IMAGE: Wikimedia Commons In contractual agreements, we often encounter clauses of this nature: 'No variation or consensual cancellation would be effective unless reduced to writing and signed by parties.' These clauses, sometimes referred to as "non-variation...
A landmark ruling says South African police must investigate torture, wherever it occurs! This is cross-posted on our Harvard Blog platform. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons On Thursday, 30 October 2014, the Constitutional Court of South Africa handed...
On 26 September 2014, Justice Brand ruled on behalf of the full Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) bench that, “[I]n the light of the changing mores of our society, the delictual action based on adultery of the innocent spouse has become outdated and can no longer...
On September 4, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit handed down judgment in two combined cases – Baskin v Bogan; Wolf v Walker. The cases were argued on August 26, 2014, before POSNER, WILLIAMS, and HAMILTON, Circuit...
Case Note No. 11–345. Argued October 10, 2012—Decided June 24, 2013 FACTS The University of Texas at Austin considers race as one of various factors in its undergraduate admissions process. The University, which is committed to increasing racial...
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