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  In April 2019, the Nelson Mandela Foundation commissioned a series of papers on urban land reform. Their aim was to inform debate about and propose a feasible approach to urban land reform which could, in the near future, be implemented. In line with this, SERI authored two papers on urban land reform and urban land redistribution. SERI has recently published the revised versions of the summary reports of the papers submitted to the Nelson Mandela Foundation and will be published at a lat...

Parents are anxiously waiting to hear if their three and four year olds have secured a place at their preferred primary school. Offers will be made today (Friday, April 16) for primary school places, and leading national law firm Stephensons is advising parents who are unhappy with their allocated place that they may be able to appeal. Mike Pemberton, partner and head of the civil liberties at public law team at Stephensons, specialises in education law. Below he provides advice for those...

Broader family concepts Recognizing unmarried couples needs social consensus The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family is moving to recognize unmarried or cohabiting couples as a legally defined family. Koreas Civil Act limits the definition of a family to spouses, lineal blood relatives, brothers and sisters. The Framework Act on Healthy Families, which constitutes the basis of various family policies, also defines a family as the "basic social unit formed by marriage, blood relations, and ...

One property per household bill causes controversy Posted : 2020-12-23 16:57 Updated : 2020-12-23 17:59 Rep. Jin Sung-joon of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea attends the partys Supreme Council meeting in this July 17 photo. Jin has come under fire for proposing a revision bill that will limit home ownership to one property per household as part of the governments real estate policy, which critics said could harm the spirit of capitalism by infringing on individuals property rights. Yonh...

The ICA Cooperative Law Committee was set up in 2019 to provide independent advice to the ICA. The committee is composed of legal experts from multiple jurisdictions who are well versed in cooperatives. Along with facilitating the reconstitution of the ICA Cooperative Law Committee, the ICA has, since 2017, coordinated review and reports on as many as 60 national pieces of legislation through research undertaken by the ICA-EU Partnership on Cooperatives in Development in collaboration with regi...