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Strafverydeling en diepliggende konflikdilemmas : opmerkinge oor die menslikheidsbegrensing van die strafreg
Stellenbosch Law Review = Stellenbosch Regstydskrif 15, pp 211 –224 (2004)
This article investigates the relevance and applicability of section 258(6) of the German Criminal Code in South African criminal law. Section 258(6) absolves certain specified categories of family members from liability for the crime of defeating the course of justice. A general defence of this nature does not exist in South African law nor in Anglo-American legal systems generally. The section 258(6) defence is founded purely on humanitarian considerations. It is argued that a similar defence should be introduced in South African criminal law. This can be accomplished in various ways.
&apos;&apos;Should the playing fields be levelled?&apos;&apos; Revisiting affirmative action in professional sport (part 2)
Stellenbosch Law Review = Stellenbosch Regstydskrif 15, pp 225 –246 (2004)
This paper is the second part of an examination of the application of affirmative action in professional sport. In the first part of the paper, the author examined the general background to sports transformation, with the emphasis on the constitutional and legislative framework for the application of affirmative action in the professional sporting context. This second part of the paper will aim to highlight a number of specific problem areas connected with the unique nature of professional sport and the role of affirmative action as a tool for the achievement of substantive equality in this context; as well as focusing on some of the specific transformation measures currently applied in professional sport. The forthcoming third and final part of the paper will examine the legitimacy and constitutionality of such measures in light of the rationales behind their application and their practical effects on the professional sports industry.
To revolt against present sex and gender images : feminist theory, feminist ethics and a literary reference
Stellenbosch Law Review = Stellenbosch Regstydskrif 15, pp 247 –267 (2004)
Die artikel behels &apos;n soeke na &apos;n etiek van verskil wat op &apos;n nie-essensialistiese, nie-rigiede en vloeiende wyse met verskille tussen mense kan omgaan. Die skrywer ondersoek die openbare beeld van vrou as versorger en moeder krities met verwysing na feministiese teorieë. Sentraal tot haar argument is veral Simone Weil se etiese fokus op aandagtigheid &lt;I&gt;(attention)&lt;/I&gt; en Drucilla Cornell se herformulering van &apos;n etiek van sorg na etiese ooreenstemming <I>(ethical attunement)</I>. Afrikaanse skrywer J van Melle se paradoksale beskrywing van vroue en mans en wat beskou kan word as &apos;oop&apos; en &apos;onbeslote&apos; momente in sy werk kan as riglyne vir so &apos;n etiek van verskil dien.
Interpretation theory and statutory construction : revisiting the issue in the light of constitutionalism
Stellenbosch Law Review = Stellenbosch Regstydskrif 15, pp 268 –294 (2004)
Hierdie bydrae handel oor die uitleg van wette volgens die standpunt van die uitlegteorie - en soos toegelig deur die Grondwet en sy beginsels. Die sentraliteit van die juris in dié proses word deurgaans beklemtoon. Daar word ook klem gelê op die feit dat &apos;n literalistiese beskouing van sake (asook die verwante konsep &apos;&apos;die bedoeling van die wetgewer&apos;&apos;) in die huidige situasie onvanpas is. <BR>Verskeie fasette van die wetsuitlegproses, soos deur die skrywer geïdentifiseer, word in besonderhede beskryf. Dié fasette word in &apos;n bondige teorie saamgevat. Die hermeneutiek (wetenskap van verstaan) gee leidrade wat met vrug gevolg kan word. Sulke leidrade word verwerk in die teorie. <BR>Dit is vanselfsprekend dat teorie op sigself niks werd is as dit nie geïmplementeer kan word nie. Dus word praktiese voorbeelde gegee om dit te illustreer. Daar word ook in hierdie verband na resente regspraak verwys. Wat die Grondwet betref, word daarop gewys dat die beginsels daarvan die hele terrein van die wettereg beïnvloed.
Note on personal liability for the debts of a close corporation which is able to pay
Stellenbosch Law Review = Stellenbosch Regstydskrif 15, pp 295 –304 (2004)
Waar artikel 424 van die Maatskappye Wet 61 van 1973 voorsiening maak vir persoonlike aanspreeklikheid vir die skulde van &apos;n maatskappy, maak artikel 64 van die Beslote Korporasies Wet 69 van 1984 voorsiening vir persoonlike aanspreeklikheid van enige persoon wat deelneem aan besigheid van die korporasie, hetsy op roekelose wyse, met growwe nalatigheid of met die doel om enige persoon te bedrieg of vir enige ander doeleindes van bedrog. Artikel 64 voorsien dat aanspreeklikheid &apos;&apos;te enige tyd&apos;&apos; mag onstaan. Artikel 424, aan die ander kant, gaan verder deur voorsiening te maak vir aanspreeklikheid wat mag onstaan sou die maatskappy bevind word in &apos;n &apos;&apos;afsluitende, geregtelike bestuur of andersins&apos;&apos; te wees. Die geskiedenis van artikel 424 toon dat aanspreeklikheid wat deur hierdie bepalings in die vooruitsig gestel word, slegs ontstaan wanneer die korporatiewe entiteit nie by magte is om te betaal nie. Twee van die mees onlangse provinsiale verdelingsbesluite meen egter verrassend dat aanspreeklikheid ontstaan selfs in daardie gevalle waar die korporatiewe entiteit by magte is om sy skulde te betaal. Hierdie opvatting word betwis. Die teendeel word verder in &apos;n meer onlangse uitspraak van die Hoogste Hof van Appèl bevind.
Die belang van en metodologie ten opsigte van die klassifikasie van kontrakte in die Suid-Afrikaanse reg
Stellenbosch Law Review = Stellenbosch Regstydskrif 15, pp 305 –325 (2004)
The classification of contracts is relatively unchartered terrain in South African law. The importance of determining a methodology for the classification of contracts, and therefore also this contribution, may well be questioned, since it is possible for the courts to interpret contracts as they find them. It is, however, submitted that a methodology for the classification of contracts has merit, because it will ensure that the consequences a court will attach to a specific type of contract will be determinable with more certainty. Thus legal certainty will be enhanced by the use of such a methodology. It is further submitted that the method to be used must be the classical approach whereby the functional characteristics of a contract is compared with the &lt;I&gt;essentialia&lt;/I&gt; of already existing contracts to determine its nature. Where a particular contract does not reflect all the &lt;I&gt;essentialia&lt;/I&gt; of any existing type, the classical approach does not give a satisfactory result and it is submitted that in such instances the dominant characteristics of a contract must be taken into account in classifying such a contract.
The property clause in the new federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation 1999
Stellenbosch Law Review = Stellenbosch Regstydskrif 15, pp 326 –332 (2004)
Die aantekening handel oor die ontwikkeling van die Switserse eiendomsklousule. Dit begin deur die historiese ontwikkeling van die eiendomsklousule in die Switserse Grondwet uiteen te sit. Die interpretasie wat die howe aan die klousule geheg het, word dan oorweeg. Daar word gefokus op die eiendomsbegrip en die beskerming van eiendomsregte in Switserland. In die gevolgtrekking word die Suid-Afrikaanse en Switserse eiendomsklousules vergelyk.
&apos;&apos;To have your cake and eat it&apos;&apos;
Susan Scott and
Stellenbosch Law Review = Stellenbosch Regstydskrif 15, pp 333 –350 (2004)
In this discussion of <I>Carrim v Omar&lt;/I&gt; the authors highlight two aspects of the case, namely the nature of suretyship and the interaction between Islamic law and the common law. Both authors discuss the complexities of suretyship and other forms of personal security. Scott thoroughly evaluates the interaction between Islamic law and the common law in three recent cases. <BR>In <I>Carrim v Omar&lt;/I&gt; Mrs Omar invested money in the Islamic Bank on the advice of Mr Omar and through him as her agent. Mrs Omar is a very religious person and a devout Muslim. She withdrew her investment from Volkskas Bank because she was uneasy about accepting interest which is &lt;I&gt;haram&lt;/I&gt; and not &lt;I&gt;halal&lt;/I&gt; in terms of Islamic law. The Islamic institution of a <I>Mudhaarahbah</I>
contract determined the nature of the legal relationship between Mrs Omar and the Islamic Bank. This contract is similar to a common-law partnership. In terms of the contract the investor shares in the profits of the investment, but losses are shared equally by all the investors to the amount of their investment. The Islamic Bank was liquidated and Mrs Omar claimed the amount of her investment plus interest from Mr Carrim. She based her claim on an oral guarantee by Mr Carrim that she will not loose any money by investing in the Islamic Bank. Mr Carrim denied the existence of this guarantee and, in the alternative, that if such a guarantee existed, it was void since it did not conform to the formalities prescribed in the General Law Amendment Act 50 of 1956. In the court <I>a quo&lt;/I&gt; the claim succeeded and Mr Carrim appealed against this judgment. The majority of the court held that Mr Carrim undertook a primary obligation, not an accessory one dependant on a principal debt. Therefore, the General Law Amendment Act was not applicable. The appeal was consequently dismissed. <BR>In a minority judgment Stegmann J devoted 36 pages of the judgment to criticism of Caney&apos;s definition of suretyship and the nature of suretyship. At the beginning he indicated that his judgment is incomplete, but that, due to pressure from his fellow judges, he was unable to pursue the matter further. He upheld the appeal of Mr Carrim. <BR>Both authors refer to the uncertainty surrounding personal security in South African law and to a certain extent also in Belgian and French law. Scott is of opinion that the General Law Amendment Act is applicable not only in the case of accessory personal security, but in all forms of personal security. <BR>In the absence of a clear choice of law by all parties concerned, Scott further questions the court&apos;s application of Islamic Law to determine the legal relationship between Mrs Omar and the Islamic Bank, but the common law to determine the consequences of the relationship between Mrs Omar and Mr Carrim. Scott is generally critical of partial application of Islamic Law and common law to the same set of facts.
South African law and child prostitution : an overview
Christiaan Bezuidenhout and
Amanda Elizabeth Boniface
Stellenbosch Law Review = Stellenbosch Regstydskrif 15, pp 352 –368 (2004)
In hierdie artikel word bestaande wetgewing wat kinderprostitusie reguleer vanuit &apos;n kriminologieperspektief beoordeel. Die Wet op Seksuele Misdrywe, Wet 23 van 1957 (gewysig in 1998), die Suid-Afrikaanse Konstitusie, Wet 108 van 1996 en die Kindersorgwet, Wet 74 van 1983 (gewysig in Wet 19 van 1999) wat seksuele oortredings teenoor kinders as ook kinderprostitusie reguleer, word krities geëvalueer. Projek 107 van die Suid-Afrikaanse Regskommissie, die Wet op Gesinsgeweld, Wet 116 van 1998 en die Wet op die Voorkoming van Georganiseerde Misdaad, Wet 121 van 1998 word as riglyne gebruik om verskillende aanbevelings te maak waarvolgens die seksuele uitbuiting en prostituering van kinders in Suid- Afrika gereguleer kan word.
The legal status of a Muslim wife under the law of succession : is she still a whore in terms of South African law?
Nazeem Goolam and
Stellenbosch Law Review = Stellenbosch Regstydskrif 15, pp 369 –380 (2004)
Die erkenning van Islamitiese huwelike in Suid-Afrikaanse huwelike was en is nog altyd &apos;n omstrede kwessie. In verskeie hofbeslissings is reeds geweier om die geldigheid van Islamitiese huwelike te erken as gevolg van die potensieel-poligame aard daarvan en die nie-nakoming van die Huwelikswet 25 van 1961. Die nie-erkenning van hierdie tipe huwelike bring verskeie nadelige gevolge vir die partye tot die &apos;&apos;huwelik&apos;&apos; mee. Byvoorbeeld, in <I>Ismail v Ismail&lt;/I&gt; 1983 1 SA 1006 (A) is beslis dat &apos;n Moslem eggenote nie op onderhoud na ontbinding van die huwelik geregtig is nie en in <I>S v Johardien&lt;/I&gt; 1990 1 SA 1026 (C) het die hof beslis dat &apos;n Moslem eggenote nie kan weier om in &apos;n kriminele saak teen haar man te getuig nie. Verskeie voorbeelde word in die regspraak aangetref waar benadeelde Moslem partye gepoog het om verligting by die howe te kry. &apos;n Onlangse beslissing van die Kaapse HoëHof, <I>Daniels v Campbell&lt;/I&gt; NO 2003 JOL 11190 (C) is juis so´ &apos;n voorbeeld. In hierdie aantekening word die feite van hierdie saak kortliks bespreek. Daarna volg &apos;n assessering van die mees belangrikste kwessies waaroor die hof beslis het en ten slotte word enkele opmerkings oor moontlike tekortkominge in die uitspraak gemaak.
Perspectives on narratives of (dis-)continuity in &apos;&apos;recent&apos;&apos; South African legal history. A review article of The Making of South African Legal Culture 1902-1936. Fear, Favour and Prejudice by Martin Chanock
Stellenbosch Law Review = Stellenbosch Regstydskrif 15, pp 381 –388 (2004)
The Fate of the Child : Legal Decisions on Children in the New South Africa, edited by Sandra Burman : book review
Stellenbosch Law Review = Stellenbosch Regstydskrif 15, pp 389 –390 (2004)
Autonomy and Ethnicity. Negotiating Competing Claims in Multi-Ethnic States, edited by Yash Ghai : book review
Stellenbosch Law Review = Stellenbosch Regstydskrif 15, pp 391 –392 (2004)