|
Project |
Title |
Priority |
|
25 |
Statutory
law revision |
A |
|
94 |
Arbitration:
Family mediation |
D |
|
107 |
Sexual
Offences: Adult prostitution |
C |
|
113 |
The
use of electronic equipment in court proceedings |
D |
|
118 |
Domestic
partnerships |
A |
|
121 |
Consolidated
legislation pertaining to international co-operation in civil matters |
D |
|
122 |
Assisted
decision-making: Adults with impaired decision-making capacity |
B |
|
123 |
Protected
disclosures |
C |
|
124 |
Privacy
and data protection |
A |
|
125 |
Prescription
periods |
D |
|
126 |
Review
of the rules of evidence |
B |
|
127 |
Review
of administration orders |
A |
|
128 |
Review
of aspects of the law of divorce |
D |
|
129 |
Review
of aspects of matrimonial property law |
D |
|
130 |
Stalking |
D |
|
131 |
Trafficking
in persons |
A |
|
133 |
A
specific civil action in respect of consequential damages arising from hoaxes |
D |
|
134 |
Administration
of estates |
A |
South African Law Reform Commission
PUBLICATIONS COMPLETED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN LAW REFORM COMMISSION FROM 1994
TO DATE
Summary:
The
following table reflects 147 publications (excluding annual reports) completed
by the Commission from 1994 to date:
|
Year |
Reports |
Discussion
Papers |
Issue
Papers |
Total |
|
1994 |
14 |
4 |
0 |
18 |
|
1995 |
5 |
6 |
0 |
11 |
|
1996 |
3 |
8 |
4 |
15 |
|
1997 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
13 |
|
1998 |
10 |
6 |
3 |
19 |
|
1999 |
5 |
8 |
0 |
13 |
|
2000 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
14 |
|
2001 |
5 |
8 |
2 |
15 |
|
2002 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
|
2003 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
|
2004 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
8 |
|
2005 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
2006 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
Total |
63 |
61 |
25 |
149 |
·
Investigation into the courts' powers of review of administrative acts
·
The division of pension benefits on divorce
·
Investigation into the payments system in South African law
·
Group and human rights
·
Section 138 of the Companies Act 61 of 1973
·
The protection of the financial markets in the event of insolvency
·
Reform of the South African law of bail
·
The simplification of criminal procedure: Appeal procedures
·
Debt collecting: Imprisonment for debt
·
Jewish divorces
·
Interest on damages
·
Natural fathers of children born out of wedlock
·
Application of the trapping system
·
Jurisdictional lacuna in the Supreme Court Act, 1959
1994
DISCUSSION PAPERS
The
legal consequences of sexual realignment and related matters
Unreasonable
stipulations in contracts and the rectification of contracts
Euthanasia
and the artificial preservation of life
Declaration
and detention of persons as state patients
1995
REPORTS
·
The legal consequences of sexual realignment and related matters
·
Simplification of criminal procedure
·
Debt collecting
·
Declaration and detention of persons as state patients
·
International cooperation in criminal prosecutions
1995
DISCUSSION PAPERS
·
Review of the law of insolvency
·
Aspects of the law relating to AIDS
·
The recognition of a class action in South African law Arbitration
·
The admissibility of computer evidence International cooperation in
criminal prosecutions
1996
REPORTS
·
Speculative and contingency fees
·
Access to minor children by interested persons
·
Money laundering and related matters
TOTAL:
3
1996
DISCUSSION PAPERS
·
Grandparents' visitation rights
·
Unreasonable stipulations in contracts and the rectification of contracts
·
Review of the law of insolvency
·
Aspects of the law relating to AIDS
·
Speculative and contingency fees
·
A draft international Arbitration Act for South Africa
·
The Apportionment of Damages Act, 1956
·
Money laundering and related matters
TOTAL:
8
·
Customary marriages
·
Conflict of personal laws
·
Family violence
·
Money laundering and related matters
TOTAL:
4
1997
REPORTS
First
interim report on aspects of the law relating to AIDS
TOTAL:
1
1997
DISCUSSION PAPERS
·
Domestic violence
·
Euthanasia and the artificial preservation of life Pre-employment HIV
testing
·
HIV/AIDS and discrimination in schools
·
Customary marriages
TOTAL:
5
1997
ISSUE PAPERS
·
Review of the maintenance system
·
Simplification of criminal procedure: Access to the criminal justice
system
·
Sentencing: Restorative justice
·
Arbitration: Alternative dispute resolution
·
Juvenile justice
·
Sexual offences against children
·
Sentencing: Mandatory minimum sentences
TOTAL:
7
1998
REPORTS
·
Time limits for the institution of actions against the state
·
Unreasonable stipulations in contracts and the rectification of contracts
·
Pre-employment HIV testing
·
HIV/AIDS and discrimination in schools
·
Euthanasia and the artificial preservation of life
·
The recognition of class actions and public interest actions in South
African law
·
Customary marriages
·
International arbitration
·
Maintenance
·
Constitutional jurisdiction of magistrates' courts
TOTAL:
10
1998
DISCUSSION PAPERS
·
Constitutional jurisdiction of magistrates' courts
·
Customary law: Conflicts of law
·
Sharing of pension benefits
·
Security legislation: The Interception and Monitoring Prohibition Act
·
Juvenile justice
·
The need for a statutory offence aimed at harmful HIV-related behaviour
·
Succession in customary law
·
Review of the Child Care Act
·
Computer-related crime
1999
REPORTS
·
The enactment in SA of UNCITRAL's model law on cross-border insolvency
·
Customary law: Conflicts of law
·
Security legislation: Monitoring and Interception Prohibition Act
·
Sharing of pension benefits
·
Administrative law
1999
DISCUSSION PAPERS
·
Administrative law
·
Traditional courts and the judicial function of traditional leaders
·
Domestic arbitration
·
Compulsory HIV testing of persons arrested in sexual offence cases
·
Sexual offences: The substantive law
·
Review of the law of insolvency
·
Arbitration: Community dispute resolution structures
·
Review of the Marriage Act
2000
REPORTS
·
Review of the law of insolvency
·
The right of the Director of Public Prosecutions to appeal on questions
of fact
·
A new sentencing framework
·
Compulsory HIV testing of persons arrested in sexual offence cases
·
Juvenile justice
·
The right of the Director of Public Prosecutions to appeal on questions
of fact
·
The application of the Bill of Rights to criminal procedure, criminal
law, the law of evidence and sentencing
·
A new sentencing framework
·
Review of security legislation: Terrorism
·
Customary law: Succession
·
Simplification of criminal procedure: Sentence agreements
·
Customary law: Administration of estates
TOTAL:
7
2000
ISSUE PAPERS
·
Islamic marriages and related matters
·
Uniform national legislation on the fencing of national roads
TOTAL:
2
2001
REPORTS
·
Simplification of Criminal Procedure: Sentence Agreements
·
The Application of the Bill of Rights to Criminal Procedure, Criminal
Law, the Law of Evidence and Sentencing
·
Domestic Arbitration
·
Aspects of the Law Relating to AIDS: The Need for a Statutory Offence
Aimed at
·
Harmful HIV-Related Behaviour
·
The Review of the Marriage Act 25 of 1961
2001
DISCUSSION PAPERS
·
Simplification of criminal procedure: A more inquisitorial approach to
criminal procedure - police questioning, defence disclosure, the role of
judicial officers and judicial management of trials
·
Sentencing: A compensation scheme for victims of crime in South Africa
·
Publication of divorce proceedings: Section 12 of the Divorce Act 70 of
1979
·
Computer-related crime: Preliminary proposals for reform in respect of
unauthorised access to computers, unauthorised modification of computer data
and software applications and related procedural aspects
·
Simplification of criminal procedure: Out of court settlements in
criminal cases
·
Islamic marriages and related matters
·
Sexual offences: Process and procedure
·
Review of the Child Care Act
·
Domestic partnerships
·
Incapable adults
TOTAL:
2
2002
REPORTS
·
Security Legislation: Terrorism
·
Simplification of Criminal Procedure: A More Inquisitorial Approach to
Criminal Procedure: Police Questioning, Defence Disclosure, The Role of
Judicial Officers and Judicial Management of Trials
·
Simplification of Criminal Procedure: Out-of-Court Settlements in
Criminal Cases
·
The Publication of Divorce Proceedings: Section 12 of the Divorce Act 70
of 1979
2002
DISCUSSION PAPERS
None
·
Sexual offences: Adult prostitution
·
Protected disclosures
·
Consolidated legislation pertaining to international co-operation in
civil matters
2003
REPORTS
·
Sexual offences
·
Project 110: Review of the Child Care Act, 1983
·
Project 90: Customary law: Traditional courts and the judicial function
of traditional leaders
·
Islamic marriages and related matters
·
The Apportionment of Damages Act 34 of 1956
·
The use of electronic equipment in court proceedings (postponement of
criminal cases via audiovisual link)
TOTAL:
6
2003
DISCUSSION PAPERS
Domestic
partnerships
TOTAL:
1
2003
ISSUE PAPERS
·
Privacy and data protection
·
Prescription periods
·
Stalking
TOTAL:
3
2004
REPORTS
·
Review of the Black Administration Act 38 of 1927
·
A compensation fund for victims of crime
·
Customary law of succession
TOTAL:
3
2004
DISCUSSION PAPERS
·
Assisted decision-making: Adults with impaired decision-making capacity
·
Consolidated legislation pertaining to international co-operation in
civil matters
·
Protected disclosures
·
Stalking
TOTAL:
4
2004
ISSUE PAPERS
·
Trafficking in persons
TOTAL:
1
2005
REPORTS
None
2005
DISCUSSION PAPERS
·
Privacy and data protection
·
Administration of estates
TOTAL:
2
None
2006
REPORTS
·
Domestic partnerships
·
Stalking
TOTAL:
2
2006
DISCUSSION PAPERS
·
Trafficking in persons
·
Review of the Interpretation Act 33 of 1957
2006
ISSUE PAPERS
None
to date