Recent articles and research

By Meryl Federl

Note: From this issue forward, where articles are available on an open access platform, 
articles will be hyperlinked on De Rebus Digital.

ABBREVIATIONS

CCR: Constitutional Court Review (Juta) 
ILJ: Industrial Law Journal (Juta)
PER: Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal (North West University)
SAJHR: SA Journal Human Rights (Juta)

Affirmative action

Fergus, E ‘Towards unity – reconciling fairness and rationality in affirmative action disputes’ (2015) 36 Jan ILJ 40.
Gaibie, S ‘The Constitutional Court decision in Barnard’ (2015) 36 Jan ILJ 80.

Children’s rights

Lutchman, S ‘“Child savers” v “kiddie libbers”: The sexual rights of adolescents’ (2014) 30.3 SAHJR 555. 

Constitutional Court

Fagan, A ‘Causation in the Constitutional Court: Lee v Minister of Correctional Service’s’ (2014) 5 CCR 104. 

Moseneke, D ‘Courage of Principle: Reflections on the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Ruth First’ (2014) 5 CCR 91. 

Ongeso, JP et al ‘Constitutional Court statistics for the 2009 term’ (2014) 30.3 SAHJR 572. 

Petersen, N ‘Proportionality and the incommensurability challenge in the jurisprudence of the South African Constitutional Court’ (2014) 30.3 SAHJR 405.

Constitutional law

Bilchitz, D ‘Avoidance remains avoidance: Is it desirable in socio-economic rights cases?’ (2014) 5 CCR 297.

Dafel, M ‘On the flexible procedure of housing eviction applications’ (2014) 5 CCR 331.

De Villiers, B ‘Section 235 of the Constitution: Too soon or too late for cultural self-determination in South Africa?’ (2014) 30.3 SAHJR 458.

Dugard, J ‘Beyond Blue Moonlight: The implications of judicial avoidance in relation to the provision of alternative housing’ (2014) 5 CCR 265.

Fowkes, J ‘Managerial adjudication, constitutional civil procedure and Maphango v Aengus Lifestyle Properties’ (2014) 5 CCR 309.

Govender, K ‘The risk of taking risky decisions: Democratic Alliance v President of the Republic of South Africa’ (2014) 5 CCR 451. 

Issacharoff, S ‘The democratic risk to democratic transitions’ (2014) 5 CCR 1. 

Krygier, M ‘What about the rule of law?’ (2014) 5 CCR 74.

Landau, D ‘Aggressive weak-form remedies’ 5 CCR 244.

Raboshakga, N ‘The separation of powers in interim interdict applications’ (2014) 5 CCR 366.

Ray, B ‘Evictions, aspirations and avoidance’ (2014) 5 CCR 173.

Roux, T ‘The South African Constitutional Court’s democratic rights jurisprudence’ (2014) 5 CCR 33.

Swart, M and Coggin, T ‘The road not taken: Separation of powers, interim interdicts, rationality review and E-Tolling in National Treasury v Opposition to Urban Tolling’ (2014) 5 CCR 346.

Wilson, S ‘Curing the poor: State housing policy in Johannesburg after Blue Moonlight’ (2014) 5 CCR 280.

Young, KG ‘The avoidance of substance in constitutional rights’ (2014) 5 CCR 223.

Disability rights	

Holness, W and Rule, S ‘Barriers to advocacy and litigation in the Equality Courts for persons with disabilities’ (2014) 17.5 PER 1907.

Education law

Woolman, S and Fleisch, B ‘The problem of the “Other” language’ (2014) 5 CCR 135.

Environmental law

Feris, L and Kotzé, LJ ‘The regulation of acid mine drainage in South Africa: Law and governance perspectives’ (2014) 17.5 2105. 

Knobel , JC ‘The legal status of the Spanish Imperial Eagle in Spain and thoughts on environmental law and policy as contributing factors in the conservation of species’ (2014) 17.5 PER 1828. 

Lim Tung, OJ ‘Transboundary movements of genetically modified organisms and the Cartagena Protocol: Key issues and concerns’ (2014) 17.5 PER 1740. 

International law

Barolsky, V ‘Glenister at the coalface: Are the police part of an effective independent security service?’ (2014) 5 CCR 377.

Jain, M and Meyersfeld, B ‘Lessons from Kiobel v Royal Dutch Petroleum Company: Developing homegrown lawyering strategies around corporate accountability’ (2014) 30.3 SAHJR 430. 

Meyersfeld, B ‘Domesticating International Standards: The direction of international human rights law in South Africa’ (2014) 5 CCR 399.

Sucker, F ‘Approval of an international treaty in Parliament: How does s 231(2) “Bind the Republic”?’ (2014) 5 CCR 417.

Tuovinen, J ’What to do with international law? Three flaws in Glenister’ (2014) 5 CCR 435.

Judiciary

Malan, K ‘Reassessing judicial independence and impartiality against the backdrop of judicial appointments in South Africa’ (2014) 17.5 PER 1965. 

McCreath, H and Koen, R ‘Defending the absurd: The iconoclast’s guide to s 47(1) of the Superior Courts Act 10 of 2013’ (2014) 17.5 PER 1789. 

Labour law

Botha, MM ‘The different worlds of labour and company law: Truth or myth?’ (2014) 17.5 PER 2043. 

Chicktay, M ‘Can teaching be declared an essential service? A comparative analysis of the South African legal position and international labour organisation standards’ (2014) 30.3 SAHJR 526.

Coetzer, N ‘Between a rock and a hard place’ (2015) 36 Jan ILJ 94.

Fergus, E and Collier, D ‘Race and gender equality at work: The role of the judiciary in promoting workplace transformation’ (2014) 30.3 SAHJR 484. 

Loubser, A and Joubert, T ‘The role of trade unions and employees in South Africa’s business rescue proceedings’ (2015) 36 Jan ILJ 21.

Mukheibir, A and Qotoyi,T ‘Wrongful suspension as a ground for delictual damages’ (2015) 36 Jan ILJ 70.

Rycroft, A ‘Strikes and the amendments to the LRA’ (2015) 36 Jan ILJ 1.

T Cohen ‘Limiting organisational rights of minority unions: POPCRU v Ledwaba 2013 11 BLLR 1137 (LC)’ (2014) 17.5 PER 2209.
 
Whitear-Nel, N and Grant, B ‘Protecting the unwed woman against automatically unfair dismissals for reasons relating to pregnancy’ (2015) 36 Jan ILJ 106.

Law of contract

Sharrock, R ‘Rectification and party misdescription: To what extent is rectification competent or useful?’ (2014) 17.5 PER 2195. 

Medical law

Pienaar, L ‘Access to the medical records of a child: Legislative review required’ (2014) 30.3 SAHJR 508.

Right to information

Ampofo-Anti, O and Winks, B ‘There and back again: The long road to access to information in M&G Media v President of the Republic of South Africa’ (2014) 5 CCR 466.

Water law

Chamberlain, L ‘Standing in the Water Tribunal: Access to justice down the plughole?’ (2014) 30.3 SAHJR 543.

Meryl Federl BA Higher Dipl Librarianship (Wits) is an archivist at the Johannesburg Society of Advocates library. E-mail: merylfederl@yahoo.co.uk

Please note that copies of the articles mentioned in this feature are not supplied by the author, but may be obtained from the publishers of the journals, or a law library.

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Open access websites: 

• www.lawsofsouthafrica.up.ac.za
• www.saflii.org

Open access law journals: 

• African Human Rights Law Journal:
www.chr.up.ac.za/index.php/about-the-journal.html
• Constitutional Court Review: https://
jutalaw.co.za/media/filestore/2015/01/CCR_-_Electronic_version.pdf
• De Jure published by the University of Pretoria: www.dejure.up.ac.za/
• Journal for Juridical Science published by the Faculty of Law, University of the Free State: https://africansunmedia.snapplify.com/product/journal-for-juridical-science-382
• Law, Democracy & Development is the journal of the Faculty of Law at the University of the Western Cape: www.ldd.org.za/current-volume.html
• Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal: www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/volumes
• Speculum Juris published by the Nelson R Mandela School of Law,
University of Fort Hare: www.speculumjuris.co.za/articles