M.A. (Politics) / Please refer to full text to view abstract

Mini Dissertation (MPhil (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa))--University of Pretoria, 2021. / Centre for Human Rights / MPhil (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa) / Unrestricted

LL.M. / Please refer to full text to view abstract

This study focuses on the role of the South African judiciary under an entrenched and justiciable Bill of Rights. The lack of an established human rights culture in South Africa results in uncertainty regarding the permissible extent to which judges are empowered, under the Bill of Rights, to employ judicial activism and creativity in order to protect the fundamental rights of citizens. Judicial activism is used in the sense that judges can and should, whenever expressly or impliedly sanctioned to do so by the Bill of Rights, ensure that the fundamental rights of the individual are protected to the extent of granting actual constitutional relief, where this is justified, instead of merely declaring the existence of a right. The essential aim of this study is to outline the parameters of, and the legal basis upon which judicial activism can be justified and accepted into a South African human rights culture. / Jurisprudence / LL. M.

LL.D. / In hierdie studie word ondersoek ingestel na die beregbaarheid van sosiale sekerheidsregte as 'n fundamentele reg wat deur die Grondwet verskans word. Die konsep "sosiale sekerheid" is as fundamentele reg bekend gestel in die Suid- Afrikaanse regsisteem deur die insluiting van die reg op toegang tot sosiale sekerheid in artikel 27(1)(c) van die Grondwet van die Republiek van Suid-Afrika 108 van 1996. Artikel 27(1)(c) bepaal soos voig: Elkeen het die reg op toegang tot sosiale sekerheid, met inbegrip van gepaste sosiale bystand indien hulle nie in staat is om hulself en hul afhanklikes te onderhou nie. Artikel 27(2) bepaal soos voig: Die staat moet redelike wetgewende en ander maatreels tref om binne sy beskikbare middele elk van hierdie regte in toenemende mate te verwesenlik. Alhoewel die reg op sosiale sekerheid spesifieke vermeiding in artikel 27(1)(c) geniet, bestaan daar ook ander regte in die Handves van Regte wat as vertakkings of bepaalde risiko's van 'n sosiale sekerheidstelsel beskou kan word. Dit is die reg op toegang tot mediese sorg, die reg op voedsel en water, die reg op toegang tot geskikte behuising, die regte van kinders op sorg, basiese voeding, skuiling, basiese gesondheidsorg- en maatskaplike dienste. Wanneer daar dus na sosiale sekerheidsregte verwys word, sal dit al bogenoemde bepalings insluit. Die term "sosiale sekerheid" in plaas van "maatskaplike sekerheid" sal ook gebruik word omdat eersgenoemde 'n wyer aanwending as Iaasgenoemde het.

This thesis examines the relationships between various groups of human rights, and the effect of globalization and the state on human rights protection. Two hypotheses are examined in path analysis of fifty-two African counties. The first hypothesis considers the proposition that economic, social, and cultural rights implemented prior to civil and political rights in Africa meet the needs of the population better than primary implementation of civil and political rights. The second hypothesis is that globalization has a negative effect on protection of all human rights and that its impact on rights is generally larger than the impact of the state. Within the context of a multivariate model, my analysis does not support the hypotheses. These findings are discussed with regard to the existing literature and several suggestions are proposed for future research.

This thesis examines the relationships between various groups of human rights, and the effect of globalization and the state on human rights protection. Two hypotheses are examined in path analysis of fifty-two African counties. The first hypothesis considers the proposition that economic, social, and cultural rights implemented prior to civil and political rights in Africa meet the needs of the population better than primary implementation of civil and political rights. The second hypothesis is that globalization has a negative effect on protection of all human rights and that its impact on rights is generally larger than the impact of the state. Within the context of a multivariate model, my analysis does not support the hypotheses. These findings are discussed with regard to the existing literature and several suggestions are proposed for future research.

No abstract available. / Theses (LL.M.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1999.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 1997. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 233-244).

This study focuses on the role of the South African judiciary under an entrenched and justiciable Bill of Rights. The lack of an established human rights culture in South Africa results in uncertainty regarding the permissible extent to which judges are empowered, under the Bill of Rights, to employ judicial activism and creativity in order to protect the fundamental rights of citizens. Judicial activism is used in the sense that judges can and should, whenever expressly or impliedly sanctioned to do so by the Bill of Rights, ensure that the fundamental rights of the individual are protected to the extent of granting actual constitutional relief, where this is justified, instead of merely declaring the existence of a right. The essential aim of this study is to outline the parameters of, and the legal basis upon which judicial activism can be justified and accepted into a South African human rights culture. / Jurisprudence / LL. M.