Protecting animals from mistreatment through private prosecutions in South Africa: A comment on National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development 2016 1 SACR 308 (SCA)
| dc.contributor.author | Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-07-25T11:14:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-07-25T11:14:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | In press | |
| dc.description | This article has been accepted for publication and will appear in a revised form, subsequent to peer review and/or editorial input by Cambridge University Press, in Journal of African Law published by Cambridge University Press. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | In South Africa, the general rule is that when an offence is committed, the suspect has to be prosecuted by a public prosecutor. This is on the basis of the Constitution (section 179) and the National Prosecuting Authority Act (section 20). However, there is an exception to this general rule - where a victim of crime or his or her representative, where the victim has no legal capacity, is permitted to institute a private prosecution if the prosecutor has declined to prosecute. | en_US |
| dc.description.accreditation | International Bibliography of Social Sciences | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mujuzi, J.D. (in press). Protecting Animals from Mistreatment through Private Prosecutions in South Africa: A Comment on National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development 2016 1 SACR 308 (SCA). Journal of African Law. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0021-8553 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/2351 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.privacy.showsubmitter | false | |
| dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0021-8553/ | |
| dc.status.ispeerreviewed | false | |
| dc.subject | Animal | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mistreatment | en_US |
| dc.subject | Private prosecution | en_US |
| dc.subject | National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | en_US |
| dc.subject | National Prosecuting Authority Act 32 of 1998 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Criminal Procedure Act | en_US |
| dc.title | Protecting animals from mistreatment through private prosecutions in South Africa: A comment on National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development 2016 1 SACR 308 (SCA) | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |