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Judicial overreach: a purely South African phenomenon?
Much has been said recently in South Africa on whether courts were interfering in the realm of the executive. This brief by Anton van Dalsen shows that this ...
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Legal Costs Orders - An Underused Tool For Accountability - Part I: A Look Through The Case Law
This brief is the first in a two-part series and will consider case law examining principles regarding cost awards against public officials in their personal ...
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Legal Costs Orders - An Underused Tool For Accountability - Part II: The Present And Future
This brief - Part II in a two-part series - examines ongoing litigation where high-ranking public officials face the prospect of being ordered to pay legal ...
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Take Two: Appointing the Justices of the Constitutional Court
This first of two briefs will consider the process of Constitutional Court appointments. With a focus on the Judicial Service Commission interviews held in ...
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The Constitutional Justice Report: Judging The Judges II - Assessment
This is the second part of a two-part brief concerning the Assessment of the Impact of the Decisions of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of ...
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The Constitutional Justice Report: Judging The Judges? Part I - Context And Main Findings
This is the first part in a two-part brief concerning the “Assessment of the Impact of Decisions in the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Appeal on the ...
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The HSF and the JSC
This brief details the HSF's ongoing litigation against the JSC.
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The JSC: Guarding the Gatekeepers.
This brief raises issues around the JSC methodology.
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The Judicial Battleground
This brief considers the general state of the judiciary and makes the point that given the current judicial and political climate the selection of the next ...
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The Public Protector Impeachment Process: How The Enquiry Resumes
This brief examines the judgement of the Constitutional Court on the constitutionality of the rules adopted by the National Assembly for the removal of heads ...
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