Private Law and Human Rights: Bringing Rights Home in Scotland and South Africa

Media type: E-Book

Title: Private Law and Human Rights : Bringing Rights Home in Scotland and South Africa

Contributor: Reid, Elspeth [Author]; Anderson, Ross Gilbert [Contributor]; Barnard-Naudé, Jaco [Contributor]; Blackie, John [Contributor]; Bois, François du [Contributor]; Burchell, Jonathan [Contributor]; Cabrelli, David [Contributor]; Fagan, Anton [Contributor]; Feris, Loretta [Contributor]; Gibson, John [Contributor]; Laing, Sheldon [Contributor]; Loubser, Max [Contributor]; Miller, David Carey [Contributor]; Milo, J. M [Contributor]; Mostert, Hanri [Contributor]; Paisley, Roderick R. M [Contributor]; Pretorius, J. T [Contributor]; Reid, Elspeth [Contributor]; Steven, Andrew J. M [Contributor]; Sutherland, Elaine E [Contributor]; Visser, Daniel [Author]; Visser, Daniel [Contributor]; Webster, Peter [Contributor]

Published: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
[Online-Ausgabe]

Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (576 p)

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780748684182

ISBN: 9780748684182

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Keywords: Civil law Scotland ; Civil law South Africa ; Civil law Scotland Congresses ; Civil law South Africa Congresses ; Human rights Scotland ; Human rights South Africa ; Human rights Scotland Congresses ; Human rights South Africa Congresses ; LAW / Civil Law

Type of reproduction: [Online-Ausgabe]

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Footnote: In English
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web

Description: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Table of Cases -- Table of Statutes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Private Law in the Age of Rights -- 3. The Politics of Private Law: Sexual Minority Freedom in South Africa and Scotland -- 4. Child Law: Respecting the Rights of Children -- 5. Property Deprivation of an Absentee in Emulation of the Laws of Succession: The Laws of Scotland and South Africa Compared -- 6. The Right to Personal Security -- 7. Privacy -- 8. Defamation and Freedom of Expression -- 9. Strict Liability -- 10. Liability of Public Authorities and Public Officials -- 11. Nuisance -- 12. Contract Law and Human Rights -- 13. Principles, Policy and Practice: Human Rights and the Law of Contract -- 14. Juristic Persons and Fundamental Rights -- 15. Examining the Labour Law and Social Dimension of Human Rights: The UK and South Africa -- 16. Rights in Security -- 17. Access to Credit, the Law of Suretyship and Unfair Suretyships -- 18. The Human Right of Property in Land Law: Comparing South Africa and Scotland -- 19. The Margin of Appreciation Doctrine of the European Court of Human Rights: Protection of Ownership and the Right to a Home -- 20. Environment and Human Rights: The Right to Water in South Africa and Scotland -- Index

A comparative investigation into the revolution in private law in the era of human rightsScotland and South Africa are mixed jurisdictions, combining features of common law and civil law traditions. Over the last decade, a shared feature in both Scotland and South Africa has been a new and intense focus on human rights. In Scotland, the European Convention on Human Rights now constitutes an important element in the foundation of all domestic law. Similarly, the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, adopted in 1996, has a Bill of Rights as its cornerstone. This binds the legislature, the executive, the judiciary and all organs of state - and also private parties.In some ways, the Scottish and South African experience could not be more dissimilar, and the 'constitutional moments' from which these documents sprang were very different. At the same time, the parallels are close and compelling. This book, written by experts from both jurisdictions, examines exactly how human-rights provisions influence private law, looking at all branches of the subject. Moreover, it gives a unique perspective by comparing the approach in these kindred legal systems, providing a benchmark for both

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