Table of Contents: Vol 6 • No 1 • April 1993
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Editorial • Redaksioneel
Letters • Briewe
- Page 8: The death penalty. Prof DM Davis. University of the Witwatersrand. Director: Society
for the Abolition of the Death Penalty - Page 9: The Chairman’s Contribution. BR Southwood SC. Chairman: General Council of the Bar of
South Africa - Page 11: Dagbestuursvergadering van die Algemene Balieraad van Suid–Afrika GJ Claassen SC
- Page 13: A Constitutional Court for South Africa? Prof TJ Kruger SC LLD
- Page 21: Gelykheid voor die reg as ‘n mensereg – die implikasies daarvan by straftoemeting in ‘n
veelrassige gemeenskap deur DK Raath, GJ van Zyl, AWF van Vuuren - Page 28: News on the judiciary
- Page 29: In Memoriam: Michael Lloyd Mitchell • Sjrobco Sutej
- Page 32: The Government’s proposals on a charter of fundamental rights: A critical appraisal by HJ
Fabricius SC, Pretoria Bar - Page 39: The judges under attack. What will they do to fight what they see as threats to their
independence? Cristin Schmitz. From The Lawyers Weekly (Canada). - Page 42: The Bar and the future: The way through by Frans Rautenbach, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 48: Court interpreting in South Africa by AA Mahlangu. Chief Inspector of Court Interpreters in
the Republic of South Africa and Lecturer at Justice College, Pretoria - Page 50: Die versigtigheidsreël in gevalle van seksuele wangedrag: S v D and Another in oënskou
deur Dawie Fouché - Page 55: No peacocks or sparrows – only crows. Stephan du Toit SC, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 58: Siviele gevangesetting in die moderne Suid–Afrikaanse reg deur JD Maritz, Pretoria–Balie
- Page 65: Sentencing a parent child–abuser: Difficulties of imposing a prison sentence or a
substantial amount as fine by WM Mojapelo. Bluris LLB (Unin) LLM (Georgetown), Lecturer
in Law (University of Venda) - Page 67: Wat het die Appèlhof gesê? deur Stephan Terblanche.BJur (PU vir CHO) LLD (Unisa)
- Page 71: Isie Maisels – A personal tribute by Sydney Kentridge QC
- Page 73: Racial harmony in the legal system, from the American Bar Association (ABA) Journal
Bar news
- Page 76: Johannesburg
- Page 77: Kaapstad
- Page 78: Pretoria
- Page 79: Natal
- Page 81: Oranje–Vrystaat
- Page 81: Eastern Cape
- Page 82: Noord–Kaap
- Page 82: Bophuthatswana
- Page 85: De Libris Novis
- Page 90: Obiter … by Viator
- Page 94: Baliestories