Doctoral Degrees (Criminal and Medical Law)
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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 ... -
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 ... -
'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 ... -
Negotiorum gestio by geneeskundige ingrepe
(University of the Free State, 2011-01)Abstract not available
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