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On 10 and 11 September 2015 delegates from 12 law faculties in South Africa along with representatives from various branches of the legal profession and a number of language experts gathered in Somerset West for the second national workshop on the development of LLB graduates’ writing abilities. The workshop was organised by Theo Broodryk and…
The Chair of Intellectual Property Law will present the annual IP Public Lecture on 6 October 2015 with Prof Owen Dean, incumbent of the Chair of IP Law and consultant to Spoor & Fisher. The topic of Prof Dean’s lecture, Copyright as an Agent of Social Justice, will present a perspective on the “Lion Sleeps Tonight”…
On 4 September 2015 the three Western Cape Law Faculties jointly focused their attention on issues regarding teaching and learning in law, especially at undergraduate level. The one-day conference started with a keynote address by Justice Johan Froneman of the Constitutional Court. In his speech, titled “Transforming Legal Education: Incorporating Social Justice and Ethics into the…
Although there are limits to what courts can do, they are obliged to protect the fundamental rights of citizens and to enhance democracy. This was one of the viewpoints of Prof Karl Klare, George J. & Kathleen Waters Matthews Distinguished Professor in the School of Law at Northeastern University in Boston, USA, on Thursday, 20…
The third annual SARCPL public lecture was delivered on 6 August 2015 by Prof Rashmi Dyal-Chand from the Northeastern University School of Law. The lecture was titled ‘A Postcolonialist View of Progressive Property’. Photo from left to right: Prof Rashmi Dyal-Chand, Prof AJ van der Walt (South African Research Chair in Property Law, Stellenbosch University) and…
The Faculty congratulates Ms Sarah Vahed (LLM winner) and Ms Tamrynne Barnes (LLB runner up) for their sterling achievements in the 2014 Ismail Mahomed Law Reform Essay Competition. Ms Vahed completed her LLM in 2014 and submitted her winning essay on “Protecting the child in a Pluralist State: Assessing the practice of Ukuthwala in South…
Dr Elmarie Costandius of the Visual Arts Department and Prof. Geo Quinot of the Department of Public Law attended the national Teaching Advancement at University (TAU) Fellowship programme presented under the auspices of the Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association (Heltasa) and funded by the Department of Higher Education and Training in Pretoria from the…
The High Court ruling on Wednesday (8 July 2015) in favour of an application by the Stellenbosch University (SU) Legal Aid Clinic about emoluments attachment orders (EAOs, also known as garnishee orders) “is an illustration of SU’s endeavour to make a positive impact on society.” So said SU Rector and Vice-Chancellor Prof Wim de Villiers…
The South African Research Chair in Property Law and the Faculty of Law, University of Stellenbosch cordially invite you to the third annual SARCPL Property Law Lecture. The 2015 Lecture will be presented by: Prof Rashmi Dyal-Chand (Northeastern University School of Law) Topic: ‘A Postcolonialist View of Progressive Property’ Date & Time: Thursday, 6 August…
Prof Frederick Mostert, extraordinary Professor of IP Law and member of the Anton Mostert Chair of Intellectual Property Law at Stellenbosch University, is one of the five 2015 inductees to the IP Hall of Fame. Prof Mostert is past president of the International Trademark Association (INTA) and former chief intellectual property counsel of luxury group…