This study is interested in questions of law and social change, with particular focus on how
litigation can be used strategically to change the law to benefit women. Given law's …

This article explores the extent to which the courts and legal processes have been engaged
to address the gendered social and economic inequalities in South Africa. It thus explores …

SUMMARY With the South African Constitution recognising customary law as part of South
Africa's legal system, debates arose as to the application of the equality principle within …

Feminist struggles in Africa are fought from various fronts, with the law representing but one
of them. While law and judicial reforms are not a panacea for gender inequalities, the legal …

abstract This profile considers the success of activism through impact litigation and
advocacy to further women's rights in South Africa. It considers the role of amicus curiae as …

INTRODUCTION Personal responsibility for offences underpins South African criminal law.
The idea is based on the understanding that all persons are responsible for their own …

Central to the transformative project of the South African Constitution, although not always
recognised as such, is the need to address the distinctive forms of poverty and inequality …

This book is the result of Griffiths' research over a period of some ten years into family and
gender relations of the Bakwena in the village of Molepolole in Botswana. Her declared aim …

ABSTRACT The South African Constitution entrenches the achievement of equality as a
founding value and the full and equal enjoyment of all rights and freedoms as a right and …

Abstract In 2002 the South African Constitutional Court rejected the decriminalisation of sex
work and for many years the judgment has constricted further debate on the topic. In 2013 …