Work in Law

INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE OF LAY ADVENTISTS OF KIGALI
(INILAK)

FACULTY OF LAW

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE WORK

DISCUSSION ON THE FACTS AND LEGAL ISSUES IN S V MAKWANYANE 1995 (3) S.A.391 (CC)

Prepared by: Hyacinthe H.

Kigali, March 2011

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

CC : Criminal Court
Http : Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
Ibid : Ibidem
Id : Idem
S v : State Versus
S.A. : South Africa
ULK : Kigali Independent University
WWW : World Wide Web

TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS i
TABLE OF CONTENTS ii

1. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1. Facts 1 1.2. Legal issues 1 1.3. Death penalty 1 2. DISCUSSION ON FACTS AND LEGAL ISSUES IN S v. Makwanyane 2 2.1. Fundamental rights and limitation of rights 2 2.2. The essence of human dignity in South Africa today 3 2.3. Death penalty 3 2.4. Legal issues of death penalty by other countries 4

BIBLIOGRAPHY 6

1. INTRODUCTION

This course work is about a summary of facts and legal issues in the S v Makwanyane 1995 (3) S.A. 391 (CC), and for a good comprehension of this work, I prefer to start on the definitions of key words in the topic of this work which are: facts, legal issues, death penalty.

1.1. Facts

According to the American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, the word fact (făkt) is a noun which means: 1) a. something demonstrated to exist or known to have existed; b. A real occurrence; an event; 2) A thing that has been done, especially a crime; 3) Law The aspect of a case at law comprising events determined by evidence.

1.2. Legal issues

It is a noun which means affirmation, allegation, argument, asseveration, cause, concern arising from law, counter argument, debatable point, declaration, disputed point of law, fact put in controversy by the pleadings, item, insistence on a right or claim, justification.

According to Catherine Baker, legal issues are questions concerning the protections that laws or regulations should

Bibliography: 5. Inga T. Winkler (2007: 5), Respect, Protect, Fulfil: The implementation of the human right to water in South Africa[Online] available at http://www.ielrc.org/activities/workshop_0704/content/d0729.pdf, accessed on 22nd February 2011. [ 6 ]. Gerhard Erasmus Limitation and suspension in D van Wyk et al (eds) Rights and Constitutionalism (1994) 629. Cited by Johan de Waal et al (2001), The bill of right handbook, 4th edition, JUTA&C O LTD, p. 144. [ 7 ]. Inga T. Winkler (2007: 5), Respect, Protect, Fulfil: The implementation of the human right to water in South Africa[Online] available at http://www.ielrc.org/activities/workshop_0704/content/d0729.pdf, accessed on 22nd February 2011. [ 9 ]. Johan de Waal et al (2001), op.cit., p. 145. [ 12 ]. Johan de Waal et al (2001), supra note 5, p. 155. [ 14 ]. Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 290 (1972) (Brennan, J., Concurring), cited in S v Makwanyane available on http://law.gsu.edu/ccunningham/fall03/DeathPenalty-SouthAfrica-Makwanyane.htm, accessed on 22nd February 2011. [ 17 ]. Johan de Waal et al (2001), supra note 5, p. 155.