Issue Papers

ISSUE 1
2007 Developments in Child Law | Download PDF

ISSUE 2
Child Justice Bill | Download PDF

ISSUE 3
Education Laws Amendment Act | Download PDF

ISSUE 4
International Child Abductions | Download PDF

ISSUE 5
Diversion | Download PDF

ISSUE 6
Imprisonment of Young Offenders | Download PDF

ISSUE 7
Parental Rights and Responsibilities Overview | Download PDF

ISSUE 8
Minimum Sentences and Young Offenders | Download PDF

ISSUE 9
Parental Responsibilities and Rights of Unmarried Fathers | Download PDF

ISSUE 10
Appeals and Children | Download PDF

ISSUE 11
Form 4 Removals | Download PDF

ISSUE 12
Detaining Unconvicted Childen | Download PDF

ISSUE 13
Child Participation | Download PDF

ISSUE 14
Minimum age of criminal responsibility | Download PDF

ISSUE 15
Enforcement of Children’s Rights | Download PDF

ISSUE 16
Sentencing of young offenders: the Ntaka judgment | Download PDF

ISSUE 17
Rescission of Adoption and the best interest of the child | Download PDF

ISSUE 18
Unaccompanied foreign children: their right to legal representation | Download PDF

ISSUE 19
The Best interest of the Child | Download PDF

ISSUE 20
Restorative justice in sentencing: recent guidance from case law | Download PDF

ISSUE 21
Relocation | Download PDF

ISSUE 22
Foster care | Download PDF

ISSUE 23
Minimum sentence judgment | Download PDF

ISSUE 24
Compulsory paternity tests and the acquisition of parental rights and responsibilities (section 21 of the Children’s Act) | Download PDF

ISSUE 25
Sexual Offences Register | Download PDF

ISSUE 26
The issue of criminal capacity based on a plea explanation | Download PDF

ISSUE 27
SCA precedent on guilty plea explanations and the issue of remittal: The case of SM v S1[1] | Download PDF

ISSUE 28
Minimum sentences declared invalid for 16 and 17 year olds | Download PDF

ISSUE 29
The role of Mediation in the Process of Litigating family law disputes: Brownlee v Brownlee 25274/2008 (South Gauteng High Court) | Download PDF

ISSUE 30
The national register for sex offenders: Child Welfare South Africa v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Another, Case no: 68184/09 (North Gauteng High Court) | Download PDF

ISSUE 31
Legal representation of children:HG v CG 2010 (3) SA 352 (ECP). | Download PDF

ISSUE 32
Exclusive Jurisdiction Of The High Court In Guardianship Matters:Ex Parte Sibisi, Case No. 2115/10 [2010] Zakzphc 56 (Unreported) | Download PDF