Law Books

This is one of the first books to explore the impact of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Africa. It offers a unique and multidisciplinary approach on a topic that is of interest to scholars in many different fields, including international law, political science, cultural anthropology, African history and media studies.

The purpose of this book is to combine most of the many fields that trustees are expected to have a knowledge of in one publication, written in easy-to-understand layman’s language, that can serve as a guide for the average trustee.

Accessories in Private Law provides judges, practising lawyers, academics and students with comprehensive coverage of a neglected topic of private law: accessory and related liabilities. It explains why third parties (accessories) are liable for wrongs committed by others in England, Australia and related jurisdictions.

We could not have a global economy without a system to resolve transborder commercial disputes, but the international institutions which perform this vital function bear little resemblance to other pillars of the global economy. This book shows how political and legal forces have shaped the evolution of this key regime.

Administrative Justice in South Africa: An Introduction offers a clear, comprehensive and practical explanation of administrative justice in South Africa, and includes discussion of the important process of judicial review. Practical in its approach, the text provides valuable focus on the application of principles to case law, problem-solving methodology, and specific procedural aspects of administrative justice. The text offers a clear pedagogical framework which
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Aspects of education law provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the laws that currently inform, prescribe and influence the activities of educators and education managers, whether on the sports fields or in the boardroom, at the blackboard or behind a desk.

Affirmative action is a critical feature of the prevailing social and economic policy in South Africa and also in other developing countries, yet research in the area remains largely underdeveloped.

The conventional interpretation of equality under the law singles out certain groups or classes for constitutional protection. Laws that discriminate against them are generally unconstitutional. This book argues that such an approach suffers from hitherto unnoticed normative and political problems, and it elucidates a competing, extant interpretation of equal protection jurisprudence.

Providing a refreshing take on international law, Emmanuelle Tourme Jouannet explains its latest developments in the light of its history and culture and demonstrates how it can be an instrument both for dominance and for change in our globalised world.

African Customary Law in South Africa: Post-Apartheid and Living Law Perspectives provides a clear introduction to indigenous law in South Africa. The text provides a structure for understanding the nature and overarching system of customary law, illustrating its distinctness in relation to other areas of law, and exploring the dynamic precepts and values of living customary law. The text suggests an approach which supports harmonisation of customary law precepts and values with the common law a

Aspects of education law provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the laws that currently inform, prescribe and influence the activities of educators and education managers, whether on the sports fields or in the boardroom, at the blackboard or behind a desk.

This book sketches the history of Roman private law from the Twelve Tables to modern times, and sets out the elements of the system. It does not attempt to summarize the whole law, but explains and evaluates its most characteristic and influential features.