The National Research Foundation (NRF) announced in August 2012 that the first five year review of the South African Research Chair in Property Law (SARCPL) was successful and that the Chair would be funded for another five years (2013 – 2017). The Research Chair is funded by the Departement of Science and Technology (DST) and administered by…
A new book titled “Product Liability in South Africa” by Prof Max Loubser (Stellenbosch University) and Prof Elspeth Reid (University of Edinburgh) has been published by Juta in December 2012. “The book attempts to explain some of the theoretical issues surrounding strict liability for products, drawing upon sources not only from South Africa, but also…
Ons wens Regter Fritz Brand van die Hoogste Hof van Appel baie geluk met die ontvangs van ʼn welverdiende eredoktorsgraad van die Universiteit van die Vrystaat, wat aan hom op 6 Desember 2012 toegeken is. Regter Brand het onderskeidelik in 1970 en 1972 sy BA en LLB grade aan Stellenbosch Universiteit behaal. Vanaf 1973 tot…
It is with “great sadness” that Stellenbosch University (SU) received the news that former Chief Justice Dr Arthur Chaskalson had passed away on 1 December 2012, Prof Russel Botman, Rector and Vice-Chancellor, said over the weekend. Chaskalson, who was the first President of South Africa’s Constitutional Court, received an honorary doctorate from the University in…
The annual Intensive Course on the Justiciability of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights took place at Abo Akademi University in Turku, Finland, from 12 to 16 November 2012. The course afforded participants the opportunity to seriously engage with several fundamental issues associated with the justiciability of economic, social and cultural rights (ESCRs) at the domestic,…