Is the difference in minimum legal ages of marriage for girls and boys in South Africa a violation of equality?

South African law allows minors under the age of 18 to get married, under certain conditions. The minimum age at which a minor may enter into marriage under both civil and customary law is 12-17 for girls, and 14-17 for boys. The focus of this paper is not the practice of child marriage, nor mea...

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Main Author: Kotze, Marthé
Other Authors: Van Marle, Karin
Language:en
Published: University of Pretoria 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/73472
Kotze, M 2019, Is the difference in minimum legal ages of marriage for girls and boys in South Africa a violation of equality?, MPhil Multidisciplinary Human Rights Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/73472>