently advanced to save them. Infanticide was a common practice among ... -
First generation forensic evidence and its influence on legal decision-making: a South African perspective
(University of the Free State, 2013)English: Interactions between science and law can be dated back as far as 9000 B.C. to 3000 B.C., to a time known as the Neolithic age. By the seventeenth century, great scientific contributions by, amongst others, Copernicus, ... -
Regsaanspreeklikheid voortspruitend uit medikasiefoute
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: Worldwide, the prescription, dispensing and administering of medication is the most common form of medical treatment. The number of medication errors made in a medical care system/institution is regarded as a good ... -
The legal liability of hospitals
(University of the Free State, 1997)This thesis presents an international legal comparative perspective on hospital liability law. The legal systems that are expounded on this subject are: the English law, the Australian law, the Canadian law, the law of the ... -
Toestemming as verweer by sportverwante beserings
(University of the Free State, 2005)Abstract not available -
'n Regsvergelykende studie van deskundige getuienis in straf- en siviele verhore
(University of the Free State, 2007-11)English: Progress in the field of science requires more and more the use of experts as witnesses during legal proceedings. It is due to the complex nature of some scientific principles that legal practitioners make use of ... -
Die Suid-Afrikaanse strafreg en die noodsaaklikheid van voortdurende vernuwende interpretasie - ’n kritiese evaluering
(University of the Free State, 2015-01-24)Abstract not available -
Die ontwikkeling van en die regsproblematiek in verband met die wettiging van prostitusie in Suid-Afrika
(University of the Free State, 2008-06-28)English: Prostitution, the exchange of sex for money, poses a problem all over the world. At present in South Africa prostitution, according to article 20(1)(aA) of the Sexual Offences Act 23 of 1957, is still described ... -
"'n Ondersoek na nie-patologiese ontoerekeningsvatbaarheid en die regverdiging vir die voortbestaan van gesonde outomatisme en aanverwante verwere in die Suid-Afrikaanse strafreg"
(University of the Free State, 2005-11)English: A controlled, voluntary human act is the basic element of criminal liability. If the act is not subject to the will, it is involuntary and excludes the act and therefore criminal liability. This defence is known ... -
Die Wet op Getuiebeskerming 112 van 1998: enkele aspekte oor die praktiese werking daarvan
(Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, 2001)English: To combat crime and especially serious crime by gangs, racketeers, syndicates and druglords, witnesses who are willing to testify against these criminals, must be protected efficiently. To address this problem the ... -
Ontwikkeling in die Amerikaanse vennootskapswetgewing: die aanspreeklikheidsbeperkte vennootskap as 'n nuwe ondernemingsvorm
(Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, 2001)English: The fact that American corporate law is in a constant process of development, is clear from, firstly, the revision of their normal law of partnership since 1986, and, secondly, the incorporation of the limited ... -
The impact of the Constitution on the South African criminal law sphere
(Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, 2001)English: In this article the extent of the impact of the new constitutional dispensation on the South African criminal law sphere is discussed. The influence of the Constitution on certain criminal offences, sentencing, ... -
Sexual Offences Courts: better justice for children?
(Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, 2006-12)English: Child victims of sexual abuse are vulnerable witnesses who experience trauma and secondary victimisation when they testify in sexual abuse cases. Sexual Offences Courts aim to alleviate this problem in various ... -
Are the rights of the disabled a reality in South Africa? Part One
(Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, 2003-12)English: For a long time the rights of disabled persons have been ignored not only in South Africa, but also in the rest of the world. There are many disabled persons who can participate on an equal level with able-bodied ... -
Are the rights of the disabled a reality in South Africa? Part two
(Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, 2004-06)English: For a long time the rights of disabled persons have been ignored not only in South Africa, but also in the rest of the world. There are many disabled persons who can participate on an equal level with able-bodied ... -
Die ontoereikende beskerming van sekswerkers in die Suid-Afrikaanse reg, gesien teen die agtergrond van geweld waaraan hulle blootgestel word
(Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, 2004)English: This article has as its focus the presence of violence in the life story of every sexworker as well as the attendant problems. Most sexworkers experience violence (from their clients or their pimp) on a daily basis ... -
Sexual Offences Courts in South Africa: quo vadis?
(Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, 2008-12)English: Since the establishment of the first Sexual Offences Court in Wynberg in 1993, various developments have taken place that include, but are not limited to, the following : several investigations into these courts ...
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