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Ndlovu, Lonias Van Der Walt, Tharien Mambure, Yolanda Nyasha 2023-01-11T10:30:49Z 2023-01-11T10:30:49Z 2022-11-10 Mambure, Y. N. (2022) The admission and enrolment of foreign legal practitioners in SACU countries as an international trade services issue. University of Venda. South Africa.<http://hdl.handle.net/11602/2392>. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/2392 Mambure YN. The admission and enrolment of foreign legal practitioners in SACU countries as an international trade services issue. []. , 2022 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11602/2392 Mambure, Y. N. (2022). <i>The admission and enrolment of foreign legal practitioners in SACU countries as an international trade services issue</i>. (). . Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11602/2392 Mambure, Yolanda Nyasha. <i>"The admission and enrolment of foreign legal practitioners in SACU countries as an international trade services issue."</i> ., , 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/2392 TY - Dissertation AU - Mambure, Yolanda Nyasha AB - When WTO members make GATS commitments, it is imperative to do follow-up studies to establish how each member adheres to her international obligations and the laws they profess to uphold. To this end, the dissertation calibrated each SACU country's GATS commitments in the background of the laws underpinning those commitments as a way to see if they uphold international ratifications. Data were collected from information available in the public domain and published online. The study established that legal services are the most restricted in all SACU countries except Lesotho. For example, foreign legal practitioners are not admitted or enrolled in the Republic of South Africa and Namibia unless they become ordinary residents or citizens. In BOLESWA countries, namely Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini, law graduates from sister universities are given preferential treatment. Graduates with qualifications from outside BOLESWA, irrespective of nationality, must sit for local Bar examinations and satisfy some local laws. For these reasons, the measures put in place are viewed as a wanton infringement of each respective country's constitution and the key tenets of GATS. Using Lesotho, one of the SACU members who has completely liberalised legal services, as a model, the study, through recommendations, demonstrates how these countries could best comply with the GATS to enhance regional integration, cooperation, and development. DA - 2022-11-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - Univen KW - International trade KW - Legal practitioner KW - Legal services KW - Services KW - Trade in services LK - https://univendspace.univen.ac.za PY - 2022 T1 - The admission and enrolment of foreign legal practitioners in SACU countries as an international trade services issue TI - The admission and enrolment of foreign legal practitioners in SACU countries as an international trade services issue UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11602/2392 ER - LLM Department of Mercantile Law and Private Law When WTO members make GATS commitments, it is imperative to do follow-up studies to establish how each member adheres to her international obligations and the laws they profess to uphold. To this end, the dissertation calibrated each SACU country's GATS commitments in the background of the laws underpinning those commitments as a way to see if they uphold international ratifications. Data were collected from information available in the public domain and published online. The study established that legal services are the most restricted in all SACU countries except Lesotho. For example, foreign legal practitioners are not admitted or enrolled in the Republic of South Africa and Namibia unless they become ordinary residents or citizens. In BOLESWA countries, namely Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini, law graduates from sister universities are given preferential treatment. Graduates with qualifications from outside BOLESWA, irrespective of nationality, must sit for local Bar examinations and satisfy some local laws. For these reasons, the measures put in place are viewed as a wanton infringement of each respective country's constitution and the key tenets of GATS. Using Lesotho, one of the SACU members who has completely liberalised legal services, as a model, the study, through recommendations, demonstrates how these countries could best comply with the GATS to enhance regional integration, cooperation, and development. NRF 1 online resource (viii, 148 leaves) en University of Venda International trade UCTD Legal practitioner Legal services Services Trade in services 382.092 International trade -- Africa Foreign trade regulations -- Africa International trade regulation -- Africa The admission and enrolment of foreign legal practitioners in SACU countries as an international trade services issue Dissertation open.access