Browsing by Subject "best interests of the child"
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The best interests of children of primary caregivers to be sentenced: a comparative study
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Every child has the right to care. The commission of an offence by the child’s primary caregiver and her resultant imprisonment may infringe or place the right of the child to care at risk of infringement. The incarceration ... -
Disclosure in Centre for Child Law v the Governing Body of Hoërskool Fochville
(2017-12-18)When a party refers to evidentiary material in the course of litigation, ordinarily this party is under an obligation to make this evidence available to his opponent, particularly when called upon to do so. However, over ... -
"For the Sake of the Children": South African Family Relocation Disputes
(2011)Decisions by primary caregiving parents to relocate after divorce, thereby disrupting the non–primary caregivers’ right of contact with children or, where both parents have joint care, the denial of the other’s parental ... -
Le Roux v Dey and children's rights approaches to judging
(PER, 2018)The South African jurisprudence on the rights of children is vibrant and generally progressive, and is supported by an enabling constitutional and statutory framework. The majority decision in Le Roux v Dey 2011 3 SA 274 ...
