How To Write A Law Thesis

Writing a law thesis is undoubtedly a challenge. However, getting it right can lay the foundations for recognition as an expert in your field. Therefore, it’s crucial to ensure that you’ve delivered your best effort. This guide contains all the information you need to produce an outstanding law thesis and impress your examiners. Preliminary Stages … Read more

Statutory Interpretation

Many statutes are passed by parliament each year. The meaning of the law in these statutes should be clear and explicit but this is not always achieved. Parliament sometimes includes sections defining certain words used in that statute; such sections are called interpretation sections, which define certain words in the act itself. Despite these aids … Read more

Charitable trusts

Charitable trusts are valid purpose trusts.  A Charitable  trust is a trust for a purpose, but where the purpose is regarded as sufficiently beneficial to the community at large to warrant acceptance of validity. This means that if it perfectly possible to establish a trust for the achievement of a purpose, provided that the purpose in law is … Read more

Employee dismissal – Appropriate & Inappropriate

Employee Dismissal I. Introduction Firing an employee. That sounds like a pretty simple thing to do doesn’t it? Well if you think that’s true then you are in for a surprise. Employee dismissal is becoming a very complicated affair. It’s not as simple as leaving a pink slip on an employees desk anymore. Employee dismissal … Read more

Misrepresentation and Breach of Contract

The distinctions between the two legal issues of misrepresentation and breach of contract are dependant on whether the pre-contractual statement was made on the basis of a representation, or on a promise or obligation to be fulfilled. These are radically different when it comes to remedying the damage caused by one party against another. A … Read more

Example legal opinion

Legal Opinion To: The Law Society From: xxx Re: Mary/violation of standards of professional ethics. Date: 4 May 2016 I. Statement of facts. Mary Smith is an attorney in general practice and accepts the mandate of Sibongile, a client, who has a claim against a property development company, Twin City (pty) Ltd. Mary accepted the … Read more

Proceduralist judicial processes and systems – minority rights

Proceduralism justifies the operation of rules, decisions and institutions by reference to the validity of the process through which they are established, as opposed to the substantive outcome of the process ; adherence to established procedure in a proceduralist system is of paramount importance. Proceduralist judicial processes and systems are ones that derive their sense … Read more

Contract did not need to be signed to be effective

Graeme Grant (Claimant) v Russell Bragg (Defendant): (1) Russell Bragg (Part 20 Claimant) (2) Premier Resorts Limited (Part 20 Claimant) v Graeme Grant (Part 20 Defendant) [2009] EWHC 74 (Ch). 1. Mr. Graham Grant and Mr. Russel Bragg were both directors in Premier Resorts Limited, a firm which performed sales and marketing activities for holiday … Read more

Legal history on criminal attempts (project outline)

Introduction As cited in Macbeth-II, “The attempt and not the deed confounds us” , such was quoted by Shakespeare and may be appropriate to the law of attempt too. The law of criminal attempt falls in the category of inchoate crimes, most of the time known as ‘non-consummate’ or ‘anticipatory’ crimes . The law of … Read more

The United States Constitution

Among fellow countries of the globe, the United States of America is young; yet it boasts the oldest written constitution still in use today. The United States Constitution not only has deep roots in numerous aspects of the government, but has had immense effects on citizen life since its inception. A notable facet that exemplifies … Read more

Therapeutic jurisprudence – improving psychological wellbeing in the justice system

Derived from David Wexler and Bruce Winnick’s work on mental health law (1989), therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) has since been advocated for as a means of improving the psychological wellbeing of those involved in the justice system. This report uses cases observed (as described below) to explore the need for greater consideration of TJ within mainstream … Read more

Constitutional courts

There is no universally agreed definition of a constitutional court (CC). Yet, it is possible to identify common features emanating from a variety of CCs as a sufficient standard to discuss possible UKSC reforms. There are currently two main CC frameworks; whilst a majority of continental European CCs, including Germany and France, have adopted the … Read more

The critical analysis of law as an instrument to assist feminism

Introduction Gender equality, as most other types of equality, is a fundamental human right. When speaking of gender equality, one fundamentally speaks of equal opportunity (de jure) and equality of outcome (de facto). Both, procedural equality and substantive equality together will make up an individual’s right to equality. Gender issues have been around since the … Read more

Role of Judiciary in implementing Environmental Laws

The judiciary has been playing a vital role is the implementation of environmental laws and evolving legal principals to protect environmental pollution as natural and fundamental human rights. The Supreme Court of India has emphasized the need to strengthen instructional machinery both at the centre and at the state to enforce environmental laws. In the … Read more

Informal Traders’ Right to the City: South African Informal Traders Forum v City of Johannesburg 2014 (4) SA 371 (CC)

Introduction The world population is rapidly urbanising, cities are gradually becoming the location at which and the means through which civil and political as well as socio-economic rights are realised. Cities are becoming locations for access to basic socio-economic amenities and essential services. South African cities have changed tremendously over the past twenty years, both … Read more