by Sean Slabber | 13 Feb, 2017 | Insights
Reviewed by Louis Rood. Despite its title, this book encompasses far more than the traditional common law contractual relationship between landlord and tenant. The provision of housing, shelter, and “a roof over your head” for the homeless has become a...
by Sean Slabber | 6 Feb, 2017 | Insights
Reviewed by Louis Rood. The 2007 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has brought to the fore the rights of indigenous peoples to the protection of their knowledge and culture. Established legal intellectual property systems, which view...
by Sean Slabber | 30 Jan, 2017 | Insights
Reviewed by Louis Rood. It has been said that although South Africans achieved freedom under the Constitution of 1996, they nevertheless remain in bondage. Progress, for example through investment in property development, housing and infrastructure, inevitably...
by Sean Slabber | 23 Jan, 2017 | Insights
Servitudes are limited real rights in the property of another person. They have their origins in ancient systems of feudalism. That is why many servitudes are agricultural in nature – a right of way across the land of another, the right of the dominant owner to graze...
by Sean Slabber | 31 Oct, 2016 | Insights
Reviewed by Louis Rood. Globally, Value Added Tax (VAT) has become the most common indirect transaction tax system, since France implemented the first version of a VAT system in 1948. VAT in South Africa currently provides 25.6% of government’s tax revenue. VAT...
by Sean Slabber | 30 Aug, 2016 | Insights
Reviewed by Louis Rood. The theme of this collection of 13 essays is the contribution of African civil society organisations to international criminal justice mechanisms. This includes the International Criminal Court (ICC), as well as regional and national...
