Painting by Mike Adibe
Title: Unity and Diversity
Bishop Smith Catholic High School
Pembroke, Ontario
This week is DIVERSITY week at UJ and is also therefore the theme of this week's blog.
Title: Unity and Diversity
Bishop Smith Catholic High School
Pembroke, Ontario
This week is DIVERSITY week at UJ and is also therefore the theme of this week's blog.
"No
culture in South Africa was pristine and no language was unaffected by the
melting pot of the country's history, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said
on Heritage Day, calling on South Africans to unite in their diversity to build
a society based on democratic values, social justice and fundamental human
rights."
· Fellowship in legal pluralism available at McGill University
· Law Library exhibition on diversity
· New book titles dealing with Diverity in a legal context
- In the UJ catalogue
- Not in the UJ catalogue
· News Reports (South African and International) dealing with legal diversity
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Fellowship in legal pluralism available at McGill University
The Centre invites applications to the O’Brien Fellows in Residence Program from a diverse pool of applicants such as journalists, activists, academics and practitioners in the field of human rights
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Law Library exhibition on diversity
Come and view our exhibition on legal diversity in the law library to see some of the many interesting books we have in this area of law
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New book titles dealing with Diverity in a legal context
- In the UJ catalogue
Legal
traditions of the world : sustainable diversity in law
Glenn, H. Patrick.
Oxford ; Cape Town : Oxford University Press, 2010. RCB GLEN
Glenn, H. Patrick.
Oxford ; Cape Town : Oxford University Press, 2010. RCB GLEN
The
culture of judicial independence : conceptual foundations and practical
challenges
Leiden : M. Nijhoff, 2012. RJB SHET
Leiden : M. Nijhoff, 2012. RJB SHET
Marriage and divorce in a multicultural context : multi-tiered marriage and the boundaries of civil Cambridge ; Cape Town : Cambridge University Press, 2012. REB NICH
Islamic
law in Europe? : legal pluralism and its limits in European family laws
Büchler, Andrea.
Farnham : Ashgate, c2011. REB BUCH
Büchler, Andrea.
Farnham : Ashgate, c2011. REB BUCH
Bruxelles : Bruylant, 2010. RKD FOBL
Political
participation of minorities : a commentary on international standards and
practice
Oxford ; Cape Town : Oxford University Press, 2010. RKD WELL
Oxford ; Cape Town : Oxford University Press, 2010. RKD WELL
Muslim
marriage in Western courts : lost in transplantation
Fournier, Pascale.
Farnham : Ashgate, c2010. RGES FOUR
Fournier, Pascale.
Farnham : Ashgate, c2010. RGES FOUR
- Not in the UJ catalogue
A Tale of Fragmentation in International Law
Author(s):
International Law
Volume 9
book | published | 1st print
September, 2012 | ISBN 978-9-40000-003-2 | xx + 478 pp. | hardback
Ashgate cultural diversity in law series
Minorities and Nationalism in Turkish Law
Derya Bayir; £65.00 Published January 2013; Hardback; ISBN 978-1-4094-2007-1Legal Reform and Business Contracts in Developing Economies
Julie Paquin, University of Ottawa, Canada; £60.00 » Published December 2012; Hardback; ISBN 978-1-4094-4488-6Judging in the Islamic, Jewish and Zoroastrian Legal Traditions
Janos Jany, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary; £65.00 » Published June 2012; Hardback; ISBN 978-1-4094-3716-1
News Reports (International and South African) dealing with legal diversity
The
National Law Journal-8 hours ago
Is
promoting diversity and inclusion within the legal profession an
ethical responsibility for all lawyers? At least one advocacy group believes ...
TODAYonline-17
Sep 2012
I read
with interest the letter "Law not proxy for morality, but it can
shape moral opinion" (Sept 14), particularly the suggestions regarding the
Vail
Daily News-18 Sep 2012
Diversity in law has not a whit to
do with peaceful co-existence. Nor does it bear upon racial or ethnic
distribution among the judiciary. It has not ...
Washington
Times-18 Sep 2012
The diversity
lottery, implemented in a 1990 law, doesn't really fit any of those
categories, said Madeleine Sumption, senior policy analyst at the ...
UT The
Daily Texan-18 Sep 2012
The UT
schools of business and law have developed a streak for enrolling ...
which ranks schools on their diversity practices based on Hispanic ...
The
Guardian-10 hours ago
The
United Kingdom's record of slowly improving judicial diversity has ...
of the average amount of legal aid allocated per case, €3,551, in 2010.
Huffington
Post-12 hours ago
Or, for a
case of change in culture, a law school might hire faculty members to
promote a culture that better sustains racial and ethnic diversity, ...
Above the
Law-12 Sep 2012
The “2012
Law Firm Diversity Report” found that only 1 percent of the 840
equity partners at the big firms are black and that 13 of those law
firms have no ...
The
Herald | HeraldOnline.com-12 Sep 2012
WASHINGTON
— The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) holds its third
annual meeting, Sept. 13, 2012, at the Mandarin Oriental ...
Champaign/Urbana
News-Gazette-13 Sep 2012
"We've
made progress on diversity," said Steve Beckett, director of the UI
College of Law trial advocacy program and an Urbana defense ...
USA
TODAY-16 Sep 2012
Diversity within a company helps workers
feel special ... In the large law firm, they found that a greater
number of female supervisors improved ...
National
Journal-12 Sep 2012
Study
Finds Photo ID Laws Could Stifle Young Minority Turnout: Photo
identification laws in several states could adversely affect the turnout
of ...
Lawyers
Weekly-18 Sep 2012
The high
rate of depression among lawyers and a lack of diversity are two of the
biggest concerns confronting the legal profession at the ...
Brandon
Sun-21 Aug 2012
It's just
one example of a number of measures Canadians universities have taken over the
years to try to increase diversity in its law school ...
The
Bottom Line-13 Sep 2012
The
negative effect of increased fees on the diversity of the law
school students occupied the later half of Petak's speech. “Costs of attending ...
StateHornet.com-19
Sep 2012
Visiting
students bring cultural diversity. The number of ... “I was a
full-time student back home and I studied law,” said Kaye. “I'm taking
my ...
·
Woolworths
challenged to test EE law
Independent Online-07 Sep 2012
A court case like that will help and at least give South
Africans legal ...
the company was committed to transformation, and the spirit of diversity.
- Whites against Woolworths: doth they protest too much? Daily Maverick
·
Marikana
persists: Remember the rule of law
Daily Maverick-12 Sep 2012
We must remember that we are a country with a constitution
and laws which were crafted with the
challenge posed by the diversity of our ...
·
Greater
collaboration urged as SA moves towards multiparticipant ...
Creamer Media's Engineering News-06 Sep 2012
... hurdles in
the sector, says law firm
Werksmans Attorneys director Greg Nott. ... Diversity in teams means that a
broader problem space is explored, ... whom we agree
with and we must work hard as part of a diverse team.
·
A
marriage made in hell
Daily Maverick-28 Aug 2012
... a need to
recognise the diverse nature of South Africa's
families when embarking on policy initiatives, this diversity
of family forms is not seen ...
·
Breakaway
advocates plan to form non-racial group
Legalbrief (subscription)-17 Sep 2012
Trengove
reportedly said they were 'determined to build a non-racial group that ... It will have to be a third
way,' Trengove is quoted as saying.
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Published in: Legalbrief Today
Date: Fri 14 September 2012 Category: General Issue No: 3121
Students for Law and Social Justice (SLSJ) is a society formed in partnership between students from various SA universities and aims to transform legal education and access to justice. The SLSJ has won the support of Advocate Geoff Budlender, who said it 'provides hope that we will achieve a legal system and a legal profession which are more responsive to the needs of ordinary people', and former Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson, who praises the students for 'taking a leadership role in advancing constitutionalism among a new generation of aspirant lawyers who did not live under apartheid'. This year's seminar, scheduled for 21-24 September at Habonim Campsite, Onrus, Western Cape, is being organised by students from Stellenbosch, UCT and UWC. It will be held under the theme, Cross-examining our Constitutional Democracy: Does Your Vote Really Count?, and has attracted a number of highly-respected speakers. Among many other subjects, the role of the judiciary in transforming society, the relationship between judicial activism and judicial deference, and the powers of the President contrasted with those of the Constitutional Court, as well as the review of the Constitution will come under the microscope. An impressive list of speakers is headed by such legal luminaries as Chaskalson; Justice Edwin Cameron and Kate O'Regan, of the Constitutional Court; Judge Dennis Davis; Roelf Meyer, chief negotiator for the National Party at the Kempton Park talks; Advocates Budlender, Wim Trengove, Paul Hoffman and Gcina Malindi (President Zuma's personal advocate, who argued 'The Spear' case); Enver Daniels, the Chief State Law Adviser, and various academics. If you are able to assist with funding, wish to attend or require any further information contact Quintin Combrink (seminar co-ordinator) at 072 242 8687 or slsj.seminar2012@gmail.com or qtcombrink@gmail.com . |
