Post-Colonial Legal Systems Practice Tests
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Related Case Briefs
Niyonzima v Mutaganzwa
[2009] 1 EA 64 (SCA)
Post-colonial land law in many African states integrates customary tenure with statutory registration; existing customary rights are not automatically extinguished by registration without due process.
Epuru Sudhakar v Government of Andhra Pradesh
(2006) 6 SCC 560
In India's post-colonial legal system, state power to alienate land in scheduled areas is limited by constitutional safeguards and statutory protection of tribal rights, requiring community consent.
Sawhoyamaxa Indigenous Community v Paraguay
2006 Inter-Am Ct HR (Ser C) No 146
In post-colonial Latin America, indigenous communities have a collective right to their ancestral lands under international law; states must provide effective remedies for loss of lands acquired through colonization.
Nguyen v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)
[2002] 3 FC 394 (CA)
Post-colonial legislation that purports to regulate indigenous status must comply with constitutional equality guarantees; discriminatory provisions adopted during the colonial era are invalid.
Hoffmann v South African Airways
(2001) 1 SA 1 (CC)
In a post-apartheid society, discrimination based on HIV status is presumptively unfair unless the employer shows that it is rationally connected to job performance and not based on prejudice.
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Quaqua
[2000] UKHL 12
Parliament has broad authority to redefine nationality and immigration rights for post-colonial territories; such changes are not subject to individual rights unless they violate a constitutional statute.
Forsyth v Commissioner of Inland Revenue
[1997] 3 NZLR 481
Post-colonial tax exemptions for Maori land are strictly construed; the integration of Maori land law requires careful interpretation in light of general revenue legislation.
Mabo v Queensland (No 2)
(1992) 175 CLR 1
Native title in post-colonial legal systems is a recognized pre-existing right that survives the Crown's acquisition of sovereignty unless validly extinguished by legislation or incompatible Crown grant.