Legal Certainty and Fundamental Rights

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

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
Charl Hugo, Thomas M. J. Möllers
1. I No access Charl Hugo, Thomas M. J. Möllers
2. II No access Charl Hugo, Thomas M. J. Möllers
3. III No access Charl Hugo, Thomas M. J. Möllers
4. IV No access Charl Hugo, Thomas M. J. Möllers
Hennie Strydom, Martha M. Bradley
1. I. Introduction No access Hennie Strydom, Martha M. Bradley
2. II. Key features of a neo-patrimonial state No access Hennie Strydom, Martha M. Bradley
3. III. The South African version of the rational-legal state No access Hennie Strydom, Martha M. Bradley
4. IV. The South African version of the neo-patrimonial state No access Hennie Strydom, Martha M. Bradley
5. V. Conclusion No access Hennie Strydom, Martha M. Bradley
6. Bibliography No access Hennie Strydom, Martha M. Bradley
7. Register of cases No access Hennie Strydom, Martha M. Bradley
Stefan Lorenzmeier
1. I. Introduction No access Stefan Lorenzmeier
2. II. The rule of law – “thin” or “thick”? No access Stefan Lorenzmeier
3. III. The rule of law in the German Constitution No access Stefan Lorenzmeier
4. IV. The rule of law in the EU No access Stefan Lorenzmeier
5. V. Conclusion No access Stefan Lorenzmeier
6. Bibliography No access Stefan Lorenzmeier
7. Register of cases No access Stefan Lorenzmeier
Roxan Venter, Martha M. Bradley
1. I. Introduction No access Roxan Venter, Martha M. Bradley
2. II. Events leading to the “Jordan Appeal” No access Roxan Venter, Martha M. Bradley
3. III. Interpreting Article 27(2) in accordance with the Vienna conventions No access Roxan Venter, Martha M. Bradley
4. IV. An overview of the debate as highlighted by the Jordan Referral No access Roxan Venter, Martha M. Bradley
5. Roxan Venter, Martha M. Bradley
  1. 1. South Africa No access Roxan Venter, Martha M. Bradley
  2. 2. Democratic Republic of the Congo No access Roxan Venter, Martha M. Bradley
6. VI. Conclusion No access Roxan Venter, Martha M. Bradley
7. Bibliography No access Roxan Venter, Martha M. Bradley
8. Roxan Venter, Martha M. Bradley
  1. South Africa No access Roxan Venter, Martha M. Bradley
  2. ICC Cases No access Roxan Venter, Martha M. Bradley
Thilo Rensmann
1. I. The ICC Appeals Chamber judgment in the Al-Bashir case and the persisting uncertainty surrounding head of state immunity No access Thilo Rensmann
2. II. Head of state immunity and the uncertain foundations of current international law No access Thilo Rensmann
3. III. The interplay between immunity and methodology in the Al-Bashir case No access Thilo Rensmann
4. IV. Conclusion No access Thilo Rensmann
5. Bibliography No access Thilo Rensmann
6. Thilo Rensmann
  1. International Court of Justice No access Thilo Rensmann
  2. International Criminal Court No access Thilo Rensmann
  3. Permanent Court of International Justice No access Thilo Rensmann
  4. Special Court for Sierra Leone No access Thilo Rensmann
  5. Kenya No access Thilo Rensmann
  6. South Africa No access Thilo Rensmann
  7. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland No access Thilo Rensmann
  8. United States of America No access Thilo Rensmann
Sabreen Hassen, Mispa Roux
1. I. Introduction No access Sabreen Hassen, Mispa Roux
2. II. Customary international law and the strict interpretation of opinio juris and usus No access Sabreen Hassen, Mispa Roux
3. Sabreen Hassen, Mispa Roux
  1. 1. Genocide No access Sabreen Hassen, Mispa Roux
  2. 2. Crimes against humanity No access Sabreen Hassen, Mispa Roux
  3. 3. War crimes No access Sabreen Hassen, Mispa Roux
  4. 4. Crime of aggression No access Sabreen Hassen, Mispa Roux
4. IV. International crimes in terms of the Malabo Protocol No access Sabreen Hassen, Mispa Roux
5. V. Conclusion No access Sabreen Hassen, Mispa Roux
6. Bibliography No access Sabreen Hassen, Mispa Roux
7. Sabreen Hassen, Mispa Roux
  1. International Criminal Court No access Sabreen Hassen, Mispa Roux
  2. International Court of Justice No access Sabreen Hassen, Mispa Roux
  3. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda No access Sabreen Hassen, Mispa Roux
  4. International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia No access Sabreen Hassen, Mispa Roux
  5. International Military Tribunal No access Sabreen Hassen, Mispa Roux
  6. Permanent Court of International Justice No access Sabreen Hassen, Mispa Roux
  7. Special Court for Sierra Leone No access Sabreen Hassen, Mispa Roux
  8. United Nations Documents No access Sabreen Hassen, Mispa Roux
  9. Internet Sources No access Sabreen Hassen, Mispa Roux
Aqilah Sandhu
1. I. Introduction No access Aqilah Sandhu
2. II. The “lively tension” between legal certainty and substantive justice No access Aqilah Sandhu
3. Aqilah Sandhu
  1. Aqilah Sandhu
    1. a) The German Constitution No access Aqilah Sandhu
    2. b) The European Convention on Human Rights No access Aqilah Sandhu
    3. c) The European Charter of Fundamental Rights No access Aqilah Sandhu
    4. d) Difference in scope and content No access Aqilah Sandhu
  2. Aqilah Sandhu
    1. a) The German twin-track system of sanctions No access Aqilah Sandhu
    2. b) Preventive detention as a measure of correction and prevention No access Aqilah Sandhu
    3. c) Qualifying preventive detention: the BVerfG’s view No access Aqilah Sandhu
    4. d) Strasbourg’s divergent view on the definition of “penalty” No access Aqilah Sandhu
    5. e) The implementation of the ECtHR’s judgment in German law No access Aqilah Sandhu
  3. 3. The role of the Convention in the German legal order No access Aqilah Sandhu
4. IV. Reciprocal influences No access Aqilah Sandhu
5. V. Conclusion No access Aqilah Sandhu
6. Bibliography No access Aqilah Sandhu
7. Register of cases No access Aqilah Sandhu
Mispa Roux
1. I. Prefatory remarks No access Mispa Roux
2. Mispa Roux
  1. 1. The establishment of a new government No access Mispa Roux
  2. 2. The investigation of alleged violations and establishment of criminal tribunals and courts No access Mispa Roux
  3. 3. Peacebuilding No access Mispa Roux
3. Mispa Roux
  1. 1. Aut dedere aut judicare – the duty to extradite or prosecute No access Mispa Roux
  2. 2. The obligation to cooperate with international or national criminal courts and tribunals No access Mispa Roux
  3. 3. Primacy and the principle of complementarity: the relationship between national and international criminal courts and tribunals No access Mispa Roux
4. IV. Civil accountability in terms of the principles of state responsibility No access Mispa Roux
5. V. Conclusion No access Mispa Roux
6. Bibliography No access Mispa Roux
7. Mispa Roux
  1. Permanent Court of International Justice No access Mispa Roux
  2. International Court of Justice No access Mispa Roux
  3. International Criminal Court No access Mispa Roux
  4. International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia No access Mispa Roux
  5. South Africa No access Mispa Roux
Murdoch Watney
1. I. Introduction No access Murdoch Watney
2. Murdoch Watney
  1. Murdoch Watney
    1. a) Declaration as habitual criminal No access Murdoch Watney
    2. b) Declaration as dangerous criminal No access Murdoch Watney
    3. c) Life imprisonment No access Murdoch Watney
  2. Murdoch Watney
    1. a) Life imprisonment No access Murdoch Watney
    2. b) Imprisonment for public protection (IPP) No access Murdoch Watney
    3. c) Extended sentences No access Murdoch Watney
  3. Murdoch Watney
    1. a) Dangerous offenders No access Murdoch Watney
    2. b) Long-term offenders No access Murdoch Watney
    3. c) Preventive recognizances No access Murdoch Watney
  4. Murdoch Watney
    1. a) Life imprisonment No access Murdoch Watney
    2. b) Post-sentence preventive detention No access Murdoch Watney
3. III. Discussion No access Murdoch Watney
4. Bibliography No access Murdoch Watney
5. Murdoch Watney
  1. South Africa No access Murdoch Watney
  2. European Court for Human Rights (ECtHR) No access Murdoch Watney
  3. England and Wales No access Murdoch Watney
  4. Canada No access Murdoch Watney
  5. Germany No access Murdoch Watney
Kgomotso Mokoena
1. I. Prefatory comments No access Kgomotso Mokoena
2. II. Introduction No access Kgomotso Mokoena
3. III. In the High Court No access Kgomotso Mokoena
4. IV. In the Constitutional Court No access Kgomotso Mokoena
5. V. The right of an employer in terms of Section 7 of the Employment Equity Act No access Kgomotso Mokoena
6. VI. Comparative perspectives No access Kgomotso Mokoena
7. VII. Concluding remarks No access Kgomotso Mokoena
8. Bibliography No access Kgomotso Mokoena
9. Register of cases No access Kgomotso Mokoena
Johannes Kaspar
1. Johannes Kaspar
  1. Johannes Kaspar
    1. a) The universal problem of criminalizing “soft” drugs No access Johannes Kaspar
    2. b) Introducing the BtMG No access Johannes Kaspar
    3. c) The term “small quantities” No access Johannes Kaspar
  2. Johannes Kaspar
    1. a) Background No access Johannes Kaspar
    2. b) The judgment of the BVerfG No access Johannes Kaspar
    3. c) Criticism No access Johannes Kaspar
  3. 3. Drug offenses under Section 29 BtMG between 2007 and 2018 No access Johannes Kaspar
2. Johannes Kaspar
  1. 1. Criticism No access Johannes Kaspar
  2. 2. Cannabis allowed as medicine No access Johannes Kaspar
  3. Johannes Kaspar
    1. a) The “Cannabis Control Act” – Green Party No access Johannes Kaspar
    2. b) Motions by the Free Democratic Party and the Left Party No access Johannes Kaspar
    3. c) The Federal Government’s view No access Johannes Kaspar
3. III. Discussion and conclusion No access Johannes Kaspar
4. Bibliography No access Johannes Kaspar
5. Register of cases No access Johannes Kaspar
Jenny Hall
1. I. Introduction No access Jenny Hall
2. II. The emergence of sustainable development in the international arena No access Jenny Hall
3. III. The introduction of sustainable development into South African law No access Jenny Hall
4. IV. The nature of environmental decision-making and sustainable development – a challenging mandate No access Jenny Hall
5. V. Jurisprudential beginnings – authorisations and adjudication in the early years No access Jenny Hall
6. VI. Building new jurisprudential dimensions on decision-making and sustainable development – more recent developments No access Jenny Hall
7. VII. Jurisprudential development in the compliance and enforcement context – the early years of adjudication No access Jenny Hall
8. VIII. A step backwards? – Concurrent and recent compliance and enforcement judgments No access Jenny Hall
9. IX. Conclusion No access Jenny Hall
10. Bibliography No access Jenny Hall
11. Register of cases No access Jenny Hall
Matthias Rossi
1. I. Preliminary remarks No access Matthias Rossi
2. Matthias Rossi
  1. 1. Sustainability in German environmental law No access Matthias Rossi
  2. 2. Sustainability in EU law No access Matthias Rossi
  3. 3. From three pillars of sustainability to 38 reference topics No access Matthias Rossi
3. III. Sustainability as a procedural concept No access Matthias Rossi
4. Matthias Rossi
  1. 1. Internal guidelines of the Federal Government No access Matthias Rossi
  2. 2. Institutional complementation in the German Bundestag No access Matthias Rossi
5. V. Conclusion: Disillusion No access Matthias Rossi
6. Bibliography No access Matthias Rossi
Elmarie Fourie, Marius van Staden
1. I. Introduction No access Elmarie Fourie, Marius van Staden
2. II. Labour law and human rights No access Elmarie Fourie, Marius van Staden
3. III. Significance of interpretation in the activation of human rights No access Elmarie Fourie, Marius van Staden
4. IV. The role of the courts in extending protection to vulnerable workers No access Elmarie Fourie, Marius van Staden
5. V. Concluding remarks No access Elmarie Fourie, Marius van Staden
6. Bibliography No access Elmarie Fourie, Marius van Staden
7. Register of cases No access Elmarie Fourie, Marius van Staden
Martina Benecke
1. I. Introduction: an era of experiments and experiences in legislation against discrimination No access Martina Benecke
2. II. Prosecution of discrimination and available sanctions No access Martina Benecke
3. III. Persons protected and persons responsible in cases of discrimination No access Martina Benecke
4. Martina Benecke
  1. 1. Legal situation in Germany No access Martina Benecke
  2. 2. Legal comparison in Europe: more or less prohibited grounds? No access Martina Benecke
  3. 3. Practical significance of the listed grounds No access Martina Benecke
5. Martina Benecke
  1. 1. Challenges for the legislature No access Martina Benecke
  2. 2. Current German law No access Martina Benecke
  3. 3. Experiences and evaluation No access Martina Benecke
6. VI. Institutions against discrimination No access Martina Benecke
7. Martina Benecke
  1. 1. Problems in law and society No access Martina Benecke
  2. 2. Experiences in practice No access Martina Benecke
8. VIII. Conclusion No access Martina Benecke
9. Bibliography No access Martina Benecke
10. Register of cases No access Martina Benecke
Kathleen van der Linde, Juanitta Calitz
1. I. Introduction No access Kathleen van der Linde, Juanitta Calitz
2. II. Legal certainty No access Kathleen van der Linde, Juanitta Calitz
3. Kathleen van der Linde, Juanitta Calitz
  1. 1. The fundamental right to equality No access Kathleen van der Linde, Juanitta Calitz
  2. Kathleen van der Linde, Juanitta Calitz
    1. a) The judgment No access Kathleen van der Linde, Juanitta Calitz
    2. b) Implications and criticism No access Kathleen van der Linde, Juanitta Calitz
  3. 3. The right to equality and the ranking of claims in insolvency No access Kathleen van der Linde, Juanitta Calitz
  4. 4. Equality and the existence of secured claims No access Kathleen van der Linde, Juanitta Calitz
  5. 5. Equality and the recognition of statutory priorities No access Kathleen van der Linde, Juanitta Calitz
4. IV. Alternatives to the pari passu ranking of remaining claims No access Kathleen van der Linde, Juanitta Calitz
5. V. Conclusion: To equality and beyond? No access Kathleen van der Linde, Juanitta Calitz
6. Bibliography No access Kathleen van der Linde, Juanitta Calitz
7. Register of cases No access Kathleen van der Linde, Juanitta Calitz
Michael Kort
1. Michael Kort
  1. 1. Civil law and commercial law No access Michael Kort
  2. 2. Insolvency law No access Michael Kort
2. II. No general principle of equal treatment of creditors (par conditio creditorum) No access Michael Kort
3. III. Insolvency law for legal entities, such as limited liability companies (GmbH) No access Michael Kort
4. IV. Duty to file for insolvency No access Michael Kort
5. V. (Restricted) equal treatment of creditors upon insolvency of the GmbH No access Michael Kort
6. VI. Refusal to open insolvency proceedings for insufficiency of assets No access Michael Kort
7. VII. Objectives of the liquidation of a GmbH No access Michael Kort
8. VIII. No general principle of equal treatment of creditors in the winding up (liquidation) of a GmbH No access Michael Kort
9. IX. Winding up of a GmbH with no assets No access Michael Kort
10. X. Legal policy considerations de lege ferenda No access Michael Kort
11. XI. Summary No access Michael Kort
12. Bibliography No access Michael Kort
13. Register of cases No access Michael Kort
Daleen Millard, Choene Jacqueline Maholo
1. I. Introduction No access Daleen Millard, Choene Jacqueline Maholo
2. II. Supervisory framework: Overview No access Daleen Millard, Choene Jacqueline Maholo
3. Daleen Millard, Choene Jacqueline Maholo
  1. 1. The Financial Services Regulation Act No access Daleen Millard, Choene Jacqueline Maholo
  2. Daleen Millard, Choene Jacqueline Maholo
    1. a) Aim of the Act No access Daleen Millard, Choene Jacqueline Maholo
    2. b) Classification of insurance business No access Daleen Millard, Choene Jacqueline Maholo
    3. c) Financial inclusion and microinsurance No access Daleen Millard, Choene Jacqueline Maholo
  3. Daleen Millard, Choene Jacqueline Maholo
    1. a) Introduction No access Daleen Millard, Choene Jacqueline Maholo
    2. b) Product service and design No access Daleen Millard, Choene Jacqueline Maholo
    3. c) Promotion and marketing No access Daleen Millard, Choene Jacqueline Maholo
    4. d) Advice and point of sale No access Daleen Millard, Choene Jacqueline Maholo
    5. e) Information after point of sale No access Daleen Millard, Choene Jacqueline Maholo
    6. f) Complaints and claims handling No access Daleen Millard, Choene Jacqueline Maholo
  4. 4. The COFI Bill No access Daleen Millard, Choene Jacqueline Maholo
4. IV. Critical evaluation No access Daleen Millard, Choene Jacqueline Maholo
5. V. Conclusion No access Daleen Millard, Choene Jacqueline Maholo
6. Bibliography No access Daleen Millard, Choene Jacqueline Maholo
7. Register of cases No access Daleen Millard, Choene Jacqueline Maholo
Thomas M.J. Möllers
1. I. Introduction No access Thomas M.J. Möllers
2. Thomas M.J. Möllers
  1. Thomas M.J. Möllers
    1. a) The BaFin No access Thomas M.J. Möllers
    2. b) The relationship between supervisory authorities and the public prosecutor’s office No access Thomas M.J. Möllers
  2. Thomas M.J. Möllers
    1. a) Establishing a Germany-wide public prosecutor’s office for capital markets crimes No access Thomas M.J. Möllers
    2. b) The right to implement regulatory sanctions No access Thomas M.J. Möllers
3. Thomas M.J. Möllers
  1. Thomas M.J. Möllers
    1. a) The Lamfalussy process No access Thomas M.J. Möllers
    2. b) Larosière: from the CESR to the ESMA No access Thomas M.J. Möllers
  2. Thomas M.J. Möllers
    1. a) In favour of more: A European task force No access Thomas M.J. Möllers
    2. b) In favour of less: devolving authority on the basis of irrelevance to the internal market No access Thomas M.J. Möllers
    3. c) Realising European legal principles and regulatory objectives under capital markets law No access Thomas M.J. Möllers
4. Bibliography No access Thomas M.J. Möllers
5. Thomas M.J. Möllers
  1. European Court of Justice (ECJ) No access Thomas M.J. Möllers
  2. German Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG) No access Thomas M.J. Möllers
  3. German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) No access Thomas M.J. Möllers
  4. Federal Administrative Court (BVerwG) No access Thomas M.J. Möllers