Under common law an employer enjoyed complete freedom of choice when recruiting and selecting employees. An employer had unfettered discretion in recruiting and selecting employees. There were no legal restrictions on the prerogative of the employer to appoint employees. Developments in labour law have, however, gradually diminished the employer's freedom of choice during the recruitment and selection process. The Employment Equity Act No. 55 of 1998 and the Code of Good Practice on the Integration of Employment equity into Human Resource Policies and Practices, 2005 as· well as impending labour legislation impose limitations on the employer's freedom of choice during the recruitment and selection process. The remaining problem therefore is: What is the extent of the limitations on the employer's freedom of choice in the recruitment and selection of employees? The study will be conducted by means of a literature study of relevant books, journal articles, statutes, case law and internet sources relating to restrictions which are placed by legislation and case law on the employer's freedom to choose employees during recruitment and selection. This research therefore investigates the extent to which developments in labour law have eroded the prerogative of an employer to appoint employees. This investigation will help clarify the limits within which an employer has to exercise its choice of an employee during recruitment and selection. / LLM (Labour Law), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Under common law an employer enjoyed complete freedom of choice when recruiting and selecting employees. An employer had unfettered discretion in recruiting and selecting employees. There were no legal restrictions on the prerogative of the employer to appoint employees. Developments in labour law have, however, gradually diminished the employer's freedom of choice during the recruitment and selection process. The Employment Equity Act No. 55 of 1998 and the Code of Good Practice on the Integration of Employment equity into Human Resource Policies and Practices, 2005 as· well as impending labour legislation impose limitations on the employer's freedom of choice during the recruitment and selection process. The remaining problem therefore is: What is the extent of the limitations on the employer's freedom of choice in the recruitment and selection of employees? The study will be conducted by means of a literature study of relevant books, journal articles, statutes, case law and internet sources relating to restrictions which are placed by legislation and case law on the employer's freedom to choose employees during recruitment and selection. This research therefore investigates the extent to which developments in labour law have eroded the prerogative of an employer to appoint employees. This investigation will help clarify the limits within which an employer has to exercise its choice of an employee during recruitment and selection. / LLM (Labour Law), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

When and why can parties escape from a contract on the ground that the price is unfair? This question is considered in a comparative and historical perspective in English and French law. The general rule in both systems is that the parties are free to determine the price and they are then bound by their contract. One well known exception in French law, which derives from Roman law, is Article 1674 of the Code civil which allows a vendor to rescind a contract for the sale of land if the price agreed in the contract is less than five-twelfths of the fair price. It is generally thought that there are no analogous rules in English law. However, the law on this subject is in fact considerably more complex and more colourful than this simple contrast would suggest. Numerous rules on unfair prices in contracts were created in French law by the legislature and the courts since the promulgation of the Code civil in 1804. In English law, courts intervened in contracts on the ground of an unfair price in a few instances in the nineteenth century. However, only the rule on unfair prices in salvage contracts has survived until today. In both systems, the policies of preserving family wealth, protecting weak parties and giving special treatment to certain parties for economic, political, social or cultural reasons underpin these rules. There are two principal conclusions. First, freedom of contract is much less extensive in French law than in English law. This is evident in the numerous rules on unfair prices in contracts in French law and in the primacy of the remedy of altering the price rather than rescission. Secondly, while in theory, French courts play a much less significant role than English courts in the development of law, the creation and abolition of certain rules on unfair prices in contracts by French courts shows that judicial creativity in French law can be much less constrained in practice than in English law.

This study explores fair trade in the South African wine sector. It was motivated by different opinions with regard to fair trade products and the international trading system, as well as personal interest in how to improve the lives of the workers in the South, especially women. Although more fair trade would not improve the lives of all the poor people in countries in the South, it can be a beginning of ending this major problem as well as making the international trading system more equal. Although this study was limited by time and length, it gives the reader an insight in how production of fair trade wine in South Africa is different than other non-fair trade production. / Thesis (M.Dev.Studies)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2009.

In education a new dimension started after the 1994 elections by implementing new legislation to ensure fair conduct towards all. New labour legislation was promulgated to contribute to fairness in South Africa. This legislation was also implemented in the South African education system to ensure that educators are treated fairly. The Employment of Educators Act (EEA), the Labour Relations Act (LBA), the Equity Act and the South African Schools Act (SASA) were promulgated to protect both the rights of the employer and the educator in education. The purpose of this research was to determine the perception of educators in the Oudtshoorn district regarding fairness in the workplace; how educators understand and experience their right to equality in the workplace; what their perception is regarding disciplinary action in the workplace, and to what extent educators have the basic concept and principle of labour law to prevent frustration in the workplace and ineffective service delivery, and to prevent the pursuit of incorrect procedures. It is crucial that the educator knows his or her rights as an employee, and what his or her obligations towards the employer are. This research was done on the basis of the literature study and the analysis of legislation that is applicable to educators. A qualitative enquiry into educators’ perceptions of fairness in the workplace was conducted amongst participants from the Oudtshoorn district, which included schools from different socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. This case study was based on interviews with school managers, educators on post level 1 and with union representatives in the Oudtshoorn district. Questionnaires were structured to obtain the participants’ view and perception on fairness in the workplace and to determine their knowledge regarding the law and their rights in education with regards to labour law. The participants didn’t receive guidance because it could have influenced their answers. The data derived from the participants made it possible to compile certain recommendations and conclusions. From the empirical research it was evident that educators in the Oudtshoorn district had but a vague knowledge of their rights as educators and of legislation. Shortcomings that were apparent from this study were addressed, recommendations were made, and possible future research on related topics was indicated. / MEd (Education Law), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

The Comparative Advertising - development of regulation in the Czech legal order Resumé My thesis analyzes the legal regulation of the comparative advertising in the Czech Republic. It deals not only with the current legislation, but it looks at the historical development and future perspectives too. The goal of my thesis is to provide a thorough guide to the development of its legal regulation within the particular eras of the Czech history, describe different approaches of legislators, judges and professionals, and eventually, I try to evaluate the current situation and draw conclusions. At the very beginning after my introduction I put a short chapter containing a few words about the term "comparative advertising" itself and about the different types of comparative advertising. Then, in the following chapter I chronologically address the issues of legal legislation in the history of the Czech Republic: the first part is dedicated to the time period of so called "First Republic" and its Law on protection against unfair competition and its vast judicature. The second part is concerned with the socialist era in our history, the complete rejection of the economic competition as such and the logical decline in the interest in the unfair competition legislation. The last two parts of this chapter mention the...

Les droits français, moldave et communautaire de la consommation partagent, sinon une source, du moins, une certaine idée de la protection du consommateur contre les clauses abusives. La comparaison avec les systèmes français et de l’Union Européenne mettent, par exemple, en évidence l'opportunité de l'adoption d’un mécanisme de lutte contre les clauses abusives dans les contrats de consommation. Les critères de l’absence de négociation directe, de la contrariété à l’exigence de bonne foi et d u déséquilibre significatif, piliers du système de protection, permettent au juge d'apprécier les clauses abusives avec souplesse, dans les trois systèmes, à l’effet de garantir l'efficacité de la protection du consommateur comme partie faible au contrat.La comparaison avec le système en vigueur en France, plus particulièrement, met toutefois en lumière les limites du système moldave. En Moldova, les difficultés viennent de l’intérieur ; on voit se reproduire des erreurs du passé, lorsque, par exemple, les pouvoirs publics incitent les consommateurs -surtout les plus démunis -à la surconsommation. La notion de consommation durable doit s'appliquer aussi dans ce domaine. À défaut, des dysfonctions sociales surgissent inévitablement. En France, en revanche, les ennuis viennent de l'extérieur. Les besoins du marché européen unique ont parfois pour effet de réduire la protection organisée au sein de l'ordre juridique national. Le mécanisme d'harmonisation maximale de la législation de l’Union Européenne placele législateur national dans une position délicate par rapport aux attentes du mouvement consumériste. Il pourrait en être ainsi en matière des clauses abusives dans un futur proche. / French law, Moldavian law and Community law concerning the right consumer share, if not a source, at least, a certain idea of consumer protection against unfair terms. The comparison with the French and with the system of the European Union, put, for example, in evidence the desirability of adopting a mechanism to combat unfair terms in contracts concluded with consumers. Lack of direct negotiation, contradiction with the requirement of good faith and the significant imbalance, pillars of the protective system, allow the judge to appreciate unfair terms flexibly in all three systems, with the effect of guaranteeing the effectiveness of consumer protection as a socially vulnerable part of the contract. The comparison with the system in force in France, in particular, highlights in the same time the limits of the Moldovan system. In Moldova, the difficulties arise from inside, we see the same mistakes of the past when, for example, public powers encouraged consumers, especially the poor to overconsumption. The concept of sustainable consumption should also be applied in this area. Otherwise, social dysfunctions appear inevitable. In France, however, the problems are coming from the outside. The needs of the single European market sometimes have the effect of reducing the protection offered by the national legal order. The maximum harmonization of the legislation of the European Union places the national legislator in a difficult position in relation to the expectations of the consumerist movement. This might actually be, incidentally, in the field of unfair terms and, in the near future. / Dreptul francez, moldav şi comunitar cu privire la dreptul de consum împărtăşesc, dacă nu o sursă, cel puţin, o anumită idee de protecţie a consumatorului împotriva clauzelor abuzive. Comparaţia cu sistemul francez şi cu cel al Uniunii Europene, pune, spre exemplu, în evidenţă oportunitatea adoptării unui mecanism de luptă împotriva clauzelor abuzive în contractele încheiate cu consumatorii. Criterille de lipsa negocierii directe, contradicţia cu cerinţade bună credinţă şi de dezechilibru semnificativ, piloni ai sistemului de protecţie, permit judecătorului de a aprecia clauzele abuzive cu flexibilitate, în toate cele trei sisteme, cu efectul de a garanta eficienţa de protecţie a consumatorului ca parte defavorizată a contractului.Comparaţia cu sistemul în vigoare din Franţa, în mod special, evidenţiază în aceleaşi timp limitele sistemului moldovenesc. În Moldova, dificultăţile provin din interior, vom vedea aceleaşi greşeli din trecut cînd, de exemplu, puterile publice încurajau consumatorii, în special cei săraci -la supraconsum. Conceptul de consum durabil trebuie de asemenea să se aplice în acest domeniu. În caz contrar, disfuncţii sociale apar inevitabil. În Franţa, cu toate acestea, problemele vin din exterior. Nevoile unei pieţi europene unice au uneori ca efect de a reduce protecţia oferită de ordinea juridică naţională. Mecanismul de maximă armonizare a legislaţiei Uniunii Europene plasează legiuitorul naţional într-o poziţie dificilă în raport cu aşteptările mişcării consumeriste. Acest fapt ar putea fi, de altfel, şi în materia clauzelor abuzive, într-un viitor apropriat.

Na atual era pós-industrial, o conhecimento passa a ser o principal fator de produção da economia. De fato, ele confere à empresa seu maior diferencial competitivo no mercado globalizado: a inovação, ou seja, a capacidade de, continuamente, gerar novos produtos, processos e serviços ou aperfeiçoar os existentes. A organização da empresa em sociedade empresária possibilita a criação de conhecimento coletivo oriundo do trabalho profissional dos seus sócios, administradores e empregados, fato que originou a expressão capital intelectual, cunhada no âmbito econômico para designar o patrimônio empresarial de natureza intangível resultante de contribuições intelectuais. Como o Direito é precedido da evolução das sociedades e da Economia, nota-se a importância de sempre se buscarem soluções jurídicas às novas realidades socioeconômicas que surgem ao longo da história. Diante disso, a análise da natureza jurídica e das formas de tutela do capital intelectual torna-se imperativa para a identificação e apropriação privada desse patrimônio pela sociedade empresária, seja por meio do exercício de direitos de exclusivo, seja pela implementação de mecanismos de governança capazes de assegurar a diferenciação da atividade empresarial no mercado e a necessária coibição de práticas de concorrência desleal. / In the current post-industrial age, knowledge becomes the main production factor of the economy. Indeed, it provides the company with its main competitive advantage in the globalized market: the innovation, that is, the capacity of continuously generating new products, processes and services or enhance the existing ones. The companys organization as business company allows the creation of collective knowledge arising from the professional work of its partners, officers and employees, which fact originated the term intellectual capital, created in the economic scope to designate the corporate equity of intangible nature resulting from intellectual contributions. As the Law came after the evolution of the companies and of the Economics, it is noted the importance of the constant search for legal solutions, the new socioeconomic realities that appear along the history. In view of that, the analysis of the legal nature and of the forms of protection of the intellectual capital becomes critical for the identification and private appropriation of such equity by the business company, either by means of the exercising of exclusive rights or by the implementation of governance mechanisms capable of ensuring the differentiation of the corporate activity in the market and the required restraining of unfair competition practices.

O presente estudo tem como tema central a análise do tratamento diferenciado entre os credores sujeitos à recuperação judicial, disciplinada pela Lei 11.101/2005. A necessidade de tratar credores de forma igualitária encontra-se prevista no princípio clássico do direito concursal chamado par condicio creditorum. Assim, busca-se analisar a aplicabilidade desse princípio na recuperação judicial, bem como os elementos que permitam uma compreensão do instituto a fim de construir uma base teórica, problematizar a funcionalidade da Lei através do exame da jurisprudência e doutrina e estabelecer critérios. A relevância do tema justifica-se em razão da matéria ser controvertida e de grande aplicação prática pela existência de diferenciação de tratamento entre credores na maioria das recuperações judiciais. Para tanto, no primeiro capítulo, analisa-se os conceitos básicos e origens para estudo da par condicio creditorum e o contexto dos princípios que norteiam o direito concursal. No segundo capítulo é abordada a importância da jurisprudência e dos credores na construção da recuperação judicial, destacando a problemática existente nas classes de credores originalmente previstas na legislação e a natureza jurídica do plano de recuperação judicial. No terceiro capítulo são analisados os principais casos em que ocorre o tratamento diferenciado entre credores na recuperação judicial, como a criação de subclasses, a existência de credor estratégico ou colaborativo que financie a empresa devedora e a consolidação substantiva de grupos societários, objetivando estabelecer critérios. Finalmente, no quarto capítulo discute-se a soberania da assembleia-geral de credores, o papel do juiz na homologação do plano de recuperação judicial e as hipóteses de controle de legalidade pelo judiciário. Ao final, são expostas as conclusões sobre a pesquisa. / The present study has as its central theme the analysis of the unfair discrimination among creditors subject to reorganization, disciplined by Law 11.101/2005. The need to treat creditors in an egalitarian manner is provided for in the classic principle of bankruptcy law called par condicio creditorum. Thus, the study seeks to analyze the applicability of this principle in reorganization, as well as the elements that allow an understanding of the institute in order to build a theoretical basis, problematize the functionality of the Law through the examination of jurisprudence and doctrine and establish criteria. The relevance of the topic is justified because the matter is controversial and of great practical application by the existence of different treatment between creditors in most reorganization process. To do so, the first chapter analyzes the basic concepts and origins for the study of par condicio creditorum and the context of the principles that guide bankruptcy law. The second chapter deals with the importance of jurisprudence and creditors in the construction of the reorganization process, highlighting the problems existing in the classes of claims originally foreseen in the legislation and the legal nature of the plan of reorganization. The third chapter analyzes the main cases in which unfair discrimination occurs between creditors in reorganization process, such as the creation of subclasses, the existence of essential venders that finances the debtor company and the substantive consolidation of corporate groups, aiming to establish criteria. Finally, the fourth chapter discusses the sovereignty of the general assembly of creditors, the role of the judge in the confirmation of the reorganization plan and the hypotheses of legality control by the judiciary. At the end, the conclusions about the research are presented.

Thesis (LLM. (Labour Law)) -- University of Limpopo, 2012 / Indirect discrimination is a concept which originated from the United States of America. The concept came about after the failure of anti- discrimination legislation to improve the position of Black Americans, particularly in the employment field. The legislature realized that there are structural practices and policies, in the employment field which affect certain racial groups negatively. These practices of discrimination were not clearly defined hence the meaning and interpretation of the concept was left to the administrative body, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the courts. The concept was imported into the South African jurisprudence after the inception of the government of National unity in 1994. The new government was committed to bring to an end all forms of discrimination which were in the past practiced against the Black community. Section 9(3) of the Constitution of South Africa Act 1996 (Act 108 of 1996) proscribed direct and indirect discrimination. These sections served as the basis for sections 6(1) of the Employment Equity Act 1998 (Act 55 of 1998) which proscribes “unfair direct and indirect discrimination” in any employment policy or practice. Its scope is wide and allows Plaintiffs to prove their claims in jurisdictions where it could have been very difficult for them to do so. While in the United States, statistical evidence is required to prove indirect discrimination, this is not the case in South Africa as seen in the landmark case of v Leonard Dingler Employee Representative Council v Leonard Dingler (PTY) LTD (1998) 19 ILJ 285 (LC). In this case when the Court gave its decision it simply relied on the facts of the case instead of complicated statistical evidence. Seemingly this will apply only in more obvious cases. In more complicated cases, Plaintiffs will still need to submit statistics to prove their claim.