Papers by Prof Magda Slabbert
Social Science Research Network, Feb 19, 2017
Expecting parents make a significant emotional investment in their prospective child. When the ba... more Expecting parents make a significant emotional investment in their prospective child. When the baby in the mother’s womb then fails to survive full term it is a tragedy for the parents. If the pregnancy loss takes place prior to 26 weeks of gestation, the Births and Deaths Registration Act 51 of 1992 determines that the foetal remains cannot be buried and are as default standard practice treated as medical waste. If the foetus was in utero at least 26 weeks, it is legally posited as a stillbirth and the remains could be buried. This position seems to be in contrast with the underlying values of the Constitution in general and the Bill of Rights in particular. To be more in line with human rights values, bereaved parents should be given a choice between burying the remains of their late prospective child following pregnancy loss or letting it be destroyed as medical waste.
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Obiter, 2011
Daar kan nie langer ernstiger gevolge aan verlowingsverbreking geheg word as aan huweliksbeeindig... more Daar kan nie langer ernstiger gevolge aan verlowingsverbreking geheg word as aan huweliksbeeindiging nie. Dit is die gevolgtrekking wat adjunkpresident Harms gemaak het in die saak Van Jaarsveld v Bridges (ongerapporteerde saak no 344/09 2010 HHA ZASCA 76 van 27 Mei 2010). Wanneer 'n verlowing verbreek is, kon die benadeelde party die "skuldige" party dagvaar vir troubreuk en as troubreuk bewys is, kon daar ook 'n eis om skadevergoeding ingestel word. Alhoewel dit nie 'n vereiste is nie, word 'n huwelik gewoonlik deur 'n verlowingskontrak voorafgegaan. Hierdie kontrak is 'n kontrak sui generis (Sinclair The Law of Marriage (1996) 313-325). Die verlowing is 'n kontrak om in die huwelik te tree en sodra die huwelik voltrek word, kom die kontrak tot 'n einde.
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Social Science Research Network, Aug 27, 2010
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SA Publiekreg = SA Public Law, 2007
Due to advances made in medical sciences over the last few decades and the application of advance... more Due to advances made in medical sciences over the last few decades and the application of advanced medical technology, it is now possible to prolong life in extremely difficult situations. For some people it has resulted in a prolongation of a meaningful life, but for others it merely resulted in a meaningless existence. Although everyone will eventually die, it is accepted that it is not the fear of death that leads to the euthanasia debate, but the way in which one might die. People are anxious that their dying process might become a burden to their relatives and friends. The deterioration of bodily functions may make it difficult for some individuals to maintain their dignity in the eyes of relatives or even nursing staff who may treat them as infantile or senile. Many people are appalled by the thought of resources being 'wasted' on patients without any chance of recovery and which could otherwise have been available for the benefit of other patients who have meaningful lives to live. Advances in medicine prolonging life, have therefore resulted in the need for serious moral choices, and when medicine fails to provide a socially acceptable answer, many of these dilemmas are referred to the law for solutions.
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Journal of South African Law / Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg, 2007
Hierdie aansoek in die Kaapse provinsiale afdeling van die hoe hof het gehandel oor 'n liefda... more Hierdie aansoek in die Kaapse provinsiale afdeling van die hoe hof het gehandel oor 'n liefdadigheidstrust bekend as die "Scarbrow Bursary Fund Testamentary Trust". Die trust is geskep ingevolge die testament van wyle Dr Edmund William Scarbrow wat in 1921 gesterf het. Die doel van die trust is om beurse toe te ken aan verdienstelike maar behoeftige studente van die Universiteit van Kaapstad wat hul studies in die buiteland wil voortsit. Kragtens die testament mag net studente van Europese afkoms vir die beurs in aanmerking geneem word. 'n Kodisil is later bygevoeg wat hierdie beperking uitgebrei het en bepaal het dat geen vrouestudent van enige nasionaliteit, of 'n persoon van Joodse afkoms 'n beurs mag ontvang ingevolge die trust nie. In hierdie aansoek voor regter Griesel is die geldigheid van die beperkings in die testament bevraagteken.
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