Pas de résumé / Doctorat en droit / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

South African law allows minors under the age of 18 to get married, under certain conditions. The minimum age at which a minor may enter into marriage under both civil and customary law is 12-17 for girls, and 14-17 for boys. The focus of this paper is not the practice of child marriage, nor measures aimed at combating child marriage, and recommends that South Africa set the age of marriage at 18 for both sexes without exceptions. However, until South Africa changes its laws, boys and girls will continue being treated differently under existing marriage legislation. This mini-dissertation is concerned with whether different minimum ages of marriage for minors contributes to the systemic discrimination that women and girls face in South Africa, and whether this violates the rights of girls to be treated equally to boys. The paper looks at the role of culture and gender stereotypes in the formation of marriage legislation, as well as the societal effects of the current legislation. / Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2019. / Centre for Human Rights / MPhil Multidisciplinary Human Rights / Unrestricted

According to the Oregon Marriage statute an applicant for a marriage license must present a physician's statement that he is free from certain mental and physical conditions. When the examining physician is not satisfied that the applicant is free from these conditions, the applicant is referred to the Committee of Three, a special standing committee appointed by the Board of Social Protection for determining whether or not a license to marry should be granted. In the spring of 1970 such a situation was referred to the committee for its consideration. As a result of the committee's involvement with this applicant, the question of enforceability of the current physical mental prerequisites to marriage became a concern. The committee noted that no specific definition of the individual categories was included in the statutes that could be applied objectively to the committee in determining an applicant's fitness to marry. In an attempt to clarify these areas the committee and its parent group, the Board of Social Protection, determined to investigate marriage laws of other states seeking more valid (and/or realistic) definitions of physical and mental prerequisites to marriage. After making preliminary inquiries it was realized that a more comprehensive study and evaluation were required. A study of this nature, however, required considerable time and expense, neither of which were available under the existing program structure. It was at this point that we four students from the School of Social Work became interested in the possibility of working with the Board of Social Protection in this endeavor. Both to meet the research requirement of the School of Social Work and to provide pertinent information to the Board an informal contract was formulated between us and Dr. Edward Press, State Health Officer, who serves as Secretary of the Board of Social Protection. We were requested to research and propose an enforceable marriage law to the Board which might be presented to the Oregon State Legislature for consideration.

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University of Macau / Faculty of Law

Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 1975. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: no abstract available / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: geen opsomming

University of Macau / Faculty of Law

Univ., Diss.--Kiel, 2006. / Literaturverz. S. 203 - 208.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2000. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 61-06, Section: A, page: 2423. Adviser: Jonathon Glassman.