Text in Afrikaans / Weens die gebrek aan wetenskaplike bewerking van die legaliteitsbeginsel in die strafprosesreg, moet leiding gesoek word by leerstukke en beginsels van die staatsreg wat gemoeid is met die onderdaan-staatsgesagproblematiek (rule of law, die regstaat, due process of law en menseregte) asook by die legaliteitsbeginsel in die strafreg. 'n Leerstelling wat gemeenskaplik aan al hierdie leerstukke en beginsels is, is dat willekeurige owerheidsgesagsuitoefening teenoor die regsonderdaan in bedwang gehou moet word deur reelgebondenheid. Daar moet veral gelet word of daar blyke is van ontwikkeling vanaf die formele aspek (die beperkte eis dat daar 'n regsbasis vir owerheidsoptrede moet wees) na 'n materiele inhoud (of die betrokke leerstuk ingestel is op waardes wat aanduiding kan gee van 'n besondere geregtigheidsopvatting). Die legaliteitsbeginsel in sy basiese verskyningsvorm vereis dat owerheidsoptrede moet voldoen aan voorafbepaalde en vasstaande regsvoorskrifte; met wetmatigheid as hoofkomponent van hierdie vorm van legaliteit, is die onderskeidende kenmerk daarvan legalisme. In sy omvattende gedaante sluit die legaliteitsbeginsel die meeste van die attribute van die engere verskyningsvorm in, maar stel verdere vereistes: dit verg dat owerheidsoptrede moet voldoen aan voorafbepaalde, vasstaande en regverdige voorskrifte wat behoorlik verorden is en volgens 'n vaste prosedure uitgeoefen word - behalwe in daardie gevalle waar owerheidsoptrede, in die afwesigheid van uitvoerige regsreeling deur toepaslike norme, gestruktureerde en gekontroleerde diskresieuitoefening noodsaak. Daar word ter oorweging gegee dat die strafprosessuele regte van die individu die materiele inhoud van die legaliteitsbeginsel in die strafprosesreg vorm. Die meeste van hierdie regte is vervat in die Grondwet van die Republiek van Suid-Afrika 200 van 1993. Weens die eise van geregtigheid in die individuele geval, word diskresie-uitoefening deur owerheidsagenture soos die polisie en aanklaer asook regterlike beamptes deur die legaliteitsbeginsel geduld, maar diskresie-aanwending moet gestroop word tot die noodsaaklike, aan beperkings onderhewig gestel word en ook gekontroleer en gestruktureer word. Met die koms van die nuwe grondwetlike bedeling en die instelling van 'n Konstitusionele Hof kan stellig verwag word dat die strafprosessuele regte verder verfyn sal word en dat die toekoms nuwe insigte op die gebied van strafprosesregtelike legaliteit sal bring. / Due to the lack of scientific treatment of the principle of legality in criminal procedure, guidance must be sought from constitutional law doctrines that address the problematic inter-relation individual vis-a-vis state authority (rule of law, the Rechtsstaat, due process of law and human rights) and from the principle of legality in criminal law. A tenet shared by these doctrines, is that the arbitrary exercise of executive power over the individual should be restrained through adherence to rules. Whether development from the formal aspect (that a legal basis for executive action is required) to a substantive content (whether the doctrine concerned is committed to values reflecting a specific concept of justice) occurs, is examined. Basic legality requires that state action comply with rules that are certain and previously formulated; with adherence to rules ("wetmatigheid") as its main component, its distinguishing feature is legalism. In its comprehensive form, the principle of legality includes most of the attributes of the basic form, but makes further demands: executive action must conform to rules that are certain, already formulated and just, properly ordained and executed in accordance with a fixed procedure - except in those cases where executive action, in the absence of detailed regulation by legal norms, necessitates the structured and controlled exercise of discretion. It is submitted that the procedural rights of the citizen constitute the material content of the principle of legality in criminal procedure. Most of these rights have been included in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 200 of 1993. Because of the demands of justice in the individual instance, the exercise of discretion by the agencies of the state, the police and prosecution, as well as judicial officers, is tolerated by the principle of legality: provided that this exercise of discretion is limited to what is absolutely necessary, and is restrained, controlled and structured. With the advent of the new constitutional dispensation and the institution of the Constitutional Court, it may be expected that procedural rights will be further emended and that some new perceptions in the field of legality in criminal procedure are imminent. / Criminal & Procedural Law / LL. D.

Text in Afrikaans / Weens die gebrek aan wetenskaplike bewerking van die legaliteitsbeginsel in die strafprosesreg, moet leiding gesoek word by leerstukke en beginsels van die staatsreg wat gemoeid is met die onderdaan-staatsgesagproblematiek (rule of law, die regstaat, due process of law en menseregte) asook by die legaliteitsbeginsel in die strafreg. 'n Leerstelling wat gemeenskaplik aan al hierdie leerstukke en beginsels is, is dat willekeurige owerheidsgesagsuitoefening teenoor die regsonderdaan in bedwang gehou moet word deur reelgebondenheid. Daar moet veral gelet word of daar blyke is van ontwikkeling vanaf die formele aspek (die beperkte eis dat daar 'n regsbasis vir owerheidsoptrede moet wees) na 'n materiele inhoud (of die betrokke leerstuk ingestel is op waardes wat aanduiding kan gee van 'n besondere geregtigheidsopvatting). Die legaliteitsbeginsel in sy basiese verskyningsvorm vereis dat owerheidsoptrede moet voldoen aan voorafbepaalde en vasstaande regsvoorskrifte; met wetmatigheid as hoofkomponent van hierdie vorm van legaliteit, is die onderskeidende kenmerk daarvan legalisme. In sy omvattende gedaante sluit die legaliteitsbeginsel die meeste van die attribute van die engere verskyningsvorm in, maar stel verdere vereistes: dit verg dat owerheidsoptrede moet voldoen aan voorafbepaalde, vasstaande en regverdige voorskrifte wat behoorlik verorden is en volgens 'n vaste prosedure uitgeoefen word - behalwe in daardie gevalle waar owerheidsoptrede, in die afwesigheid van uitvoerige regsreeling deur toepaslike norme, gestruktureerde en gekontroleerde diskresieuitoefening noodsaak. Daar word ter oorweging gegee dat die strafprosessuele regte van die individu die materiele inhoud van die legaliteitsbeginsel in die strafprosesreg vorm. Die meeste van hierdie regte is vervat in die Grondwet van die Republiek van Suid-Afrika 200 van 1993. Weens die eise van geregtigheid in die individuele geval, word diskresie-uitoefening deur owerheidsagenture soos die polisie en aanklaer asook regterlike beamptes deur die legaliteitsbeginsel geduld, maar diskresie-aanwending moet gestroop word tot die noodsaaklike, aan beperkings onderhewig gestel word en ook gekontroleer en gestruktureer word. Met die koms van die nuwe grondwetlike bedeling en die instelling van 'n Konstitusionele Hof kan stellig verwag word dat die strafprosessuele regte verder verfyn sal word en dat die toekoms nuwe insigte op die gebied van strafprosesregtelike legaliteit sal bring. / Due to the lack of scientific treatment of the principle of legality in criminal procedure, guidance must be sought from constitutional law doctrines that address the problematic inter-relation individual vis-a-vis state authority (rule of law, the Rechtsstaat, due process of law and human rights) and from the principle of legality in criminal law. A tenet shared by these doctrines, is that the arbitrary exercise of executive power over the individual should be restrained through adherence to rules. Whether development from the formal aspect (that a legal basis for executive action is required) to a substantive content (whether the doctrine concerned is committed to values reflecting a specific concept of justice) occurs, is examined. Basic legality requires that state action comply with rules that are certain and previously formulated; with adherence to rules ("wetmatigheid") as its main component, its distinguishing feature is legalism. In its comprehensive form, the principle of legality includes most of the attributes of the basic form, but makes further demands: executive action must conform to rules that are certain, already formulated and just, properly ordained and executed in accordance with a fixed procedure - except in those cases where executive action, in the absence of detailed regulation by legal norms, necessitates the structured and controlled exercise of discretion. It is submitted that the procedural rights of the citizen constitute the material content of the principle of legality in criminal procedure. Most of these rights have been included in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 200 of 1993. Because of the demands of justice in the individual instance, the exercise of discretion by the agencies of the state, the police and prosecution, as well as judicial officers, is tolerated by the principle of legality: provided that this exercise of discretion is limited to what is absolutely necessary, and is restrained, controlled and structured. With the advent of the new constitutional dispensation and the institution of the Constitutional Court, it may be expected that procedural rights will be further emended and that some new perceptions in the field of legality in criminal procedure are imminent. / Criminal and Procedural Law / LL. D.

Text in Afrikaans / Beskermi ng van fundamente le mense- en konst itus i one le regte het moderne regstelsels tot herbesinning oor tradisionele bewysregreels rakende die toelaatbaarheid van getuienis aangaande verklarings van 'n beskuldigde en die privilegie teen selfinkriminasie gedwing. Om die omvang van die stroming op die kwessie van getuienis oor aanwysings wat op 'n onvrywillige of onbehoorlike wyse bekom is vas te stel, word 'n analise gedoen van artikel 218 van die Strafproseswet, wat fokus op die toelaatbaarheid van getuienis oor aanwysings en getuienis wat as gevolg van aanwysings verkry is. Die Appelhofbeslissing in S v Sheehama oor die toelaatbaarheid van getuienis omtrent gedwonge aanwysings, word gesien as die beliggaming van 'n nuwe filosofie rakende die beskuldigde se privilegie teen selfinkriminasie. Die gevolgtrekking word gemaak dat die bepalings van artikel 218(2) onbillik is, 'n skending van die beskuldigde se privilegie teen selfinkriminasie tot gevolg het en herroep moet word. Voorstelle vir regshervorming word in hierdie verband gemaak. / The protection of fundamenta 1 human and con st itut i ona 1 rights has caused modern legal systems to re-evaluate traditional rules of evidence regarding the admissibility of evidence concerning statements of an accused and the privilege against self-incrimination. To determine the extent of such a re-evaluation on evidence of paintings-out which are involuntarily or improperly obtained, an analysis of section 218 of the Criminal Procedure Act is undertaken. It focuses on the admissibility of evidence of paintings-out and evidence obtained in consequence of pointingsout. The decision of the Appellate Division in S v Sheehama on the admissibility of evidence of pointing-outs, obtained by means of compulsion, is seen as an embodiment of a new philosophy towards an accused's privilege against nondiscrimination. It is concluded that the provisions of section 218(2) are unfair, infringe on an accused's privilege against self-incrimination and should be repealed. Proposals for law reform are made in this regard. / Criminology and Security Science / LL.M.

Text in Afrikaans / Beskermi ng van fundamente le mense- en konst itus i one le regte het moderne regstelsels tot herbesinning oor tradisionele bewysregreels rakende die toelaatbaarheid van getuienis aangaande verklarings van 'n beskuldigde en die privilegie teen selfinkriminasie gedwing. Om die omvang van die stroming op die kwessie van getuienis oor aanwysings wat op 'n onvrywillige of onbehoorlike wyse bekom is vas te stel, word 'n analise gedoen van artikel 218 van die Strafproseswet, wat fokus op die toelaatbaarheid van getuienis oor aanwysings en getuienis wat as gevolg van aanwysings verkry is. Die Appelhofbeslissing in S v Sheehama oor die toelaatbaarheid van getuienis omtrent gedwonge aanwysings, word gesien as die beliggaming van 'n nuwe filosofie rakende die beskuldigde se privilegie teen selfinkriminasie. Die gevolgtrekking word gemaak dat die bepalings van artikel 218(2) onbillik is, 'n skending van die beskuldigde se privilegie teen selfinkriminasie tot gevolg het en herroep moet word. Voorstelle vir regshervorming word in hierdie verband gemaak. / The protection of fundamenta 1 human and con st itut i ona 1 rights has caused modern legal systems to re-evaluate traditional rules of evidence regarding the admissibility of evidence concerning statements of an accused and the privilege against self-incrimination. To determine the extent of such a re-evaluation on evidence of paintings-out which are involuntarily or improperly obtained, an analysis of section 218 of the Criminal Procedure Act is undertaken. It focuses on the admissibility of evidence of paintings-out and evidence obtained in consequence of pointingsout. The decision of the Appellate Division in S v Sheehama on the admissibility of evidence of pointing-outs, obtained by means of compulsion, is seen as an embodiment of a new philosophy towards an accused's privilege against nondiscrimination. It is concluded that the provisions of section 218(2) are unfair, infringe on an accused's privilege against self-incrimination and should be repealed. Proposals for law reform are made in this regard. / Criminology and Security Science / LL.M.

In this thesis, the common law crime of obstructing or defeating the course of justice as currently applied in South African law, is considered critically. The purpose of the study is to determine whether the ambit of the crime should be extended to target all conduct which undermines the proper administration of justice in South Africa. The interests protected by the crime are investigated, and those important constitutional values which underpin the crime, are identified. These values are: (i) constitutional supremacy (ii) the rule of law (iii) the doctrine of separation of powers, and (iv) the independence of the courts. In a post-constitutional era, the question raised is whether the crime as developed in the common law adequately protects these important democratic values. The historical background and development of the offence are discussed. This is followed by a comparative legal study which considers the existence and ambit of the offence in certain foreign jurisdictions. The foreign legal systems considered are England, Australia, Canada and the United States of America. The study reveals that the crime has been codified in most of these jurisdictions. Codification was driven by the need for legal certainty and compliance with constitutional imperatives. The study concludes that similar reform is necessary in South African criminal law. It is recommended that the common law offence of obstructing or defeating the course of justice be repealed and replaced with a comprehensive statutory offence which criminalises all manifestations of conduct which are intended to defeat or obstruct the proper administration of justice. The proposals are based upon the identified constitutional imperatives which underpin the crime. It is argued that the legislature is the proper institution to initiate reform in this regard. Detailed recommendations are made, which include draft legislation. / Law / LL.D.

The history of the criminal justice system in South Africa, in the last decade is a history dominated by the desire for change and transformation. It will be remembered that we are talking of a system which, in the past, formed part of the State apparatus of a minority government which included racist elements and highly restrictive legal regime in dealing with communities, crime and criminals. The criminal justice system is constituted by four core departments, namely: the South African Police Services; Department of Justice, Correctional Services and Welfare. The argument is whether the volunteers from the community should be involved at all in the fight against crime or not. Some people feel that a system· of justice should be controlled by professionals, who are accountable for their decisions, namely: the Police, Justice, and Correctional Services. However, the research revealed that a system which excludes the community from participating, will render itself ineffective and open to abuse. This topic should be further researched within each department in the criminal justice system in order to explore possibilities of attracting volunteers in the transformation of their respective departments. / Penology / D.Litt. et Phil. (Penology)

In this thesis, the common law crime of obstructing or defeating the course of justice as currently applied in South African law, is considered critically. The purpose of the study is to determine whether the ambit of the crime should be extended to target all conduct which undermines the proper administration of justice in South Africa. The interests protected by the crime are investigated, and those important constitutional values which underpin the crime, are identified. These values are: (i) constitutional supremacy (ii) the rule of law (iii) the doctrine of separation of powers, and (iv) the independence of the courts. In a post-constitutional era, the question raised is whether the crime as developed in the common law adequately protects these important democratic values. The historical background and development of the offence are discussed. This is followed by a comparative legal study which considers the existence and ambit of the offence in certain foreign jurisdictions. The foreign legal systems considered are England, Australia, Canada and the United States of America. The study reveals that the crime has been codified in most of these jurisdictions. Codification was driven by the need for legal certainty and compliance with constitutional imperatives. The study concludes that similar reform is necessary in South African criminal law. It is recommended that the common law offence of obstructing or defeating the course of justice be repealed and replaced with a comprehensive statutory offence which criminalises all manifestations of conduct which are intended to defeat or obstruct the proper administration of justice. The proposals are based upon the identified constitutional imperatives which underpin the crime. It is argued that the legislature is the proper institution to initiate reform in this regard. Detailed recommendations are made, which include draft legislation. / Law / LL.D.

The history of the criminal justice system in South Africa, in the last decade is a history dominated by the desire for change and transformation. It will be remembered that we are talking of a system which, in the past, formed part of the State apparatus of a minority government which included racist elements and highly restrictive legal regime in dealing with communities, crime and criminals. The criminal justice system is constituted by four core departments, namely: the South African Police Services; Department of Justice, Correctional Services and Welfare. The argument is whether the volunteers from the community should be involved at all in the fight against crime or not. Some people feel that a system· of justice should be controlled by professionals, who are accountable for their decisions, namely: the Police, Justice, and Correctional Services. However, the research revealed that a system which excludes the community from participating, will render itself ineffective and open to abuse. This topic should be further researched within each department in the criminal justice system in order to explore possibilities of attracting volunteers in the transformation of their respective departments. / Penology / D.Litt. et Phil. (Penology)