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The Rule of Law and amended legislation texts

The text of legislation constantly shifts as it is amended, repealed or lapsed over time by later legislation. How is this done? And, how does this relate to the Rule of Law? Fundamental principle crisis of the Rule of Law: … Continue reading

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What will bring the Rule of Law back?

The vast majority of us would agree that pursuing the big bad actors in State Capture will not bring the Rule of Law back, despite that we must do that anyway. Yet oddly there is minimal to no discussion, even … Continue reading

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SA Gazette notices: Indexed and audited against the Rule of Law: October 2020

Overview Every month we audit all national and provincial South African Gazette notices of general application against a set of Rule of Law Standards which we have developed from fundamental and well-accepted principles of the rule of law. October 2020 … Continue reading

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The Rule of Law? Let me fix that for you..

One of the most common statements of the Rule of Law, thrown up by a Google search: “The Rule of Law, in its most basic form, is the principle that no person is above the law.” We need to fix … Continue reading

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Its going to be a long, slow erosion of the Rule of Law by the Legal Practice Council

The rule of law is not eroded overnight It is eroded incrementally, cumulatively, by infinitesimal failures and errors that seem of no real significance. And besides a grumble or two, no-one treats those infinitesimal failures as important. Let me take … Continue reading

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