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Moral Laws III: Drugs

Like the first two briefs on sex work in this ‘Moral Laws’ series, the stigmatisation of drug dependent users as outcasts and criminals is based on a ...

Human Settlements In The Metros

This Brief discusses the Department of Human Settlements’ proposed re-orientation of its policies.

Addressing Provincial Health Departments’ Medicolegal Claims Liability: Developing The Law Of Delict

Provincial health departments face numerous claims for damages for medical negligence. The common law provides that payments must be made in one lump sum, but ...

Addressing Provincial Health Departments’ Medicolegal Claims Liability II: Transforming Litigation Strategies And Tackling Corruption

Provinces' medicolegal claims liability is largely caused by negligence and intentional wrongdoing by the State Attorney when defending these claims. This ...

Moral Laws I: Sex work - History and current status

This brief is the first of a series of four. It deals with legislation about the sex trade in South Africa The second brief lays out the arguments for the ...

Moral Laws IV: Abortion

Abortion, not unlike sex work, is an age old subject which has been criminalised and decriminalised over the centuries. Like both sex work and drugs, abortion ...

The Expropriation Bill - Why is everyone focusing on expropriation without compensation and not on the major land reform issues?

This brief examines the many problematic aspects on the subject of land reform in South Africa and points out that the proposed amendment to the Constitution ...