Constitutionalism, public policy and discriminatory testamentary bequests - a good fit between common law and civil law in South Africa's mixed jurisdiction

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dc.contributor.authordu Toit, Francois
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-22T07:53:07Z
dc.date.available2013-07-22T07:53:07Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThis article investigates South African courts' treatment of discriminatory testamentary bequests in the pre- and post-constitutional eras. It shows a change in judicial attitude towards such bequests from an accommodating, tolerant stance, purportedly founded on South Africa's Roman-Dutch common law, during the pre-constitutional era to a firm normative approach with a focus on equality and non-discrimination during the post-constitutional years. The Article assesses critically this post-constitutional approach against precedent and scholarship from Common Law and Civil Law jurisdictions and asks whether, given the mixed nature of its legal system, the current South African position in regard to such bequests achieves a good fit between the Common Law and Civil Law.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDu Toit, F. (2012). Constitutionalism, public policy and discriminatory testamentary bequests - a good fit between common law and civil law in South Africa's mixed jurisdiction? Tulane European and Civil Law Forum, 27: 1-25en_US
dc.identifier.issn1047-6857
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/660
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherTulane European & Civil Law Forumen_US
dc.rightsCopyright Tulane European & Civil Law Forum. Permission granted to make the published version available in the Repository.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectConstitutionalismen_US
dc.subjectPublic policyen_US
dc.subjectDiscriminatory testamentaryen_US
dc.subjectCommon lawen_US
dc.subjectCivil lawen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectJurisdictionen_US
dc.titleConstitutionalism, public policy and discriminatory testamentary bequests - a good fit between common law and civil law in South Africa's mixed jurisdictionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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