- Title
- The concurrent jurisdiction of the Labour Court and the High Court
- Creator
- Wagener, Pieter Cornelius
- Subject
- South Africa. High Court
- Subject
- South Africa. Labour Court
- Subject
- Exclusive and concurrent legislative powers -- South Africa
- Subject
- Law, Interpretation and construction
- Date Issued
- 2002
- Date
- 2002
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- LLM
- Identifier
- vital:11051
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/286
- Identifier
- South Africa. High Court
- Identifier
- South Africa. Labour Court
- Identifier
- Exclusive and concurrent legislative powers -- South Africa
- Identifier
- Law, Interpretation and construction
- Description
- An overview is given of the difficulties surrounding the concurrent jurisdiction of the Labour Court and High Court The main categories of the jurisdictional dispute are identified and systemised. The main branches are those of statutory overlap and interpretation of statutes. Statutory overlap concerns matters remaining from the industrial court era, urgent applications, delict and law of contract. Statutory interpretation mainly involves the interpretation of provisions in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution. An overview of the principles of jurisdiction with respect to the different courts, as well as a brief historical review of the development of such jurisdiction is given. Particular attention is given to the role of fundamental rights in the Constitution. Broad principles are identified whereby the difficulties may be addressed.
- Format
- 140 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Port Elizabeth
- Publisher
- Faculty of Law
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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