A dissertação ora apresntada é resultado de uma leitura apurada sobre os institutos que hoje norteiam o direito processual civil brasileiro contemporâneo , baseados na possibilidade de dano irreparável ou de difícil reparação aliados à técnica de cognição sumária e numa futura cognição aprofundada da prova, quando houver necessidade de uma ação mais enérgica do poder judiciário . Aqui também é feita uma demonstração que as tutelas de urgência embora estejam sendo mais utilizadas hoje , já existiam em nosso ordenamento , seja no código de processo civil de 1939 , com as ações cominatórias, seja no código de processo civil atual , como por exemplo , da tutela inibitória , a tutela específica das obrigações de fazer e de não fazer, bem como na legislação extravagan e como é o caso do mandado de segurança preventivo, o que demonstra que os nossos aplicadores do direito , sejam advogados, procuradores, juízes, têm demonstrado uma preocupação em não só recompor o patrimônio de quem foi injustamente lesado , mas antecipar-se a esse evento o dano, para que o jurisdicionado sequer chegue a sofrer qualquer prejuízo , munindo este jurisdicionado que sai em busca de uma tutela , de um instrumento de coerção prévio / The thesis presented here is the result of an accurate reading on the institutes that now guide the contemporary Brazilian civil procedural law, based on the possibility of irreparable harm or difficult to repair allied to technical summary of cognition and cognition in a future depth of proof when the need arises the stronge raction of the judiciary . Here is also a demonstration that the emergency wards while they are being used more oftem today , existed inourland , whether in the civil procedure code 1939 , with the coercive actions , whether in the current code of civil procedure , such as the inhibitory guardianship , the guardianship of the specific obligations of doing and not doing as well as the extravagant legislation such as the warrant of preventive security , which demonstrates that our law enforcers , like lawyers , prosecutors , judges , have demonstrated a concern not only restore the heritage of those who were unfairly harmed , but to anticipate this event - the damage , so that even under jurisdiction arrives to suffer any injury , arming this jurisdictional out in search of a trust , an instrument of coercion prior

To know your law and not to understand it is like a legal barbarian lost in the battlefield of legal theory. A proper and thorough understanding of the law of evidence and hearsay evidence in particular, is of paramount importance not only for lawyers but also for persons who regard themselves as labour law experts. It takes a great deal of experience before a lawyer truly becomes confident with the law of evidence and its application. The only way one becomes good at it is firstly to know the law. (Where does it come from and why is it there?) Then one must get to understand it by looking at examples and apply it in practice. Only then will a person gain practical experience. The aim of this treatise is not to try and educate experienced lawyers. This article is aimed at those that need some motivation to pursue their journey in the labour law process. Remember we all assume that lawyers know and understand their subject until they proof the contrary. In this work I shall try to highlight the importance of the law of evidence in labour law proceedings. Firstly the meaning of the law of evidence and hearsay evidence is considered. Further emphasis will be on the approach and application of the law of evidence, and in particular the hearsay rule, in labour law proceedings.

In this thesis it is intended to show, among other things, the evolution of the Ciskeian traditional African Court practice and procedure from the time of the advent of white rule up to the present day. In chapter two we show the manner in which the various Cape Governors tried to suppress the traditional court system and law by superimposing western type law and norms (repugnancy clause) on the unwilling African population. The case law discussed in chapter 3 clearly shows the problems that arose and which to a large extent, still arise in the application of the Chiefs' Civil Courts Rules. Non-compliance with these rules reveals the need both for the training of the personnel of these courts and reform of the rules governing the Chief's courts. The areas that need urgent attention have been identified and the necessary recommendations have been made.

In South Africa children are required to testify under oath or admonition. The shortcomings of the competency test are of particular relevance to children with developmental disabilities, since courts are not equipped to adequately assess the competency of these children to give evidence. One component of testimonial competency, namely the understanding of the concepts truth and lies, is overemphasised and is examined with questions that are developmentally inappropriate for child witnesses in general. For children with cognitive disabilities, such questions create barriers for participation in the truth-seeking process. Consequently, convictions have been set aside on appeal owing to procedural irregularities found in the implementation of this test. In the literature review on testimonial competency, attention was given to restrictions that specific developmental disabilities impose on the perceptual, cognitive, communication and moral development of children. Two of four components – narrative ability and moral capacity – were studied in a sample of 184 children in middle childhood. Participants’ ability to give coherent and detailed accounts of events, their understanding of the concepts truth, lies, promises and the oath, and the Lyon and Saywitz oath-taking competency test, were investigated. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used for data analysis. Three groups were identified: those children with very limited, average or full testimonial competency. Their capacities were found to be related to maturation of cognitive functions and level of intellectual functioning. Participants were better able to demonstrate their understanding of truth and falsity by responding to the oathtaking test than giving verbal descriptions of these concepts. Whereas 1 percent of participants had a conceptual understanding of an oath, 15 percent understood the concept of a promise. Syncretism and confabulation compromised the narrative accounts of a substantial number of participants. Syncretism relates to immature narrative ability: correct details are combined in an illogical fashion. Confabulation refers to filling memory gaps with fabricated information. Guidelines on the competency determination of children with developmental disabilities were compiled. It is suggested that the competency examination be replaced by a formal, pre-trial competency assessment. The court should also receive expert evidence on how to facilitate meaningful participation when a child with sufficient testimonial competence is the witness.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:18:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_joel_venancio.pdf: 1538984 bytes, checksum: 33f7c88de9d75dbf0eb4229cd235359d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-04-17 / The role of evidence in criminal proceedings is still a tormenting issue. In Brazil, there are few and incomplete works that deal with the issue. In the criminal procedure code the term evidence is used constantly. Sometimes it appears as a synonym of proof, in other cases less proof. The system seems to be so inconsistent, the result of bad technique and archaic legislation. The scholars of the theme in Brazil admit that the evidence can be used as proof with restrictions. For the majority they need to be supported by direct proof, serving as a complement to that. Indeed the expression evidence is always used in the plural, as such would be its weakness and therefore could only be accepted as evidence if there is a body of evidence and proof harmonics. The restriction on the use of evidence as evidence is justified in view of the principles of real truth, existing in criminal proceedings. The sentencing in the criminal proceedings would only be appropriate when there is a certainty of hard evidence and criminal authorship. The evidence would be unable to reveal the full truth, because it is likely that the court has obtained it through a logical construction, according to the rules of the practice, while the direct evidence could rebuild the fact to be proven. The argument of the real truth is false. The full truth is absolutely unattainable. The philosophy from remote attempts to conceptualize the true reasons without success, this depends on the vision of the speaker and the human limitations of the process itself, and there is no way to get the full truth. What if it is true that the process is able to prove with the evidence available? The prosecution itself mitigates the real truth to impose a series of restrictions on the evidence, as in the case of those obtained by unlawful means. Apart from the real truth there is only the probability of occurrence of fact, whatever the means of evidence are used. The risk of a conviction is unfair in a system of criminal procedure and it only decreases when the parties ensure equal conditions (not only fictitious), it is the end of the dialectal process that can provide the truth / O papel dos indícios no processo penal ainda é questão tormentosa. No Brasil poucas e incompletas são as obras que tratam do tema. No código de processo penal a expressão indício é utilizada constantemente. Por vezes aparece com sinônimo de prova, noutras como menos que prova. O sistema mostra-se assim, incoerente, fruto de arcaica e péssima técnica legislativa. Os estudiosos do tema no Brasil, quando admitem que o indício pode ser utilizado como meio de prova o fazem com restrições. Para a maioria eles precisam ser comprovados por prova direta, servindo de complemento àquela. Aliás a expressão indício é sempre utilizada no plural, pois tamanha seria sua fragilidade que só poderiam ser aceitos como prova se houvesse um conjunto deles afinados, harmônicos. A restrição ao uso do indicio como meio de prova se justifica tendo em vista o princípio da verdade real, vigente no processo penal. A condenação no processo penal só seria cabível quando houvesse certeza plena da materialidade e autoria delitiva. O indício seria incapaz de revelar esta verdade plena, por tratar-se de juízo de probabilidade, pois é obtido através de uma construção lógica, pelas regras da experiência. A verdade plena, absoluta é inatingível. A filosofia desde remota época tenta conceituar a verdade sem sucesso, eis que esta depende da visão do falante. Pelas limitações humanas e do próprio processo não há como obter a verdade plena, inatacável. O que se consegue é a verdade que o processo é capaz de revelar com os meios de prova disponíveis. O próprio processo penal mitiga a verdade real ao impor uma série de restrições quanto à prova, como no caso das obtidas por meios ilícitos. Afastada a verdade real só resta a probabilidade da ocorrência do fato, qualquer que sejam os meios de provas utilizados. O risco de uma condenação injusta é uma constante do sistema processual penal e ele só diminui quando se assegura às partes iguais condições (não apenas fictícias), afinal é a dialética do processo que fornecerá a verdade possível

This dissertation considers how music has been heard with American law during an age of mass incarceration. Drawing upon records in legal archives for thousands of cases from the late 1980s to the present, it describes how legal hearings of music have contributed towards the reproduction of racial injustice. The dissertation takes two distinct modes of hearing as objects for analysis: (1) the hearing of music as evidence; and (2) the hearing of music as an offense. The dissertation describes how, since the late 1980s, the American criminal justice system has routinely and selectively heard rap music as evidence within its investigations and prosecutions. It shows how rap has served variously as a clue or lead during investigations, an aggravator of charges filed and sentences pursued during plea bargaining, a support for arguments against bail, a form of proof for elements of a crime or elements of a sentence enhancement allegation, a support for an affirmative defense, a witness impeacher, a form of proof for an aggravating factor in sentencing, and a support for arguments against parole. The dissertation questions whether quick-fix, colorblind policy proposals are likely to halt this selective hearing of rap, suggesting the need for frank discussions to take place about the political contours of problematization. The dissertation then describes how, over the same time period, through both the criminal justice system and the procedures of administrative law, music has been heard routinely as a subfelony offense. It shows how offenses have been heard in music to facilitate narcotics investigations, raise revenue for cash-strapped municipalities, patrol the borders of the nation, and drive residents from neighborhoods. It demonstrates how the academic study of music can become attentive to harms and injustices made possible through hearing that are not reducible to the restriction of musical freedom, including but not limited to harassment, profiling, the imposition of crushing debts, vehicle impoundment, eviction, and deportation, by engaging in fine-grained study of the social life of music’s regulative rules.

Summaries in English and Afrikaans / Text in Afrikaans / Until 1988, hearsay-evidence in our legal system was governed by common law. During this period resistance developed regarding the practice that hearsay which complied with certain exceptions could indeed be allowed. Case law excluded further exceptions being added. Legislation was enacted in 1988 in which hearsay was defined, a total exclusionary rule retained, but the Courts given a wide discretion to allow hearsay. Via this legislation a more accommodating stance towards hearsay was introduced. This dissertation aimed at measuring whether the legislation achieved its objectives and consisted of analysing case law and interviewing Judges and Advocates. The conclusion arrived at is that the legislation has only marginally changed the usage of hearsay in our legal system. The major obstacle lies in the attitude of practitioners who continue to distrust hearsay and do not utilize the mechanism provided by statute. / Tot en met 1988, is hoorse-getuienis in ons regstelsel gemeenregtelik beheer. In die tydperk bet besware egter geleidelik ontwikkel veral oor die gekunstelde wyse waarop hoorsê as aan bepaalde uitsonderings voldoen is wel toegelaat is. Regspraak het voorts ook bepaal dat geen verdere uitsonderings toegevoeg kon word nie. In 1988 is wetgewing uitgevaardig waarin hoorsê-getuienis omskryf word, 'n algehele uitsluitingsreel behou word maar aan die howe 'n wye diskresie verleen word om na oorweging van voorgeskrewe faktore, hoorsê wei toe te laat. Die oogmerk van hierdie wetgewing was om 'n meganisme daar te stel om soos by die civil regstelsels en sekere ander Iande, 'n meer toeskietlike houding jeens hoorsê te bewerkstellig. Hierdie verhandeling se hoofdoel was om te bepaal of die wetgewing in die doel geslaag bet. Om tot 'n bevinding te kom is regspraak ontleed, en is onderhoude gevoer beide met Regters en die Advokatuur. Die slotsom bereik dui daarop dat die wetgewing maar weinig verander bet in die gebruikmaking van hoorse-getuienis in ons regstelsel. Wat die wetgewing self betref, hoewel daar sekere besware te make is oor sekere bepalings, verskaf dit tog 'n bruikbare instrument. Die grootste struikelblok is gelee in die instelling van die praktisyns wat bly vasklou aan 'n gevestigde vrees vir hoarse en nie gebruikmaak van die nuwe geleentheid nou deur die wetgewing daargestel nie. / Law / LL.M.

The aim of this dissertation is to show the shortcomings of the Computer Evidence Act No 57 of 1983 , in so far as the requirements of authentication of computer generated documents before their admissibility as evidence in a court of law. / LL.M.

Thesis (LLD)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation examines the approach to statutory formalities in South African law. It focuses primarily on formal requirements which result in nullity in the event of non-compliance, and in particular, on those prescribed for alienations of land (section 2(1) of the Alienation of Land Act 68 of 1981) and suretyships (section 6 of the General Law Amendment Act 50 of 1956). To provide context, the study commences with a general historical overview of the development of formal requirements. It also considers the advantages and disadvantages of formalities. The conclusion is reached that an awareness of both is required if a court is to succeed in dealing with the challenges posed by statutory formalities. The dissertation then considers more specific aspects of the topic of formal requirements, including the difference between material and non-material terms. It also reveals that the current interpretation of statutory formalities is quite flexible and tends towards a conclusion of validity if reasonably possible. However, cases involving unnamed or undisclosed principals present particular challenges in this context, and the possibility of greater consistency, without the loss of theoretical soundness, is investigated. A discussion of what should be in writing, and with what exactitude, necessarily involves a consideration of the extent to which extrinsic evidence is admissible. The interaction between formal requirements and the parol evidence rule is therefore investigated. Special attention is paid to incorporation by reference. After an examination of the common-law approach to this topic, the conclusion is reached that room exists for developing this area of South African law, especially where a sufficient reference to another document is concerned. Rectification also enjoys detailed examination, due to the unique approach adopted in South African law. Where formalities are constitutive, a South African court first satisfies itself that a recordal complies with these requirements ex facie the document, before it will consider whether rectification may be appropriate. An analysis of both civilian and common-law judgments suggests that the South African approach is based on a misconception of the purpose of rectification. This leads to the further conclusion that the requirement of ex facie compliance should be abolished as a separate step and that a court should rather consider whether awarding a claim for rectification would defeat the objects of formalities in general. Finally, the remedies available to a party who performs in terms of an agreement void for formal non-compliance and the effect of full performance in terms of such an agreement, receive attention. An investigation of the remedies available in other legal systems reveals that the South African approach of limiting a party to an enrichment claim is unnecessarily restrictive. It is argued that local courts should reconsider their exclusion of estoppel in this context, particularly in cases where one party’s unconscionable conduct has led the other to rely on the formally defective agreement. In cases of full performance, no remedies are available, but it is argued that a distinction should be drawn between reciprocal and unilateral performances. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie proefskrif ondersoek die benadering tot statutêre formaliteite in die Suid-Afrikaanse reg. Dit fokus hoofsaaklik op die formele vereistes wat lei tot nietigheid in die geval van nie-nakoming, en in die besonder dié wat voorgeskryf word vir die vervreemding van grond (artikel 2 (1) van die Wet op Vervreemding van Grond 68 van 1981) en borgstellings (artikel 6 van die Algemene Regswysigingswet 50 van 1956). Ten einde die nodige konteks te verskaf, begin die studie met ‘n algemene historiese oorsig van die ontwikkeling van formaliteite. Dit oorweeg ook die voor- en nadele van formaliteite. Die gevolgtrekking is dat ‘n bewustheid van beide vereis word indien ‘n hof die uitdagings wat deur statutêre formaliteite gestel word, suksesvol wil hanteer. Die proefskrif oorweeg dan meer spesifieke aspekte van formaliteite, insluitende die verskil tussen wesenlike en nie-wesenlike bedinge. Dit toon ook dat die huidige opvatting van statutêre formaliteite redelik buigsaam is en tot ‘n bevinding van geldigheid lei waar dit redelikerwys moontlik is. Gevalle van onbenoemde of versweë prinsipale bied egter besondere uitdagings in hierdie verband en die moontlikheid word ondersoek om ‘n meer konsekwente, maar tegelyk teoreties-gefundeerde benadering te volg. ‘n Bespreking van wat op skrif moet wees, en met watter mate van sekerheid, behels noodwendig ‘n oorweging van die mate waarin ekstrinsieke getuienis toelaatbaar is. Die interaksie tussen formaliteite en die parol evidence-reël word derhalwe ondersoek. Spesiale aandag word bestee aan inlywing deur verwysing. Na oorweging van die benadering in gemeenregtelike stelsels, word die gevolgtrekking bereik dat ruimte bestaan vir ontwikkeling op hierdie gebied, veral met betrekking tot ‘n voldoende verwysing na ‘n ander dokument. Rektifikasie word ook breedvoerig hanteer, vanweë die eiesoortige benadering in die Suid-Afrikaanse reg. Waar formaliteite konstitutief van aard is, sal ‘n Suid-Afrikaanse hof eers vasstel dat ‘n ooreenkoms ex facie die dokument aan die formaliteite voldoen, voordat dit sal oorweeg of rektifikasie moontlik is. ‘n Ontleding van sivielregtelike en gemeenregtelike beslissings dui daarop dat die Suid-Afrikaanse benadering op ‘n wanbegrip van die doel van rektifikasie gebaseer is. Dit lei tot die verdere gevolgtrekking dat die vereiste van ex facie nakoming as ‘n afsonderlike stap afgeskaf behoort te word en dat ‘n hof eerder moet oorweeg of die toestaan van ‘n eis vir rektifikasie die oogmerke van die formaliteite in die algemeen sou verydel. Laastens word aandag geskenk aan die remedies beskikbaar aan ‘n party wat presteer ingevolge ‘n ooreenkoms wat nietig is weens nie-nakoming van formaliteite, asook die effek van volle prestasie kragtens so ‘n ooreenkoms. In eersgenoemde geval beperk die Suid-Afrikaanse reg daardie party tot ‘n verrykingseis. ‘n Ondersoek van die remedies beskikbaar in ander regstelsels toon dat dit onnodig beperkend is. Dit word aangevoer dat Suid-Afrikaanse howe die uitsluiting van estoppel in hierdie konteks moet heroorweeg, veral in gevalle waar een party se gewetenlose optrede daartoe lei dat die ander party staat maak op die formeel-gebrekkige ooreenkoms. In gevalle van volledige prestasie is daar geen remedies beskikbaar nie, maar dit word aangevoer dat ‘n onderskeid getref moet word tussen wedersydse en eensydige prestasies.

O presente trabalho tem por objetivo discorrer sobre o protesto notarial de títulos e outros documentos de dívida, por meio da sistematização da literatura existente sobre o assunto. A parte inicial contempla breves linhas sobre a função notarial e o estudo do tema sob a perspectiva histórica e de Direito Comparado. Em seguida, é delineado o panorama atual do instituto no Brasil. Ao final do trabalho, o autor traz reflexões sobre o tema, incluindo a análise econômica, o cotejo com o Direito Comparado e o estudo dos desafios e perspectivas. Ao longo do estudo verifica-se que o protesto se caracteriza como meio célere e eficaz para a comprovação do inadimplemento e do descumprimento de obrigações, propiciando ao devedor o conhecimento da apresentação feita em caráter oficial pelo credor, com a possibilidade de pagamento ou oferecimento de resposta, no prazo de três dias úteis. O ato é de incumbência de um tabelião, profissional do Direito aprovado em concurso público e dotado de fé pública, que atua sob a fiscalização do Poder Judiciário. O protesto exerce relevante função econômica no Brasil, servindo como confiável parâmetro para a concessão do crédito no mercado, meio de estímulo à pontualidade no cumprimento das obrigações e instrumento para recuperação do crédito. Dessa forma, o instituto tem contribuído para a construção de um ambiente institucional favorável ao desenvolvimento da atividade econômica no Brasil. / The purpose of this study is to present an analysis of the notarial protest of negotiable instruments, contracts and other types of documents, based on a compilation of knowledge on mentioned subject. The initial part is dedicated to the notarial activity, followed by the study of the theme from a historical and Comparative Law perspective. The next chapter provides an overview of the current regulation of notarial protest in Brazil. Finally, there are some personal reflections regarding the theme, including economic analysis, a Comparative Law approach and the study of current challenges and future perspectives on the subject. The notarial protest is a fast and effective procedure used to obtain formal proof of dishonor. Moreover, it gives the debtor an opportunity to pay or to declare the reason why it is excused, in three business days. The act is drawn up by a public notary, an independent legal professional appointed by the State, who acts under the supervision of the court. The notarial protest plays a relevant economic role in Brazil, providing reliable information to the credit market and encouraging prompt payment. Furthermore, it is a useful debt recovery tool. In conclusion, the notarial protest is an important element in the Brazilian legal system that contributes to improve the quality of the institutional environment.