{"id":5979,"date":"2021-06-21T14:51:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T12:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/?page_id=5979"},"modified":"2021-08-30T14:43:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T12:43:00","slug":"prof-shannon-hoctor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/staff\/publiekreg-public-law\/prof-shannon-hoctor\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof Shannon Hoctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Professor<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2021\/08\/Prof-Shannon-Hoctor-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6066\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2021\/08\/Prof-Shannon-Hoctor-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2021\/08\/Prof-Shannon-Hoctor-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2021\/08\/Prof-Shannon-Hoctor-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2021\/08\/Prof-Shannon-Hoctor-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2021\/08\/Prof-Shannon-Hoctor-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2021\/08\/Prof-Shannon-Hoctor-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2021\/08\/Prof-Shannon-Hoctor-1-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BA, LLB, LLM (UCT), DJuris (Leiden), PG Diploma in Latin (University of Wales Trinity Saint David)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Email\/E-pos: <a href=\"mailto:svhoctor@sun.ac.za\">svhoctor@sun.ac.za<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5012-6491\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/orcid_16x16.png\" alt=\"ORCID iD icon\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/>https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5012-6491<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"1\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 48%;text-align: justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Professor Shannon Hoctor has a specialisation in criminal justice, and in substantive criminal law in particular. He further has a particular research interest in legal history. He holds BA, LLB, and LLM degrees from the University of Cape Town (UCT), a doctorate in law (DJuris) from the University of Leiden (Netherlands), as well as a postgraduate diploma in Latin from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. Professor Hoctor\u2019s academic career began at UCT\u2019s Faculty of Law as a part-time lecturer in specific crimes before he took up a contract-teaching position at the University of Port Elizabeth (UPE), where he was later appointed to a senior lectureship, teaching criminal law and jurisprudence. After his promotion to associate professor at UPE, Professor Hoctor took up a chair in law at the University of Natal (now the University of KwaZulu-Natal) in Pietermaritzburg, where he taught from 2002 to 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Hoctor served as Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of KwaZulu-Natal from 2010 to 2011. He has published numerous articles in law journals, along with several chapters in books, and has authored books in criminal law, statutory offences and road traffic law, along with five edited works. He has served as editor-in-chief of the <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> since 2010, of <em>Fundamina \u2013 A Journal of Legal History<\/em> since 2019, and assistant editor of <em>Obiter<\/em> since 2002. Professor Hoctor has been admitted as an advocate of the High Court of South Africa. He serves as President of the Southern African Society of Legal Historians, and is a member of the Selden Society, the Stair Society, and the South African branch of the International Law Association.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Professor Shannon Hoctor spesialiseer in strafregtelike geregtigheid, en veral in die substantiewe strafreg. Hy het verder \u0149 spesifieke navorsingsbelang in regsgeskiedenis. Hy het sy BA, LLB en LLM-grade aan die Universiteit van Kaapstad (UK), \u0149 doktorsgraad (Djuris) aan die Universiteit van Leiden (Nederland), asook \u0149 nagraadse diploma in Latyn aan die Universiteit van Wallis Trinity Saint David, verwerf. Professor Hoctor se akademiese loopbaan het by UK se Fakulteit Regsgeleerdheid as deeltydse dosent in spesifieke misdade begin. Daarna het hy \u0149 kontrakonderrigpos aan die Universiteit van Port Elizabeth (UPE) voltooi, waar hy later as senior dosent vir strafreg en regswetenskap aangestel is. Na sy bevordering as medeprofessor by UPE het professor Hoctor die voorsittersposisie aan die Universiteit van Natal (nou die Universiteit van KwaZulu-Natal) in Pietermaritzburg opgeneem, waar hy van 2002 tot 2021 gedoseer het. Professor Hoctor het vanaf 2010 tot 2011 as vise dekaan van die Fakulteit Regsgeleerdheid aan die Universiteit van KwaZulu-Natal gedien.<\/p>\n<p>Hy het talle artikels in regsjoernale en verskeie hoofstukke in boeke gepubliseer. Hy het ook verskeie boeke in strafreg, statut\u00eare oortredings en padverkeersreg, saam met vyf geredigeerde werke gepubliseer. Hy het sedert 2010 as hoofredakteur van die <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> en sedert 2019 van <em>Fundamina \u2013 A Journal of Legal History<\/em>, gedien. Hy dien ook sedert 2002 as mederedakteur van <em>Obiter<\/em>. Hy is ook toegelaat as \u0149 advokaat van die Hooggeregshof van Suid-Afrika. Hy dien as president van die Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging van Regsgeskiedkundiges, en is \u0149 lid van die Seldon Vereniging, die Stairgenootskap en die Suid-Afrikaanse tak van die Internasionale Regsvereniging.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 48%;text-align: justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Modules taught<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Advanced Criminal Law<\/p>\n<p>International Criminal Law<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Modules Aangebied<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gevorderde Strafreg<\/p>\n<p>Internasional strafreg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 48%;text-align: justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Fields of specialisation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Criminal Law<\/p>\n<p>Criminal Justice<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Areas van belangstelling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Strafreg<\/p>\n<p>Strafregtelike Geregtigheid<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Publications\/Publikasies<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Journal articles\/Joernaalartikels<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cRecent Cases: General Principles and Specific Crimes\u201d (2010) 23 <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> 122-131.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor &amp; M Carnelley \u201cSentencing the Elderly \u2013 An Act of Mercy or Discrimination?\u201d (2010) 31 <em>Obiter<\/em> 208-216.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor &amp; P Vrancken \u201cThe Contribution of the Defence Act to the Fight Against Piracy\u201d (2010) 31 <em>Obiter<\/em> 428-433.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cRecent Cases: General Principles and Specific Offences\u201d (2010) 23 <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> 408-413.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cCriminal Law\u201d (2009) <em>Annual Survey of South African Law<\/em> 284-324.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cWhich Structures Does the Housebreaking Crime Protect?\u201d (2011) 32 <em>Obiter<\/em> 417-427.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cRecent Cases: General Principles and Specific Offences\u201d (2011) 24 <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> 201-213.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cTracing the Origins of the Defence of Non-Pathological Incapacity in South African criminal law\u201d (2011) 17 <em>Fundamina <\/em>70-82.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cCriminal Law\u201d (2010) <em>Annual Survey of South African Law<\/em> 325-355.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor &amp; S Krause \u201cOf Implication, Insinuation and Incitement \u2013 <em>R v Jones<\/em> [2010] 3 All ER 1186 (CA)\u201d (2011) 32 <em>Obiter<\/em> 760-768.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cThe State of Common Purpose Liability in South Africa \u2013 <em>S v Mzwempi<\/em> [2011] ZAECMHC 5, 2011 (2) SACR 237<em>\u201d <\/em>(2012)<em> Journal of Commonwealth Criminal Law<\/em> 180-189.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor &amp; M Carnelley \u201cMisattributed Paternity \u2013 Nel v Jonker (WC) Unreported Case Number A653\/2009 dated 2011-02-17\u201d (2012) 33 <em>Obiter<\/em> 163-178.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cBelief in Witchcraft as a Mitigating Factor in Sentencing <em>\u2013 S v Latha and Another<\/em> 2012 (2) SACR 30 (ECG)\u201d (2012) 33 <em>Obiter<\/em> 380-389.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cRecent Cases: General principles and specific offences\u201d (2012) 25 <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> 398-405.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor &amp; M Carnelley \u201cThe Purpose and Ambit of the Offence of Concealment of Birth \u2013 <em>S v Molefe<\/em> 2012 (2) SACR 574 (GNP)\u201d (2012) 33 <em>Obiter<\/em> 732-744.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cExamining the Expanding Crime of Robbery\u201d (2012) 25 <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> 361-378.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cThe Crime of Defamation \u2013 Still Defensible in a Modern Constitutional Democracy?\u201d (2013) 34 <em>Obiter <\/em>125-135.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cDeath on the Roads and Dolus Eventualis \u2013 <em>S v Humphreys<\/em> 2013 (2) SACR 1 (SCA)\u201d (2013) 26 <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> 75-85.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cCriminal Law\u201d (2011) <em>Annual Survey of South African Law <\/em>336-369.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cThe Offence of Being Found in Disguise in Suspicious Circumstances\u201d (2013) 34 <em>Obiter<\/em> 316-321.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cThe Nature of the Crime of Arson in South African Law\u201d (2013) 19 <em>Fundamina<\/em> 321-332.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cRecent Cases: General Principles and Specific Offences\u201d (2013) 26 <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> 186-196.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cThe Degree of Foresight in Dolus Eventualis\u201d (2013) 26 <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> 131-155.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor &amp; M Carnelley \u201cSome Comments on the Dangerous Weapons Act 15 of 2013\u201d (2013) 26 <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> 354-363.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cCriminal Law\u201d (2012) <em>Annual Survey of South African Law <\/em>243-266.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cRecent Cases: General principles and specific offences\u201d (2014) 27 <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> 63-71.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cCriminal Law\u201d (2013) <em>Annual Survey of South African Law<\/em> 297-332.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cRecent Cases: General Principles and Specific Offences\u201d (2015) 28 <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> (2015) 73-84.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cThe (Surprising) Roots of the Test for Criminal Liability for Interrupted Attempt in South African Law\u201d (2015) 28 <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> 363-372.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor &amp; P Carnelley \u201cThe Meaning of the Term &#8216;Stabularius&#8217; in South African Law\u201d (2015) 36 <em>Obiter<\/em> 769-779.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cCriminal Law\u201d (2014) <em>Annual Survey of South African Law<\/em> 292-314.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cRecent Cases: General Principles and Specific Offences\u201d (2016) 29 <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> 54-65.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cNegligence \u2018In the Air\u2019 or on the Road? \u2013 <em>Ndlela v S<\/em> 2013 (unreported, KZP) case no AR 630\/2012\u201d (2016) 37 <em>Obiter<\/em> 392-400.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cA New Category of Common Purpose Liability?\u201d (2016) 37 <em>Obiter<\/em> 666-673.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cRecent Cases: General Principles and Specific Offences\u201d (2016) 29 <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> 339-350.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cCriminal Law\u201d (2015) <em>Annual Survey of South African Law<\/em> 292-316.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cStatutory Regulation of Housebreaking and Intrusion in South Africa \u2013 An Historical Perspective\u201d (2017) 23 <em>Fundamina<\/em> 39-60.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cRecent Cases: General Principles and Specific Offences\u201d (2017) 30 <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> 385-395.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cCriminal Law\u201d (2016) <em>Annual Survey of South African Law<\/em> 282-308.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cOf Housebreaking and Common Purpose &#8211; <em>S v Leshilo<\/em> 2017 JDR 1788 (GP)\u201d (2018) 39 <em>Obiter<\/em> 825-833.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cRecent Cases: General principles and specific offences\u201d (2018) 31 <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> 437-451.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cNon-pathological criminal incapacity relating to provocation or emotional stress \u2013 an overview of developments in South African law\u201d (2019) 49 <em>South African Journal of Psychology<\/em> 1-11.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor &amp; S Maharaj \u201cThe Defence of Provocation \u2013 Where Are We Now?\u201d (2019) 40 <em>Obiter<\/em> 307-315.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor &amp; S Goosen \u201cComparing Self-Defence and Necessity in English and South African Law \u2013 <em>R v Riddell<\/em> [2018] 1 All ER 62; [2017] EWCA Crim 413\u201d (2019) 40 <em>Obiter<\/em> 191-201.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cCriminalisation of Damage to Property by South African Common-Law Crimes\u201d (2019) 25 <em>Fundamina<\/em> 35-67.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cRecent Cases: General Principles and Specific Offences\u201d (2019) 32 <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> 387-398.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cRecent Cases: General Principles and Specific Offences\u201d (2020) 33 <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> 751-760.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cVoluntary withdrawal in the context of attempt \u2013 a defence?\u201d (2021) 42 <em>Obiter<\/em> 148-161.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Books\/Boeke<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>JRL Milton, MG Cowling &amp; SV Hoctor <em>South African Criminal Law and Procedure Vol III: Statutory Offences<\/em> 2 ed (1988).<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor &amp; PJ Schwikkard <em>The Exemplary Scholar: Essays in Honour of John Milton<\/em> (2007).<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor <em>Cooper\u2019s Motor Law: Criminal Liability, Administrative Adjudication &amp; Medico-legal Aspects<\/em> 2 ed (2008).<\/li>\n<li>MA Kidd &amp; SV Hoctor<em> Stella Iuris: Celebrating 100 years of Teaching Law in Pietermaritzburg<\/em> (2010).<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor LAWSA Vol 6 2ed \u201cCriminal Law\u201d (2010 replacement volume) in JA Faris &amp; LTC Harms eds<\/li>\n<li>M Carnelley &amp; SV Hoctor <em>Law, Order and Liberty &#8211; Essays in Honour of Tony Mathews<\/em> (2011) 591-600.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor, Kluwer Law &amp; Alphen aan den Rijn<em> Criminal Law in South Africa<\/em> (2013).<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor &amp; A Mukheibir <em>De Jure Gentium et Civili<\/em> \u2013 <em>Festschrift in Honour of Eltjo Schrage<\/em> (2014).<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor, Kluwer Law &amp; Alphen aan den Rijn<em> Criminal Law in South Africa<\/em> 2 ed (2017).<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor <em>Criminal Law<\/em> Vol 11 3 ed (2017).<\/li>\n<li>PJ Schwikkard &amp; SV Hoctor <em>A Reasonable Man: Essays in honour of Jonathan Burchell<\/em> (2019).<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor<em> Snyman\u2019s Criminal Law<\/em> 7 ed (2020).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Chapters in books\/Hoofstukke in boeke<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>J Milton, MG Cowling &amp; SV Hoctor \u201cOffences relating to the police and prison services\u201d (C3: 1-12); \u201cTobacco offences\u201d (F9: 1-7) &amp; \u201cOffences relating to housing\u201d (F10: 1-13) in <em>South African Criminal Law and Procedure Volume III: Statutory Offences<\/em> 2 ed (2010).<\/li>\n<li>M Kidd &amp; SV Hoctor \u201cThe Law Faculty in Pietermaritzburg 1991-2010\u201d in <em>Stella Iuris: Celebrating 100 years of teaching law in Pietermaritzburg<\/em> (2010) 16-31.<\/li>\n<li>M Kidd &amp; SV Hoctor \u201cAmnesia and criminal responsibility\u201d in <em>Stella Iuris: Celebrating 100 years of Teaching Law in Pietermaritzburg<\/em> (2010) 349-363.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cSentencing\u201d in L Harms &amp; JA Faris (eds) LAWSA 2 ed (2010) 405-453.<\/li>\n<li>J Milton, MG Cowling &amp; SV Hoctor \u201cOffences relating to publications\u201d (E7:1-12); \u201cCivil aviation offences\u201d (G6:1-15) in <em>South African Criminal Law and Procedure Volume III: Statutory Offences<\/em> 2 ed (2011).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRevision service 2\u201d in SV Hoctor <em>Cooper\u2019s Motor Law: Criminal Liability, Administrative Adjudication &amp; Medico-legal Aspects<\/em> 2 ed (2008).<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cIndecency\u201d (E4:1-10); \u201cOffences against older persons\u201d (F11: 1-6) in J Milton, MG Cowling &amp; SV Hoctor <em>South African Criminal Law and Procedure (Vol III: Statutory Offences)<\/em> 2 ed (1988).<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u00a0\u201cCorruption\u201d (D3: 1-32); \u201cWitchcraft\u201d (E2: 1-12) in J Milton, MG Cowling &amp; SV Hoctor South African Criminal Law and Procedure (Vol III: Statutory Offences) 2 ed (1988).<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cRevision service 3\u201d in Hoctor <em>Cooper\u2019s Motor Law: Criminal Liability, Administrative Adjudication &amp; Medico-legal Aspects<\/em> 2 ed (2008).<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cSexual offences\u201d (E3: 1-103) in J Milton, MG Cowling &amp; SV Hoctor <em>South African Criminal Law and Procedure (Vol III: Statutory Offences)<\/em> 2 ed (1988).<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201c&#8217;Tiger! Tiger! Burning Bright\u2019: the Common-Law and Statutory Principles Governing the Ownership of Exotic Wild Animals in South Africa\u201d in M Carnelley, SV Hoctor &amp; A Mukheibir (eds) <em>De Jure Gentium et Civili<\/em> \u2013 <em>Festschrift in Honour of Eltjo Schrage<\/em> (2014) 187-207.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cRoad traffic offences\u201d (G3: 1-88) in Milton, Cowling &amp; Hoctor <em>South African Criminal Law and Procedure (Vol III: Statutory Offences)<\/em> 2 ed (1988).<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cOffences related to public gatherings\u201d (B3: 1-9); \u201cObstructing the police and escaping from custody\u201d (C4: 1-23); \u201cElection offences\u201d (D1: 1-9); \u201cOffences relating to sports and recreational events\u201d (G7: 1-5); \u201cUnexplained possession of goods suspected stolen property\u201d (J6: 1-13) in J Milton, MG Cowling &amp; SV Hoctor <em>South African Criminal Law and Procedure (Vol III: Statutory Offences)<\/em> 2 ed (1988).<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cRevision service 4\u201d in Hoctor <em>Cooper\u2019s Motor Law: Criminal Liability, Administrative Adjudication &amp; Medico-legal Aspects<\/em> 2ed (2008). \u201cOffences relating to the registration of births, deaths, and marriages and civil unions\u201d (D2: 1-10); \u201cOffences related to dependence-producing drugs\u201d (F3: 1-50); \u201cStatutory housebreaking and vehiclebreaking\u201d (J5: 1-7) in J Milton, MG Cowling &amp; SV Hoctor <em>South African Criminal Law and Procedure (Vol III: Statutory Offences)<\/em> 2 ed (1988).<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cDesecration of national symbols\u201d (A1: 1-2); \u201cOffences related to immigration and emigration\u201d (D4: 1-9); \u201cPostal and electronic offences\u201d (G5: 1-18); \u201cIntimidation\u201d (HA1: 1-12) in J Milton, MG Cowling &amp; SV Hoctor<em> South African Criminal Law and Procedure (Vol III: Statutory Offences)<\/em> 2 ed (loose-leaf, 1988-).<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cEnergy\u201d in L Harms &amp; JA Faris (eds) <em>LAWSA<\/em> Vol 9 2ed (2018) 1-115.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cEspionage and related offences\u201d (A5:1-21); \u201cEnergy\u201d (L2: 1-19) in J Milton, MG Cowling &amp; SV Hoctor <em>South African Criminal Law and Procedure (Vol III: Statutory Offences)<\/em> 2 ed (loose-leaf, 1988-).<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cExtradition\u201d in Harms and Faris (eds) <em>LAWSA<\/em> Vol 20 3 ed (2019) 1-30.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cThe publications\u201d in PJ Schwikkard &amp; SV Hoctor (eds) <em>A Reasonable Man: Essays in Honour of Jonathan Burchell<\/em> (2019).<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cAssessing the <em>de minimis<\/em> <em>non curat lex<\/em> defence in South African criminal law\u201d in PJ Schwikkard &amp; SV Hoctor (eds) <em>A Reasonable Man: Essays in Honour of Jonathan Burchell<\/em> (2019) 119-150.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cCriminal law and procedure\u201d in Tait <em>et al<\/em> <em>Tourism and the Law in South Africa<\/em> 2 ed (2020) 321-341.<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cOffences relating to the administration of criminal justice (C1: 1-40); \u201cOffences relating to housing\u201d (F10: 1-13); \u201cOffences related to treatment of animals\u201d (E6: 1-19); \u201cIntimidation\u201d (HA1: 1-7) in J Milton, MG Cowling &amp; SV Hoctor <em>South African Criminal Law and Procedure (Vol III: Statutory Offences)<\/em> 2 ed (1988).<\/li>\n<li>SV Hoctor \u201cRoad traffic offences\u201d (G3) in J Milton, MG Cowling &amp; SV Hoctor <em>South African Criminal Law and Procedure (Vol III: Statutory Offences)<\/em> 2 ed (1988).<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>SV Hoctor \u201cRevision service 5\u201d in Hoctor <em>Cooper\u2019s Motor Law: Criminal Liability, Administrative Adjudication &amp; Medico-legal Aspects<\/em> 2 ed (2008). (still to be released).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reviews\/Resensies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MA Kidd &amp; SV Hoctor \u201cPreface\u201d (2010) in <em>Stella Iuris: Celebrating 100 years of teaching law in Pietermaritzburg<\/em> (2010) <em>Juta, Cape Town.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>SH Hoctor &amp; M Carnelley <em>Lesotho Appeal Cases<\/em> vols 1-4 in South African Law Journal KA Maope (ed) (2011) 128 384-390.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEditorial\u201d in South African Journal of Criminal Justice (2011) 24 viii-x.<\/li>\n<li>M Carnelley, SV Hoctor &amp; A Mukheibir \u201cDedication\u201d (2014) in <em>De Jure Gentium et Civili<\/em> \u2013 <em>Festschrift in Honour of Eltjo Schrage<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>SH Hoctor, PJ Schwikkard &amp; S Terblanche \u201cEditors foreword \u2013 Twenty years after: the impact of the Bill of Rights on criminal justice in South Africa\u201d, <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> (2014) 27 249.<\/li>\n<li>Book notice: LC Bande <em>Criminal Law in Malawi<\/em> (2017) in <em>South African Law Journal<\/em> (2017) 134 955-957.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIn memoriam: Professor JRL Milton (1939-2017)\u201d in <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> (2017) 30 297.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEditorial note\u201d in <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> (2019) 32.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cForeword\u201d in PJ Schwikkard &amp; SV Hoctor (eds) <em>A Reasonable Man: Essays in honour of Jonathan Burchell<\/em> (2019) v-vi.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEditorial note\u201d in <em>South African Journal of Criminal Justice<\/em> (2020) 32.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor &nbsp; BA, LLB, LLM (UCT), DJuris (Leiden), PG Diploma in Latin (University of Wales Trinity Saint David) Email\/E-pos: svhoctor@sun.ac.za https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5012-6491 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Professor Shannon Hoctor has a specialisation in criminal justice, and in substantive criminal law in particular. 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