{"id":10637,"date":"2025-07-24T16:29:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/?page_id=10637"},"modified":"2025-07-25T11:22:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:22:43","slug":"prof-leo-boonzaier","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/privaatreg-private-law\/prof-leo-boonzaier\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof Leo Boonzaier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10640 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Leo-Boonzaier_cropped-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Leo-Boonzaier_cropped-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Leo-Boonzaier_cropped-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Leo-Boonzaier_cropped.png 631w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Associate Professor | Medeprofessor<\/p>\n<p>BSocSci LLB (UCT) BCL DPhil (Oxon)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>E-pos | Email: <a href=\"mailto:lboonzaier@sun.ac.za\">lboonzaier@sun.ac.za<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<table style=\"width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 48%;text-align: justify\" width=\"48%\">Leo Boonzaier is an Associate Professor in the Department of Private Law. He studied social science and law at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and then did his graduate work at the University of Oxford, culminating in a doctorate on the philosophical foundations of tort law supervised by Prof John Gardner and Prof Sandy Steel. In 2012, he was a research assistant to Prof Reinhard Zimmermann at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg and in 2013\u201314 he clerked for Justice Edwin Cameron at the Constitutional Court of South Africa. He has taught tort, contract, land, and jurisprudence for various Oxford colleges as well as at University College London. Before joining Stellenbosch University, he was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Private Law at UCT. In 2024, he received the UCT College of Fellows Young Researcher Award and a Y1 rating from the National Research Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Modules taught<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Law of Delict 344<\/p>\n<p>Advanced Law of Delict 441<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fields of specialisation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Delict; Private Law Theory; Comparative Law; Jurisprudence<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2%;text-align: justify\" width=\"2%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49%;text-align: justify\" width=\"49%\"><em>Leo Boonzaier is \u0149 medeprofessor in die Departement Privaatreg. Hy het sosiale wetenskap en regte aan die Universiteit van Kaapstad (UK) gestudeer en daarna sy nagraadse werk aan die Universiteit van Oxford gedoen, wat gekulmineer het in \u0149 doktorsgraad oor die filosofiese grondslae van deliktereg onder toesig van professors John Gardner en Sandy Steel. In 2012 was hy \u0149 navorsingsassistent vir prof Reinhard Zimmermann by die Max Planck Instituut vir Vergelykende en Internasionale Privaatreg in Hamburg en in 2013\u201314 het hy vir regter Edwin Cameron by die Konstitusionele Hof van Suid-Afrika geklerk. Hy het deliktereg, kontrakreg, grondreg en regspraak by verskeie Oxford-kolleges sowel as by University College London doseer. Voordat hy by die Universiteit Stellenbosch aangesluit het, was hy \u0149 senior lektor in die Departement Privaatreg aan die UK. In 2024 het hy die UK College of Fellows Young Researcher Award en \u0149 Y1-gradering van die Nasionale Navorsingstigting ontvang.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Modules aangebied<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deliktereg 344<\/p>\n<p>Gevorderde Deliktereg 441<\/p>\n<p><strong>Areas van belangstelling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deliktereg; Privaatregteorie; Regsvergelyking; Regsteorie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Publications\/Publikasies<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Edited book | Geredigeerde boek<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ally N and Boonzaier L (eds), <em>Edwin Cameron: Influences and Impact <\/em>(Pretoria University Law Press 2025) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pulp.up.ac.za\/catalogue\/edited-collections\/edwin-cameron-influences-and-impact\">open access link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Journal articles and book chapters | Joernaalartikels &amp; Hoofstukke in boeke<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boonzaier L \u201cPrivacy, public interest, and the purposes of the Internet\u201d (2025) 142 South African Law Journal (forthcoming).<\/li>\n<li>Boonzaier L \u201cOverture for Edwin Cameron\u201d in N Ally and L Boonzaier (eds),\u00a0<em>Edwin Cameron: Influences and Impact<\/em>\u00a0(Pretoria University Law Press 2025) 1\u201339 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pulp.up.ac.za\/images\/edocman\/edited-collections\/edwin_cameron\/Chapter%201.pdf\">open access pdf<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Boonzaier L \u201cThree stages of Cameron constitutionalism\u201d\u00a0in N Ally and L Boonzaier (eds), <em>Edwin Cameron: Influences and Impact<\/em>\u00a0(Pretoria University Law Press 2025) 143\u2013197 (<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pulp.up.ac.za%2Fimages%2Fedocman%2Fedited-collections%2Fedwin_cameron%2FChapter%25205.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7C%7C49cc3fb870d74d4c475908ddcb59e18a%7Ca6fa3b030a3c42588433a120dffcd348%7C0%7C0%7C638890310574772331%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=KNI9ipW4Arny%2F8CETcsrJz7sFGZVC9mIhS0shp6INUI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">open access pdf<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Boonzaier L and Le Roith C \u201cDelictual liability and the stowaway plaintiff\u201d (2024) Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg 600\u2013611.<\/li>\n<li>Boonzaier L \u201cPrecedent in South African private law\u201d in C Ramberg (ed),\u00a0<em>The Role of Legal Precedent in Private Law: A Comparative Study<\/em>\u00a0(Intersentia 2024) 189\u2013227.<\/li>\n<li>Boonzaier L \u201cPrivate Law and the Constitution\u201d in J Brickhill et al (eds),\u00a0<em>South African Constitutional Law<\/em>\u00a0first reissue (Juta &amp; Co Ltd 2024) ch 9.<\/li>\n<li>Boonzaier L \u201cCommon-law avoidance\u201d (2024) 141 South African Law Journal 213\u2013256\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jutajournals.co.za\/common-law-avoidance\/\">open access link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Boonzaier L \u201cIs a tort a failure to do what one ought?\u201d in F Bettini et al (eds),\u00a0<em>New Directions in Private Law Theory<\/em>\u00a0(UCL Press 2023)\u00a0165\u2013196 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uclpress.co.uk\/products\/227250\">open access link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Boonzaier L \u201cDelictual liability for injuries suffered at childcare centres\u201d (2022) 38 South African Journal on Human Rights 309\u2013330 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/02587203.2022.2116596\">doi<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Boonzaier L \u201c<em>Donoghue v Stevenson<\/em>\u00a0in South Africa\u201d in\u00a0<em>The Immortal Snail: 90th Anniversary Conference Papers<\/em>\u00a0(CLE Society of British Columbia 2023) ch 9 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/rml5dyfky3zsytv\/Leo%20Boonzaier.%20Donoghue%20v%20Stevenson%20in%20SA%20law.%20preprint.pdf?dl=0\">preprint<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cle.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Donoghue-v.-Stevenson-The-Immortal-Snail-90th-Anniversary-Conference-Papers.pdf#page=107\">open access pdf<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Boonzaier L \u201cGardner on duties in tort\u201d in H\u00a0Psarras and S\u00a0Steel\u00a0(eds),\u00a0<em>Private Law and Practical Reason<\/em>\u00a0(Oxford University Press 2023) 19\u201342.<\/li>\n<li>Ally N and Boonzaier L \u201cThe Constitutional Court\u2019s efficiency: Statistics from the Mogoeng era, 2010\u20132021\u201d (2022) 12 Constitutional Court Review 317\u2013342 (<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.co.za\/doi\/10.2989\/CCR.2022.0012\">open access link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Boonzaier L \u201cAquilian liability of public authorities in 19th-century South Africa\u201d in N\u00a0Jansen and S\u00a0Meier\u00a0(eds),\u00a0<em>Iurium Itinera: Historical Comparative Law and Comparative Legal History<\/em>\u00a0(Mohr Siebeck 2022) 677\u2013698\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mohrsiebeck.com\/buch\/iurium-itinera-9783161614873\/\">(open access link)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Boonzaier L \u201cContractual fairness at the crossroads\u201d (2021) 11 Constitutional Court Review 229\u2013274 (<a href=\"https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/10520\/ejc-jlc_conrev1_v11_n1_a9\">open access link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Boonzaier L \u201cPrivacy overlooked?\u201d (2021) 37 Professional Negligence 95\u2013101 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/l8ebvz2qh6uawai\/Privacy%20Overlooked%20Fearn%20v%20Tate%20Gallery%202021%20JPN%2037.2.pdf?dl=0\">pdf<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Cameron E and Boonzaier L \u201cVenturing beyond formalism: The Constitutional Court of South Africa\u2019s equality jurisprudence\u201d (2020) 84 Rabels Zeitschrift f\u00fcr ausl\u00e4ndisches und internationales Privatrecht 786\u2013840 (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1628\/rabelsz-2020-0069\">doi<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/rocvqm47ez00sdy\/Cameron%20and%20Boonzaier.%20Venturing%20beyond%20formalism.%20e-offprint.pdf?dl=0\">pdf<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Boonzaier L \u201cRereading <em>Botha v Rich<\/em>\u201d (2020) 137 South African Law Journal 1\u201312.<\/li>\n<li>Boonzaier L \u201cA decision to undo\u201d (2018) 135 South African Law Journal 642\u2013677.<\/li>\n<li>Boonzaier L \u201cGood reviews, bad actors: The Constitutional Court&#8217;s procedural drama\u201d (2015) 7 Constitutional Court Review 1\u201326 (<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.co.za\/doi\/pdf\/10.10520\/EJC-a301e4231\">open access link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Boonzaier L and Mbikiwa M \u201cThe Constitutional Court in Harms\u2019 way\u201d (2015) 132 South African Law Journal 769\u2013779.<\/li>\n<li>Boonzaier L \u201cState liability in South Africa: A more direct approach\u201d (2013) 130 South African Law Journal 330\u2013368.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Privaatreg \/ Private Law\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/staff\/privaat-reg-private-law\/\">Terug \/ Back<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Professor | Medeprofessor BSocSci LLB (UCT) BCL DPhil (Oxon) E-pos | Email: lboonzaier@sun.ac.za &nbsp; &nbsp; Leo Boonzaier is an Associate Professor in the Department of Private Law. He studied social science and law at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and then did his graduate work at the University of Oxford, culminating in a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11083,"featured_media":0,"parent":4781,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10637","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11083"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10637"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10700,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10637\/revisions\/10700"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}