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Author Archives: rita
Rambling on about retrospective legislation…
New legislation and subordinate legislation that is made enforceable retrospectively was, I thought, an oddity – something that was really only permissible, in the exception, to cure such noble things as an unfair and unintended consequence of legislation that really … Continue reading
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On finding jewels in rarified atmospheres…
Its strange how it is only when one looks back that we realise a journey we have taken has taken us into rarified atmospheres which very few others have experienced and can relate to. Such a journey I have taken, … Continue reading
Posted in The law as it stands
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Developing a legal register without legal experts?
The other day, as a legal expert, I offered to take a technical expert in the environmental field through one or other of the posse of South African environmental Acts to demonstrate the difference in a legal register based on … Continue reading
Posted in The Rule of Law
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China: Compulsory loyalty oath by lawyers to the Party versus the Rule of Law?
In China, a loyalty oath to The Party must now be taken by all new lawyers entering practice, and by lawyers renewing their licence to practice. Here’s one transation of the oath: “I volunteer to become a practicing lawyer of … Continue reading
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Education laws amendments by Act 15 of 2011
What’s changed with Act 15 of 2011? A tranche of education-related Acts (the National Education Policy Act 27 of 1996, SA Schools Act 84 of 1996, Employment of Educators Act 76 of 1998, SA Council for Educators Act 31 of … Continue reading
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