Wenzeni uZuma: A jurisprudential study of the unlawfulness of corruption in Africa

T. Mosaka
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In response to the multitude of corruption allegations levelled against him, former president Zuma and his supporters typically sing a song called ‘Wenzeni uZuma’ (‘What has Zuma done wrong?’). This paper takes up this question from a jurisprudential (theoretical) point of view; that is, by probing the various senses in which prima facie corrupt conduct can be said to be unlawful in Africa. This question is explored through the application of the conceptual machinery of argumentation theory and criminal law theory. This paper discusses the Feinbergian, positivistic, contractual, legal moralism and the argumentum ad ignorantiam senses in which prima facie corrupt conduct can be said to be unlawful. It is then argued that prima facie corrupt conduct should most appropriately be conceived of as being unlawful in the contractual sense that a designated official diverts a particular benefit away from a de jure beneficiary and towards a de faco beneficiary.
Wenzeni uZuma:非洲腐败非法性的法理学研究
面对针对他的大量腐败指控,前总统祖马和他的支持者通常会唱一首名为“祖马做错了什么?”的歌。本文从法理学(理论)角度探讨了这一问题;也就是说,通过探索在非洲可以将表面上的腐败行为说成是非法的各种意义。这个问题是通过运用论证理论和刑法理论的概念机制来探讨的。本文讨论了范伯格主义、实证主义、契约主义、法律道德主义,以及表面上的腐败行为可以说是非法的论证和无知的意义。然后有人认为,表面上的腐败行为最应该被认为是合同意义上的非法行为,即指定的官员将特定利益从法律上的受益人转移到事实上的受益人。
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