Resolving the Tension Between Crime and Human Rights: An Evaluation of European and South African Issues : Papers from a Seminar Organised by the Department of Public Law of the University of the Western Cape and the Department of Constitutional Law of the Ghent University on 28 and 29 July 2000 at 'The Senate Building', University of the Western Cape, South AfricaYves Haeck, Johan vande Lanotte Maklu, 2001 - 355 pages A silent revolution in Strasbourg: the legal protection of prisoners by the |
Contents
Introduction | 27 |
Constitutional negotiations and the 1996 final Constitution | 30 |
A human rights culture | 31 |
The police | 32 |
The courts | 37 |
The prisons | 41 |
Conclusion | 45 |
the challenge for us all | 53 |
dealing with crime in post apartheid RSA 73 133 | 73 |
a European perspective 91 16 | 91 |
Introduction | 94 |
Specific police tasks | 107 |
Should fighting organised crime be a priority as South Africa deals | 131 |
The role of the prosecutor in bail for persons | 155 |
of course but to what extent? | 173 |
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