Ascertainment of customary law: case note on MM v MN - case note
| dc.contributor.author | Osman, Fatima | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-14T13:35:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-14T13:35:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Froneman J states in MM v MN: ‘The process of determining the content of a particular customary norm can present some challenges.’ This case gives rise to a number of issues which have been discussed in some part elsewhere,2 however this note considers the Constitutional Court’s approach in MM v MN in ascertaining customary law and the difficulties the Court experienced. The issue in MM v MN was whether a polygamous customary marriage was validly concluded in Tsonga customary law and in particular, whether the first wife’s consent was required for the subsequent customary marriage. This note scrutinises how the Constitutional Court ascertained the Tsonga customary law on the issue. Tentative conclusions include that innovation and respect for customary law may not be enough for the judgment to stand as good precedent. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Osman, F. (2016). Ascertainment of customary law: case note on MM v MN - case note. <i>Southern African Public Law</i>, 31(1), 240-246. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32260 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Osman, Fatima "Ascertainment of customary law: case note on MM v MN - case note." <i>Southern African Public Law</i> 31, 1. (2016): 240-246. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32260 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Osman, F. 2016. Ascertainment of customary law: case note on MM v MN - case note. <i>Southern African Public Law.</i> 31(1):240-246. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32260 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2219-6412 | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Osman, Fatima AB - Froneman J states in MM v MN: ‘The process of determining the content of a particular customary norm can present some challenges.’ This case gives rise to a number of issues which have been discussed in some part elsewhere,2 however this note considers the Constitutional Court’s approach in MM v MN in ascertaining customary law and the difficulties the Court experienced. The issue in MM v MN was whether a polygamous customary marriage was validly concluded in Tsonga customary law and in particular, whether the first wife’s consent was required for the subsequent customary marriage. This note scrutinises how the Constitutional Court ascertained the Tsonga customary law on the issue. Tentative conclusions include that innovation and respect for customary law may not be enough for the judgment to stand as good precedent. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town IS - 1 J1 - Southern African Public Law KW - ascertainment KW - customary law KW - MM v MN LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2016 SM - 2219-6412 T1 - Ascertainment of customary law: case note on MM v MN - case note TI - Ascertainment of customary law: case note on MM v MN - case note UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32260 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32260 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Osman F. Ascertainment of customary law: case note on MM v MN - case note. Southern African Public Law. 2016;31(1):240-246. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32260. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Private Law | en_US |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Law | en_US |
| dc.rights | The Southern African Public Law Journal copyright guidelines provided from the journal management team indicate that: author can archive post-print (i.e. final accepted version post-refereeing) | |
| dc.source | Southern African Public Law | en_US |
| dc.source.journalissue | 1 | en_US |
| dc.source.journalvolume | 31 | en_US |
| dc.source.pagination | 240-246 | en_US |
| dc.source.uri | https://upjournals.co.za/index.php/SAPL/index | |
| dc.subject | ascertainment | en_US |
| dc.subject | customary law | |
| dc.subject | MM v MN | |
| dc.title | Ascertainment of customary law: case note on MM v MN - case note | en_US |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |