eJOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal

The 2015 vol 18 no 1 issue of the Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal (PER) is now freely available at http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/2015%2818%291. As follows the index of the current issue:

1.    Domestic Partners and "The Choice Argument": Quo Vadis?B Coetzee Bester and A Louw
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/pelj.v18i1.01

2.    When does State Interference with Property (now) Amount to Expropriation? An Analysis of the Agri SA Court's State Acquisition Requirement (Part I)
EJ Marais
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/pelj.v18i1.02

3.    When does State Interference with Property (now) Amount to Expropriation? An Analysis of the Agri SA Court's State Acquisition Requirement (Part II)
EJ Marais
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/pelj.v18i1.03

4.    Leveraging Traditional Knowledge on the Medicinal Uses of Plants within the Patent System: The Digitisation and Disclosure of Knowledge in South Africa
EP Amechihttp://dx.doi.org/10.4314/pelj.v18i1.04

5.    The South African Companies Act and the Realisation of Corporate Human Rights ResponsibilitiesM Gwanyanyahttp://dx.doi.org/10.4314/pelj.v18i1.05

6.    A Future for the Doctrine of Substantive Legitimate Expectation? The Implications of Kwazulu-Natal Joint Liaison Committee v Mec for Education, Kwazulu Natal
M Murcotthttp://dx.doi.org/10.4314/pelj.v18i1.06

7.    Inclusive Basic Education in South Africa: Issues in its Conceptualisation and Implementation
LN Murungihttp://dx.doi.org/10.4314/pelj.v18i1.07

8.    "Just Piles of Rocks to Developers but Places of Worship to Native Americans" - Exploring the Significance of Earth Jurisprudence for South African Cultural CommunitiesMM Ratibahttp://dx.doi.org/10.4314/pelj.v18i1.08

9.    Legal Aspects with Regard to Mentally Ill Offenders in South Africa
M Swanepoelhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4314/pelj.v18i1.09

10.  Huidige Regsontwikkeling ten aansien van Uitwinbaarverklaring van ʼn Verband oor ʼn Onroerende SaakMMM Fuchshttp://dx.doi.org/10.4314/pelj.v18i1.10

11.  What Constitutes a Benefit by Virtue of Section 186(2) of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995?Apollo Tyres South Africa (Pty) Ltd v CCMA 2013 5 BLLR 434 (LAC)
E Fouriehttp://dx.doi.org/10.4314/pelj.v18i1.11

JOURNAL: Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal

The latest Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal is available here. 

Its editorial, by our Professor Christa Rautenbach, reads:

The first 11 articles in the first issue of 2014 deal with global legal topics ranging from outer space to domestic South African matters and legal challenges in other African countries, such as Uganda, Nigeria and Zimbabwe.Anél Ferreira-Snyman discusses legal challenges relating to the commercial use of outer space, with specific reference to space tourism. She points out that the current legal framework is outdated and no longer deals adequately with the rapidly developing space tourism industry. Further away from the moon, although it deals with creations of the mind and is just as mysterious for the average person, is the contribution of André van der Walt and Richard Shay, which analyses the South African Constitutional Court's treatment of intellectual property. They focus on the methodology that the Court has formulated to assess if state interference complies with constitutional provisions to determine if state intervention into property interests has been legitimate. The third contribution, by Joel Baloyi, also deals with a creation of the mind, namely copyright. He attempts through a comparative analysis to demystify the role of copyright as a tool for economic development in Africa and criticises the stifling effect the transferability principle has on the effectiveness of copyright in certain African countries.

JOURNAL: (2013) 16:3 Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal

POTCHEFSTROOM ELECTRONIC LAW JOURNAL

(2013) 16:3 Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal (PER)  is now freely available here.

Oratio: Address to Commemorate the 2013 Martin Luther King Day at the Law Faculty, University of Michigan By K Govender

Oratio: A Non-Lawyer's Views on the Revised White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage of 2013 By M van Graan

Legal Research Methodology and the Dream of Interdisciplinarity By IJ Kroeze

The Unilateral Determination of Price – a Question of Certainty or Public Policy? By HM du Plessis

Chaos in Family Law: A Model for the Recognition of Intimate Relationships in South Africa By P Bakker

Prisoner Transfer to South Africa: Some of the likely Challenges ahead By JD Mujuzi

All Roads lead to Property: Pashukanis, Christie and the Theory of Restorative Justice By R Koen

The Rights Granted to Trade Unions under the Companies Act 71 of 2008 By H Schoema

The Quest for a Supranational Entity in West Africa: Can the Economic Community of West African States attain the Status? By J Lokulo-Sodipe & A Osuntogun

The Sexual Orientation of a Parent as a Factor when Considering Care By C Feldhaus & C van den Heeve

A Human Rights-Based Approach to Poverty Reduction: The Role of the Right of Access to Medicine as an Element of the Right of Access to Health Care By BZ Straus & D Horsten

The Impact of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005 on the Enforcement of a Mortgage Bond: Sebola v Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd 2012 5 SA 142 (CC) By M Fuchs

For previous issues of PER, please go to http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/volumes.html

PER publishes contributions in English, Afrikaans, Dutch and German and all contributions are blindly peer reviewed.

Please send all contributions electronically to the editor, Christa Rautenbach, at christa.rautenbach@nwu.ac.za. The style requirements of PER can be found at http://www.nwu.ac.za/content/style.

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