TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reid,Elspeth
AU  - Anderson,Ross Gilbert
AU  - Barnard-Naudé,Jaco
AU  - Blackie,John
AU  - Bois,François du
AU  - Burchell,Jonathan
AU  - Cabrelli,David
AU  - Fagan,Anton
AU  - Feris,Loretta
AU  - Gibson,John
AU  - Laing,Sheldon
AU  - Loubser,Max
AU  - Miller,David Carey
AU  - Milo,J.M.
AU  - Mostert,Hanri
AU  - Paisley,Roderick R.M.
AU  - Pretorius,J.T.
AU  - Reid,Elspeth
AU  - Steven,Andrew J.M.
AU  - Sutherland,Elaine E.
AU  - Visser,Daniel
AU  - Webster,Peter
TI  - Private Law and Human Rights: Bringing Rights Home in Scotland and South Africa 
SN  - 9780748684175
AV  - KDC758 .P75 2013
U1  - 346.411 23
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Edinburgh : 
PB  - Edinburgh University Press, 
KW  - Civil law
KW  - Scotland
KW  - South Africa
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Law
KW  - LAW / Civil Law
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748684182
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780748684182
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780748684182/original
ER  -