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Latest Edition: Volume 56 2023
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An analysis s 5A of the Divorce Act 70 of 1979 and its application to marriages concluded in terms of Islamic law
Muneer Abduroaf
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Mshengu v Estate Late Mshengu 9223/2016P: Considering the ownership of house property in customary law
Fatima Osman
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The Constitutional disqualification for unrehabilitated insolvents from being members of Parliament
Zingapi Mabe
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The extraordinary in the ordinary: the devil is in the (sometimes unexpected) details of section 34 of the Insolvency Act 24 of 1936 and the actio Pauliana
Alastair Smith
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The use of vicarious liability in environmental law to enhance the legal conservation status of birds of prey
Johann C Knobel
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LH v ZH 2022 (1) SA 384 (SCA): Should section 18(a) of Matrimonial Property Act 88 of 1984 apply to all spouses in a marriage in community of property, irrespective of when the non-patrimonial damages were received?
Kathleen Nthabiseng Monareng
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Online deceptive advertising and consumer protection in South Africa – The law and its shortcomings?
Yeukai Mupangavanhu
Dominique Kerchhoff
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Small companies and regulatory tiering: a legal and economic analysis of Zambia’s new regime
Christopher Phiri
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NCA Plant Hire CC v Blackfield Group Holdings (Pty) Limited [2021] JOL 51810 (GJ): Some critical observations on the legal effect of a provisional winding-up order
A Boraine
WJC Swart
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Editorial: Special Edition on Rethinking Global Economies, Financial Markets, Corporate Practices & Business Activities Post-COVID-19 Pandemic
Howard Chitimira (Guest Editor)
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An analysis of the statutory measures adopted to curb tax evasion in Nigeria after the COVID-19 pandemic
Oyesola Animashaun
Howard Chitimira
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Revisiting the no reflective loss principle under the South African company law regulation: A reflective assessment through the lens of Hlumisa Investment Holdings (RF) Ltd v Kirkinis 2020 3 All SA 650 (SCA)
Justice Mudzamiri
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What amounts to “dispositions without value” in the context of section 26 of the Insolvency Act 24 of 1936?
Motseotsile Clement Marumoagae
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An analysis of legal accountability for artificial intelligence systems in the South African financial sector
Thupane Justice Kgoale
Kola Odeku
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Reflecting on the corporate opportunity rule in company law through a jurisprudential review of Modise v Tladi Holdings (Pty) Ltd 2020 4 All SA 670 (SCA)
Justice Mudzamiri
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The regulatory nexus between the promotion of financial education and financial inclusion in enhancing consumer protection in South Africa
Phemelo Magau
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Policy implications and mobile money regulatory approaches to promote financial inclusion of the poor in Zimbabwe after the COVID-19 pandemic
Howard Chitimira
Elfas Torerai
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A proposal for international arbitration law in Namibia based on the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration
Tapiwa Victor Warikandwa
Lineekela Usebiu
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An analysis of the possibility to implement a CSI tax levy in South Africa: Lessons from Mauritius
Margaretha J Preston
Swaleha Peeroo
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South African courts’ differing approaches to determining children’s views in family law matters
Alet Magdaleen Uys
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Does the treatment of arrear maintenance claims of children under the Insolvency Act 24 of 1936 constitute a violation of their constitutionally protected rights to social welfare and human dignity? An exposition
Legodi Thutse
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The regulation of cryptocurrencies to combat money laundering crimes in South African banking institutions
Princess Thembelihle Ncube
Ruddy Kabwe
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Monareng v Dr JS Moroka Municipality 2022 43 ILJ 1855 (LC) – Affirmation that resignation by an employee constitutes a point of no return: or does it?
Khodani Sengwane
Stefan van Eck
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Effects of the eradication of the rule of male primogeniture on the customary law of succession
Kgopotso Maunatlala
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Death benefit provisions in the Pension Funds Act 5 of 2019 of Lesotho: Contradictions or deliberate policy choices?
Mtendeweka Mhango
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Chetty v Perumaul (AR313/2020) [2021] ZAKZPHC 66 (21 September 2021): A cautionary note on the self-inflicted injury of disastrous and careless cross-examination
Arthur van Coller
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Big data in insurance contracts – a tool for good, or bad?
Michele van Eck
Samantha Huneberg
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Capital Appreciation Ltd v First National Nominees (Pty) Ltd 2022 ZASCA 85: The connection between share re-acquisitions, schemes of arrangement, and appraisal rights under the Companies Act 71 of 2008
Vela Madlela
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