Legal Certainty and Fundamental Rights: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Constitutional Principles in German and South African Law

Prof. Charl Hugo; Prof. Dr. Thomas M. J. Möllers

doi:10.5771/9783748906063

Summary

This book, containing legal research on the impact of legal certainty and fundamental rights on different branches of the law from a South African and German perspective, is the culmination of a collaboration between the University of Augsburg and the University of Johannesburg over the past decade.

Topics of high current interest are introduced by South African scholars and responded to by their German counterparts, leading to a deeper understanding of open legal questions in both legal systems.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2020
Copyright Year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-6521-8
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-0606-3
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Augsburger Rechtsstudien
Volume: 89
Language: English
Pages: 440
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 10
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1. I. Introduction No access
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2. II. Key features of a neo-patrimonial state No access
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3. III. The South African version of the rational-legal state No access
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4. IV. The South African version of the neo-patrimonial state No access
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5. V. Conclusion No access
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7. Register of cases No access
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1. I. Introduction No access
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2. II. The rule of law – “thin” or “thick”? No access
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3. III. The rule of law in the German Constitution No access
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4. IV. The rule of law in the EU No access
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5. V. Conclusion No access
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1. I. Introduction No access
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2. II. Events leading to the “Jordan Appeal” No access
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3. III. Interpreting Article 27(2) in accordance with the Vienna conventions No access
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4. IV. An overview of the debate as highlighted by the Jordan Referral No access
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  2. 2. Democratic Republic of the Congo No access
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  2. ICC Cases No access
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1. I. The ICC Appeals Chamber judgment in the Al-Bashir case and the persisting uncertainty surrounding head of state immunity No access
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2. II. Head of state immunity and the uncertain foundations of current international law No access
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3. III. The interplay between immunity and methodology in the Al-Bashir case No access
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4. IV. Conclusion No access
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  1. International Court of Justice No access
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  2. International Criminal Court No access
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  3. Permanent Court of International Justice No access
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2. II. Customary international law and the strict interpretation of opinio juris and usus No access
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  1. 1. Genocide No access
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  2. International Court of Justice No access
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2. II. The “lively tension” between legal certainty and substantive justice No access
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    1. a) The German Constitution No access
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    3. c) The European Charter of Fundamental Rights No access
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    4. d) Difference in scope and content No access
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    1. a) The German twin-track system of sanctions No access
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    2. b) Preventive detention as a measure of correction and prevention No access
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    3. c) Qualifying preventive detention: the BVerfG’s view No access
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    4. d) Strasbourg’s divergent view on the definition of “penalty” No access
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    5. e) The implementation of the ECtHR’s judgment in German law No access
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4. IV. Reciprocal influences No access
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1. I. Prefatory remarks No access
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  1. 1. The establishment of a new government No access
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  2. 2. The investigation of alleged violations and establishment of criminal tribunals and courts No access
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  3. 3. Peacebuilding No access
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  1. 1. Aut dedere aut judicare – the duty to extradite or prosecute No access
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  2. 2. The obligation to cooperate with international or national criminal courts and tribunals No access
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  3. 3. Primacy and the principle of complementarity: the relationship between national and international criminal courts and tribunals No access
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4. IV. Civil accountability in terms of the principles of state responsibility No access
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  1. Permanent Court of International Justice No access
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1. I. Introduction No access
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    1. a) Declaration as habitual criminal No access
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    2. b) Declaration as dangerous criminal No access
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    3. c) Life imprisonment No access
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    1. a) Life imprisonment No access
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    2. b) Imprisonment for public protection (IPP) No access
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  2. European Court for Human Rights (ECtHR) No access
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1. I. Prefatory comments No access
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2. II. Introduction No access
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3. III. In the High Court No access
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4. IV. In the Constitutional Court No access
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5. V. The right of an employer in terms of Section 7 of the Employment Equity Act No access
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6. VI. Comparative perspectives No access
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7. VII. Concluding remarks No access
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    1. a) The universal problem of criminalizing “soft” drugs No access
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2. II. The emergence of sustainable development in the international arena No access
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3. III. The introduction of sustainable development into South African law No access
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4. IV. The nature of environmental decision-making and sustainable development – a challenging mandate No access
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5. V. Jurisprudential beginnings – authorisations and adjudication in the early years No access
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6. VI. Building new jurisprudential dimensions on decision-making and sustainable development – more recent developments No access
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7. VII. Jurisprudential development in the compliance and enforcement context – the early years of adjudication No access
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8. VIII. A step backwards? – Concurrent and recent compliance and enforcement judgments No access
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1. I. Preliminary remarks No access
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  1. 1. Sustainability in German environmental law No access
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  3. 3. From three pillars of sustainability to 38 reference topics No access
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2. II. Labour law and human rights No access
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3. III. Significance of interpretation in the activation of human rights No access
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4. IV. The role of the courts in extending protection to vulnerable workers No access
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1. I. Introduction: an era of experiments and experiences in legislation against discrimination No access
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2. II. Prosecution of discrimination and available sanctions No access
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3. III. Persons protected and persons responsible in cases of discrimination No access
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  2. 2. Legal comparison in Europe: more or less prohibited grounds? No access
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  1. 1. Challenges for the legislature No access
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  1. 1. The fundamental right to equality No access
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4. IV. Alternatives to the pari passu ranking of remaining claims No access
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5. V. Conclusion: To equality and beyond? No access
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2. II. No general principle of equal treatment of creditors (par conditio creditorum) No access
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3. III. Insolvency law for legal entities, such as limited liability companies (GmbH) No access
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4. IV. Duty to file for insolvency No access
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5. V. (Restricted) equal treatment of creditors upon insolvency of the GmbH No access
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6. VI. Refusal to open insolvency proceedings for insufficiency of assets No access
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7. VII. Objectives of the liquidation of a GmbH No access
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8. VIII. No general principle of equal treatment of creditors in the winding up (liquidation) of a GmbH No access
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9. IX. Winding up of a GmbH with no assets No access
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10. X. Legal policy considerations de lege ferenda No access
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    1. a) Establishing a Germany-wide public prosecutor’s office for capital markets crimes No access
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