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Saving Face: Acid Attack Laws After The U.N. Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women, Lisa M. Taylor
Saving Face: Acid Attack Laws After The U.N. Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women, Lisa M. Taylor
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
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Multiplicity Of Marriage Forms In Contemporary South Africa, Roberto A. Garetto Ph.D.
Multiplicity Of Marriage Forms In Contemporary South Africa, Roberto A. Garetto Ph.D.
Roberto A. Garetto Ph.D.
From the perspective of family law, South Africa seems particularly interesting as it recognizes a multiplicity of marriage forms, according to its laws: not only common law marriage, deeply linked with the traditions of Western culture, but also customary marriage and same-sex marriage. Customary marriage, a plural marriage practiced in the form of polygyny, is deeply related to the cultural identity of some South Africans; same-sex marriage is an innovation related to fundamental rights affirmed in the post-apartheid Constitution of 1996.
The South African Constitution has a highly advanced sensibility related to issues of human dignity, equality, and freedom. Both …