Application of prescribed minimum sentencing legislation on juvenile offenders in South Africa

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorSloth-Nielsen, Julia
dc.contributor.authorMomoti, Bafobekhaya Victor Lizalise
dc.contributor.otherNULL
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Law
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-31T06:37:48Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-06T12:51:05Z
dc.date.available2010/08/22 18:58
dc.date.available2010/08/22
dc.date.available2014-01-31T06:37:48Z
dc.date.available2024-11-06T12:51:05Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.descriptionMagister Legum - LLMen_US
dc.description.abstractThe detention of juvenile offenders is not encouraged by both the Constitution and a number of international instruments. This right is entrenched in the South African Constitution (section 28(1)(g) ) which provides that every child has the right not to be detained except as a measure of last resort in which case, in addition to the rights a child enjoys under section s12 and 35, the child may be detained only for the shortest appropriate period of time. This Constitutional provision, in clear terms, views the incarceration of juvenile offenders in a serious light as it provides that the detention of juvenile offenders should be a measure of last resort. One of the important international instruments, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, (Article 37(b) provides that children may be arrested, detained or imprisoned "only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest possible period of time". This thesis examines the impact of the Constitution and some international instruments on the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 105 of 1997 with regard to juvenile offenders. It also sets out the current legal position in South Africa with regard to sentencing of juvenile offenders.en_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/18192
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectChildrenen_US
dc.subjectMinimum sentence legislationen_US
dc.subjectSubstantial and compelling circumstancesen_US
dc.subjectSentencingen_US
dc.subjectProportionalityen_US
dc.subjectConstitutionen_US
dc.titleApplication of prescribed minimum sentencing legislation on juvenile offenders in South Africaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Momoti_LLM_2005.pdf
Size:
437.59 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

Magister Legum - LLM (Public Law and Jurisprudence)