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Browsing Private Law by Type "Dissertation"
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)To contextualise, the problem with foster care in South Africa dates back to the early 2000s. In 2002, the then Minister of Social Development publicly indicated that relatives caring for orphans could seek to regularise ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)In this dissertation I analyse the transformation of the South African law on the warranty against latent defects. I trace the development from pre-classical Roman law through to the enactment of the Consumer Protection ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)This study will follow the development of the rules pertaining to apportionment of damages, with particular emphasis on the Apportionment of Damages Act 34 of 1956 (‘the Act”) and its applicability to contractual claims. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013-01-08)The exceptio doli generalis, which is the Roman law defence of “bad” faith, in the general form, has , until the decision of Bank of Lisbon and South Africa (SA) (Pty) Ltd, been one of the mechanisms that has been utilised ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)This dissertation focuses on the protection and promotion of the socio-economic rights of children with disabilities in South Africa. Socio-economic rights aim to ensure that material inequalities that are experienced by ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-12-07)Should Eskom and municipalities be held liable for loss resulting from load shedding? In essence, this is the question this dissertation answers or at least sheds some light on. This dissertation looks at the possibility ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)This study holistically examines the status quo of learner-on-learner bullying in South African schools. An exposition is given pertaining to inter alia constitutional law, common law, statutory provisions and case law. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-09-14)No abstract available Copyright
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)Sections 2(3) and 2A of the Wills Act of 1953 were incorporated into the Wills Act in 1992. The purpose of the two sections was to give the court power to condone a document that did not comply with the formalities for ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)The aim of this dissertation is to establish if the unmarried father has been placed in a better position regarding his rights to his child with the advent of the Children’s Act 38 of 2005. Prior to the commencement of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-09-12)Due to the ineffectiveness of previous credit consumer legislation to deal with the demands of a complex consumer market, a need for legislative reform in this area arose in South Africa. The National Credit Act was ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)In the context of medical research, children are especially vulnerable to exploitation. As a result several codes of research ethics emphasise the need for special protection. Prior to the implementation of the National ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)Every year millions of children worldwide are forced into the labour pool. More than half of these children are involved in some of the worst forms of child labour, which include slavery, work under hazardous conditions ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013-05-29)Proper control and management of a school is the difference between a functional and a dis-functional school. The importance of a good relationship between a principal and the governing body, for the proper functioning of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-08-14)The question to which this study will attempt to find a satisfactory answer, is whether the new Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) has revived the abolished exceptio doli generalis. The exceptio doli was introduced ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-02-07)The in duplum rule is a rule of Roman-Dutch origin which has been preserved by the South African common law. A useful consumer-protection device, it temporarily ceases interest once arrear interest has reached the unpaid ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Many private hospitals in South Africa have consistently tried to discharge themselves from liability by having patients sign admission forms that contain indemnity or exclusionary clauses. They rely on standard legal rules ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013-01-09)This dissertation investigates, in general, the debt enforcement procedures contained in the National Credit Act. It provides information on the purpose of consumer credit legislation and the South African credit industry ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)
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