The Law of Persons in South Africa offers a clear and accessible introduction to the principles of the law of persons.

The text is thoroughly updated to reflect common law developments within the field. The second edition also introduces a focus on transformative constitutionalism, as it relates to status, together with a more integral and expanded synthesis of common law and African customary law. Where relevant, aspects of legal ethics, social justice, problem solving and comparative law are foregrounded, at the appropriate level, and critical, reflective and skills-based development is supported by the text's unique pedagogical design. The text is directed at undergraduate modules in the law of persons, within the LLB degree programme.

New to this edition:

• The text and features are updated, to reflect legal developments that have occurred within the recent period;
• The second edition includes a new chapter addressing transformative constitutionalism, as it relates to status;
• The second edition reflects a more integral and expanded synthesis of common law and African customary law, throughout;
• Material relating to surrogacy and curatorship now reflects additional substantive matter, to support comprehension of the material;
• Where relevant, legal ethics, social justice, problem solving and comparative aspects of law are foregrounded, at the appropriate level;
• The text's unique pedagogical design strengthens the development of readers' skills in critical and reflective engagement with the subject matter;
• To support educational outcomes, teaching and learning material is enriched and expanded

Law, order and liberty: Essays in honour of Tony Mathews pays tribute to an academic and activist who has profoundly influenced South African law through his books and journal articles on democracy and human rights. Tony Mathews' compelling defence of the rule of law and his unremitting championing of the cause of human rights inspired a generation of law students and practitioners in the darkest days of apartheid. His untimely death just prior to the inception of constitutional democracy in South Africa deprived this nation of one of its most incisive legal minds. In honour of Mathews' rich intellectual legacy, Marita Carnelley and Shannon Hoctor have assembled contributions, principally focusing on administrative law and justice, from a number of eminent scholars - all of whom were influenced and encouraged by his work. As the chapters in this long-overdue book make abundantly clear, Mathews' principled and powerful critique of the apartheid laws that negated human rights, and eviscerated the legitimacy of the South African legal system, remains as a monument to both his moral courage and his legal brilliance. This tribute reminds us of the debt we owe to Mathews and rouses us to spiritedly defend the values that he upheld with such clarity and conviction.

The first full length study of Sir George Thomas Smart (1776-1867), musical animateur and early champion of the music of Beethoven Sir George Thomas Smart (1776-1867) was a significant musical animateur of the early nineteenth century, who earned his living primarily as a conductor but was also significant as an organist, composer and recorder of events. Smart established successful and pioneering London concert series, was a prime mover in the setting up of the Philharmonic Society and the Royal Academy of Music, and taught many of the leading singers of the day, being well versed in the Handelian concert tradition. He also conducted the opera at the Covent Garden Theatre and introduced significant new works to the public - he was most notably an early champion of the music of Beethoven. His journeys to Europe, and his contacts with the leading European musical figures of the day (including Weber, Meyerbeer, Spohr, and Mendelssohn), were crucial to the direction music was to take in nineteenth-century Britain. This detailed account of Smart's life and career presents him within the context of the vibrant concert life of London and wider European musical culture. It is the first full length, critical study of this influential musical figure. JOHN CARNELLEY is Deputy Director of Music and Head of Academic Music, Dulwich College, London. He holds a PhD in Historical Musicology from the University of London (Goldsmiths College) and has previously published research on the eighteenth-century organ manuscripts of John Reading, held in the Dulwich College Archive.

Marshall Bellows is a present day crime fighter and Allan Besley his alter ego in 1956 (after the discovery of a wormhole during the chase of a sick, perverted serial killer). Can Marshall/Allan survive this double life in two times, two seemingly different worlds and two loves or will one the worlds pull him in deeper, where he finds it harder and harder to leave? This first book, Discovery, begins the fight for Marshall in both worlds. A man with strong convictions with no qualms about "getting his hands dirty" if that is what's required. Is he judge, jury and executioner? Strange and desperate times require certain measures and Marshall is the man for the job, in both times.

Marshall Bellows is a present day crime fighter and Allan Besley his alter ego in 1956 (after the discovery of a wormhole during the chase of a sick, perverted serial killer). Can Marshall/Allan survive this double life in two times, two seemingly different worlds and two loves or will one the worlds pull him in deeper, where he finds it harder and harder to leave? This first book, Discovery, begins the fight for Marshall in both worlds. A man with strong convictions with no qualms about "getting his hands dirty" if that is what's required. Is he judge, jury and executioner? Strange and desperate times require certain measures and Marshall is the man for the job, in both times.

A giant cosmic dust cloud is first noticed in 1962, its discovery kept a secret so as not to cause worldwide panic, finally hits the Earth fifty-five years later with catastrophic devastation that wipes life from the face of the planet. One man, Colton Lee Steele, miraculously survives whilst stationed in Antarctica and thus starts his struggle to at first comprehend the enormity of his predicament and then plans and travels to the Northwest Territories to finally find a place he can call home. It is a harsh environment he finds himself in but through perseverance and true grit, he discovers an inner strength that will guide him through his final years, and along the way discover that life will always find a way.

A giant cosmic dust cloud is first noticed in 1962, its discovery kept a secret so as not to cause worldwide panic, finally hits the Earth fifty-five years later with catastrophic devastation that wipes life from the face of the planet. One man, Colton Lee Steele, miraculously survives whilst stationed in Antarctica and thus starts his struggle to at first comprehend the enormity of his predicament and then plans and travels to the Northwest Territories to finally find a place he can call home. It is a harsh environment he finds himself in but through perseverance and true grit, he discovers an inner strength that will guide him through his final years, and along the way discover that life will always find a way.

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