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On Thursday, 6 October Justice Sisi Khampepe of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered the Annual Human Rights Lecture of the H F Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law and the Faculty of Law. Entitled “Meaningful Participation as Transformative Process: The Challenges of Institutional Change in South Africa’s Constitutional Democracy”, her lecture focused on…
The Faculty congratulates Mr. Hendri Herbst, one of our 3-Year LLB students, on his participation in the 2016 Rio Paralympics. Mr. Herbst took part in the following events: The Men’s Swimming 50M Freestyle – S11; the 100m Freestyle – S11 and the 100m Backstroke – S11. Hendri has been hard at practice over the past…
The African Public Procurement Regulation Research Unit (APPRRU), Faculty of Law, Stellenbosch University, is pleased to announce the second International Conference on Public Procurement Law Africa. The Conference will be held from 24 – 25 November, 2016 at the Century City Conference Centre & Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa. The Conference theme is Public Procurement Regulation…
It is with great sadness that the Faculty of Law has heard of the passing of research fellow, emeritus professor and retired judge H J Erasmus on Sunday, 15 May 2016. After earlier appointments as Professor of Latin at the University of the Orange Free State, Professor of Classics at the University of Port Elizabeth,…
The Faculty of Law, University of Stellenbosch is proud to announce the election of Professor Sandra Liebenberg to serve on the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. In a single round of secret balloting, the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) elected Sandra Liebenberg and the Egyptian candidate Mohamed Ezzeldin Abdel-Moneim as…
Qualifying students wishing to pursue postgraduate research study (LLM (Research) or LLD) in the Faculty of Law in 2017 are invited to apply before 31 May 2016 for bursaries under the Dean’s Bursary Scheme. Details can be found in the attached advertisement.
The Faculty congratulates Professor Sadulla Karjiker on his appointment as the new incumbent of the Anton Mostert Chair in Intellectual Property Law. Prof Karjiker obtained his BSc and LLB degrees at the University of Cape Town, his LLM degree at the University of London and his LLD degree at the University of Stellenbosch. He is…
Prof Sandra Liebenberg, HF Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law and Distinguished Professor at the Faculty of Law, has been nominated by the South African government as the country’s candidate to serve on the United Nations’ Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is the UN…
The Faculty proudly announces two new publications by Professor Gerhard Kemp. Individual Criminal Liability for the International Crime of Aggression (Intersentia: Antwerp/Cambridge) 2015 The second edition of this volume contains an overview and discussion of the historical and normative processes (legal and political) that culminated in the adoption of the Kampala Resolution. The different components…
All November/December 2015 exams in the Law Faculty in the LLB, BA(Law), BCom(Law) and BAccLLB programmes have been postponed by a week. / Alle November/Desember 2015 eksamens in die Regsfakulteit in die LLB, BA(Regte), BCom(Regte) en BRekLLB programme is met ‘n week uitgestel. Below is an important message to all law students. / Hieronder is…