{"id":855,"date":"2012-01-26T16:37:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T14:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/?page_id=855"},"modified":"2024-02-27T15:24:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T13:24:46","slug":"prof-jacques-du-plessis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/staff\/privaat-reg-private-law\/prof-jacques-du-plessis\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof Jacques du Plessis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Jacques-du-Plessis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8606\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Jacques-du-Plessis.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Jacques-du-Plessis.png 282w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Jacques-du-Plessis-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Distinguished Professor | Uitgelese Professor<\/h2>\n<p>BComm LLB LLM (Stell) PhD (Aberdeen)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Email\/E-pos: <a href=\"mailto:jedp@sun.ac.za\">jedp@sun.ac.za<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0021-1364\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><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\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0021-1364\">https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0021-1364<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\" align=\"none\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;width: 47.4324%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Jacques du Plessis is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Private Law. His fields of interest include the law of contract, the law of unjustified enrichment, legal history and comparative law. He has been awarded the National Research Foundation\u2019s President\u2019s Award, a B1 evaluation, an Alexander von Humboldt-Fellowship, the Toon van den Heever-medal for Legal Science and Rector\u2019s awards for excellence in research. In 2019 he held a <em>Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht Wisselleerstoel<\/em> (Exchange Chair) at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.<\/p>\n<p>Prof du Plessis is Vice-President of the World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists, a member of the editorial boards of a number of international law journals, and an Associate member of the International Academy of Comparative Law. He has also been an Invited Fellow of the Institute for European Private Law in Maastricht, a Visiting Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign Private and Private International Law in Hamburg and a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of European and Comparative Law in Oxford. He is engaged in a number of international comparative and historical studies on the law of contract and unjustified enrichment.<\/p>\n<p>Professor du Plessis was awarded the degrees of BComm (Law), LLB and \u00a0LLM (<em>cum laude<\/em>) by the University of Stellenbosch, and a PhD in law by the University of\u00a0 Aberdeen in Scotland. He is admitted as an attorney of the High Court of\u00a0 South Africa and obtained a Certificate in Legal Practice (<em>cum laude<\/em>) \u00a0from the University of Cape Town.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 4.45946%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.8919%\">Jacques du Plessis is \u0149 uitgelese Professor verbonde aan die Departement Privaatreg. Sy belangstellingsvelde is kontraktereg, ongeregverdigde verryking, regsgeskiedenis en regsvergelyking. Hy is \u0149 ontvanger van die Nasionale Navorsingstigting (NNS) se Presidentstoekenning, \u0149 B1-evaluering,\u00a0 \u0149 Alexander von Humboldt-genootskap, die Toon van den Heever-medalje vir Regswetenskap, asook die Rektorstoekennings vir voortreflike navorsing. In 2019 beklee hy \u0149 <em>Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht Wisselleerstoel<\/em> aan die Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.<\/p>\n<p>Professor du Plessis is Vise-President van die World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists, \u2018n lid van die redaksionele raad van \u2018n aantal internasionale regstydskrifte, en \u0149 mede-lid van die International Academy of Comparative Law. Hy was voorts \u0149 uitgenooide genoot van die Institute for European Private Law in Maastricht,\u00a0 \u0149\u00a0besoekende navorsingsgenoot by die Max Planck-Instituut vir Regsvergelyking en Internasionale Privaatreg in Hamburg, asook \u0149 besoekende genoot by die Institute of European and Comparative Law in Oxford. Hy is betrokke by \u0149 aantal internasionale regsvergelykende en regshistoriese studies oor kontraktereg en verrykingsreg.<\/p>\n<p>Professor du Plessis het die grade BComm (Regte), LLB en LLM (<em>cum laude<\/em>) aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch verwerf, asook \u0149 PhD aan die Universiteit van Aberdeen in Skotland. Hy is toegelaat as prokureur van die Hoogeregshof van Suid-Afrika en het \u0149 \u201cCertificate in Legal Practice\u201d (<em>cum laude<\/em>)\u00a0 aan die Universiteit van Kaapstad verwerf.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 47.4324%;text-align: justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Modules taught<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">LLB: Law of Contract\/Enrichment Liability<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">LLM: Comparative Private Law<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 4.45946%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;width: 46.8919%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Modules aangebied<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">LLB: Kontraktereg\/Ongeregverdigde verryking<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">LLM: Regsvergelykende Privaatreg<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 47.4324%;text-align: justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Fields of specialisation\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Law of Contract, Unjustified Enrichment, Comparative law and legal history<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 4.45946%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;width: 46.8919%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Areas van belangstelling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Kontraktereg, Ongeregverdigde Verryking, Regsvergelyking en regsgeskiedenis<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">Publications\/Publikasies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nBooks\/Boeke\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>L F van Huyssteen, G F Lubbe, M F B Reinecke &amp; J E du Plessis, <em>Contract \u2013 General Principles<\/em> 6 ed (Juta 2020).<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis &amp; GF Lubbe (eds) <em>\u2018n Man van Beginsel \u2013 Die Lewe en Nalatenskap van JC de Wet; A Man of Principle \u2013 The Life and Legacy of JC de Wet <\/em>\u00a0(Juta 2013).<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis <em>The South African Law of Unjustified Enrichment<\/em> (Juta 2012).<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis <em>Compulsion and Restitution<\/em> (Stair Society, Edinburgh 2004).<\/li>\n<li>C G van der Merwe &amp; J E du Plessis (eds)<em> Introduction to South African law <\/em>(Kluwer International 2004).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Chapter in book\/Hoofstukke in boeke<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>J du Plessis &#8220;Basic Features and Problems of the South African Law of Unjustified Enrichment&#8221; in Nils Jansen, Sonja Meier (eds): <em>Iurium itinera, Historische Rechtsvergleichung und vergleichende Rechtsgeschichte\/ <\/em><em>Historical Comparative Law and Comparative Legal History &#8211; <\/em><em>Reinhard Zimmermann zum 70. Geburtstag am 10. Oktober 2022<\/em> (2022) 531-552 (Mohr Siebeck).<\/li>\n<li>J du Plessis \u201cThe Questionnaire for Drafting the National Reports\u2019 in S Mancuso &amp; M Bussani (ed) <em>The Principles of BRICS Contract Law &#8211; A Comparative Study of General Principles Governing International Commercial Contracts in the BRICS Countries<\/em> ISBN: 978-3-031-00843-6 (Springer 2022) 49-68.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u2018Section 40\u2019 in T Naud\u00e9 &amp; GTS Eiselen (eds) (Managing Editors), <em>Commentary on the Consumer Protection Act<\/em> (2022 Revision service 7; Original Service 2013) 40-1 \u2013 40-18.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u2018Section 41\u2019 in T Naud\u00e9 &amp; GTS Eiselen (eds) (Managing Editors), <em>Commentary on the Consumer Protection Act<\/em> (2022 Revision service 7; Original Service 2013) 41-1 \u2013 41-19.<\/li>\n<li>J du Plessis \u201cSouth African Report\u201d in S Mancuso &amp; M Bussani (ed) <em>The Principles of BRICS Contract Law &#8211; A Comparative Study of General Principles Governing International Commercial Contracts in the BRICS Countries<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-031-00844-3_8\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-031-00844-3_8<\/a> (Springer 2022) 297-358.<\/li>\n<li>J du Plessis \u2018Fairness and diversity in the South African law of contract\u2019 in J Meir &amp; S Donlan (eds) <em>Comparative Law: Mixes, Movements, and Metaphors<\/em> (2020) 47-66.<\/li>\n<li>J du Plessis \u2018Chapter 7 &#8211; Legality\u2019 in LF van Huyssteen, G Reinecke, GF Lubbe &amp; JE du Plessis (eds) <em>Contract \u2013 General Principles<\/em> 6 ed (Juta 2020) 208-259.<\/li>\n<li>J du Plessis \u2018Chapter 8 &#8211; Certainty\u2019 in LF van Huyssteen, G Reinecke, GF Lubbe &amp; JE du Plessis (eds) <em>Contract \u2013 General Principles<\/em> 6 ed (Juta 2020) 260-287.<\/li>\n<li>J du Plessis &amp; W Visser \u2018Control of Price Related Terms in Standard Form Contracts in South Africa\u2019 in Y M Atamer &amp; P Pichonnaz (eds) <em>Control of Price Related Terms in Standard Form Contracts<\/em> ISBN 978-3-03023057-9 (Springer 2019) 605-630.<\/li>\n<li>J du Plessis, \u2018Reception, the law of unjustified enrichment in mixed legal systems, and a curious case of the compelled payment of another\u2019s debt\u2019 in: H Dondorp, M Schermaier &amp; B Sirks (eds.), <em>De rebus divinis et humanis &#8211; Essays in honour of Jan Hallebeek <\/em>(2019) 123-133.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u2018Section 40\u2019 in T Naud\u00e9 &amp; GTS Eiselen (eds) (Managing Editors), <em>Commentary on the Consumer Protection Act<\/em> (2019; revision 4) 40-1 \u2013 40-18.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u2018Section 41\u2019 in T Naud\u00e9 &amp; GTS Eiselen (eds) (Managing Editors), <em>Commentary on the Consumer Protection Act<\/em> (2019; revision 4) 41-1 \u2013 41-18.<\/li>\n<li>J du Plessis, \u2018Comparative Law and the Study of Mixed Legal Systems\u2019 in: M Reimann and R Zimmermann (eds) <em>The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law<\/em> (2 ed 2019) 474-501.<\/li>\n<li>J du Plessis, \u2018Reception, the law of unjustified enrichment in mixed legal systems, and a curious case of the compelled payment of another\u2019s debt\u2019, accepted for publication in a collection of essays in honour of Jan Hallebeek\u201d in: H Dondorp \/ M Schermaier \/ B Sirks (eds) <em>De rebus divinis et humanis &#8211; Essays in honour of Jan Hallebeek<\/em> (2019) 123-133.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u2018Section 40\u201d in T Naud\u00e9 and GTS Eiselen (eds) (Managing Editors), <em>Commentary on the Consumer Protection Act<\/em> (2017; second re-issue) 40-1 \u2013 40-18.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u2018Section 41\u201d in T Naud\u00e9 and GTS Eiselen (eds) (Managing Editors), <em>Commentary on the Consumer Protection Act<\/em> (2017; second re-issue) 41-1 \u2013 41-18.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cPossibility and Certainty\u201d, in: D Hutchison and C Pretorius (eds)<em> The Law of Contract in South Africa<\/em> 3 ed (2017) 213-225.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis and P Huber \u201cChapter 3: Validity\u201d in Stefan Vogenauer <em>Commentary on the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts<\/em> (PICC) 2 ed (Oxford, 2015) 472-474, 497-523, 538-550.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis and D Visser \u2018Disgorgement of Profits in South African Law\u2019 in E Hondius and A Janssen (eds)<em> Disgorgement of Profits: Gain-based Remedies throughout the World<\/em> 978-3-319-18758-7 (Springer 2015) 345-367.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u2018Section 41\u201d in T Naud\u00e9 and GTS Eiselen (eds) (Managing Editors), <em>Commentary on the Consumer Protection Act<\/em> (2014; Original Service 2013) 41-1 \u2013 41-19 ISBN 9781485101499.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u2018Section 40\u201d in T Naud\u00e9 and GTS Eiselen (eds) (Managing Editors), <em>Commentary on the Consumer Protection Act<\/em> (2014; Original Service 2013) 40-1 \u2013 40-18\u00a0 ISBN 9781485101499.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cJ C de Wet en die Struktuur van die Suid-Afrikaanse Kontraktereg\u201d in J E du Plessis en GF Lubbe (eds) <em>\u2018n Man van Beginsel \u2013 Die Lewe en Nalatenskap van JC de Wet<\/em> (Juta 2013) 137-189<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cDuress and related forms of pressure: a comparative perspective\u201d in C Mitchell &amp; W Swadling (eds)<em> The Restatement Third: Restitution and Unjust Enrichment<\/em> (Hart, Oxford, 2013) 89-110.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cThe enrichment claim of the <em>mala fide<\/em> improver of another\u2019s property\u201d in A Burrows, D Johnston &amp; R Zimmermann (eds) <em>Judge and Jurist \u2013 Essays in Memory of Lord Rodger<\/em> (Oxford 2013) 413-429.<\/li>\n<li>C G van der Merwe, M J de Waal &amp; J E du Plessis \u201cSouth Africa\u201d in Vernon Palmer (ed) <em>Mixed Jurisdictions Worldwide<\/em> (Cambridge University Press, 2001) 145.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cForce and fear\u201d in Reinhard Zimmermann &amp; Kenneth Reid (eds) <em>A History of Private Law in Scotland,<\/em> vol 2 (Oxford University Press, 2000) 101.<\/li>\n<li>C G van der Merwe, J E du Plessis, M J de Waal, R Zimmermann &amp; P Farlam \u201cThe Republic of South Africa\u201d in V Palmer (ed) <em>Mixed Jurisdictions Worldwide<\/em> (Cambridge 2012) 95-215.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cSouth Africa\u201d in J M Smits (ed) <em>Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law <\/em>2nd ed (Elgar 2012) 814-819.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cPossibility and Certainty\u201d in Hutchison &amp; Pretorius (eds)<em> The Law of Contract in South Africa<\/em> 2nd ed (Oxford 2012) 205-216.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cThe cause of action in <em>Nissan South Africa (Pty) Ltd v Marnitz NO<\/em>\u201d in H Mostert &amp; M J de Waal (eds) <em>Essays in Honour of C G van der Merwe<\/em> (2011) 1-22.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cComparative Law and the Study of Mixed Legal Systems\u201d in R Zimmermann &amp; M Reimann (eds), <em>Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law<\/em> (Oxford 2006), 477-512.<\/li>\n<li><em>d\u016b Bl\u012bs\u012bs, J\u0101k<\/em>, al\u2011q\u0101n\u016bn al\u2011muq\u0101ran wa dir\u0101sat al\u2011nuzum al\u2011q\u0101n\u016bniyya al\u2011mukhtalita [Comparative Law and the Study of Mixed Legal Systems] in Raim\u0101n, M\u0101thiy\u0101s\/Z\u012bmarm\u0101n, Rainh\u0101rd kit\u0101b uksf\u016brd li\u2011l-q\u0101n\u016bn al-muq\u0101ran [Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law] (2010) 711-762.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis &amp; P Huber \u201cChapter 3: Validity\u201d in Stefan Vogenauer &amp; Jan Kleinheisterkamp <em>Commentary on the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (PICC)<\/em> (Oxford, 2009) 434-462, 477-482, 487-489.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cPresumptions in South African law: an historical perspective\u201d in R H Helmholz &amp; W D H Sellar<em> The Law of Presumptions: Essays in Comparative Legal History<\/em> (Duncker &amp; Humblot, Berlin, 2009) 227-252.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cDuress\u201d, \u201cUndue influence\u201d and \u201cFraud\u201d in die <em>Oxford International Encyclopaedia of Legal History <\/em>(2009).<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cPossibility and certainty\u201d in Hutchison &amp; Pretorius (eds)<em> The Law of Contract in South Africa<\/em> (Oxford, 2009) 203-213.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cMoontlikheid en sekerheid\u201d in Hutchison &amp; Pretorius (eds)<em> Kontraktereg in Suid-Afrika <\/em>(Oxford, 2009) 213-224.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cSouth Africa\u201d in <em>Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law <\/em>(2006) 667-671.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cThreats and excessive benefits or unfair advantage\u201d in H MacQueen &amp; R Zimmermann (eds) <em>European Contract Law \u2013 Scots and South African Perspectives<\/em> (Edinburgh Studies in Law, 2006), 176-202.<\/li>\n<li>G F Lubbe &amp; J E du Plessis \u201cContract\u201d in C G van der Merwe &amp; J E du Plessis (eds), <em>Introduction to South African law<\/em> (Kluwer International, 2004), 243-274.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis &amp; W W McBryde, \u201cDefects of consent\u201d in Kenneth Reid, Daniel Visser, Reinhard Zimmermann (eds), <em>Mixed Legal Systems in Comparative Perspective: Property and Obligation in Scotland and South Africa<\/em> (Oxford University Press, Juta, 2004), 117-142.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cFraud and duress: a civil law perspective\u201d in R Zimmermann &amp; D Johnston (eds) <em>The Comparative Law of Unjustified Enrichment <\/em>(Cambridge University Press, 2002) 194-224.<\/li>\n<li>Uittreksels uit PhD-tesis gepubliseer in J Beatson &amp; E Schrage, <em>Cases Materials and Texts on Unjustified Enrichment<\/em> (Hart Publishing, Oxford &amp; Oregon, 2003), 392-394.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cEnkele opmerkings oor remedies, restitusie, gemengde regstelsels en die soektog na \u2018n Europese ius commune\u201d in J Smits &amp; G Lubbe (eds), <em>Remedies in Zuid-Afrika en Europa <\/em>(Intersentia, METRO, Antwerp \u2013 Gr\u00f6ningen 2003) 25-35.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Journal articles\/Joernaalartikels\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>J du Plessis \u2018Fairness in the Law of Contract \u2013 Reflections on <em>Beadica<\/em>\u2019 (2022) 12 <em>Constitutional Court Review<\/em> 197-222.<\/li>\n<li>J du Plessis \u2018Comparative observations on the consequences of illegality\u2019 (2022) 26 <em>Edinburgh Law Review<\/em> 408-415 DOI: 10.3366\/elr.2022.0787.<\/li>\n<li>J du Plessis, \u2018Some thoughts on the consequences of illegal contracts\u2019 2021 <em>Acta Juridica<\/em> [= T Naud\u00e9 &amp; D Visser(eds)<em> The Future of the Law of Contract <\/em>\u2013 <em>Essays in Honour of Dale Hutchison <\/em>177-202.<\/li>\n<li>J du Plessis \u2018Equity, fairness and unjustified enrichment: A civil-law perspective\u2019 2020 (83) <em>THRHR <\/em>1-22.<\/li>\n<li>J du Plessis \u2018Long Live the Law of Unjustified Enrichment \u2014 A Response to Jansen\u2019 2019 <em>Acta Juridica<\/em> 371-394.<\/li>\n<li>J du Plessis \u2018Billikheid en Ongeregverdigde Verryking\u2019 2019(1) <em>Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht <\/em>607-660.<\/li>\n<li>J du Plessis \u2018Giving practical effect to good faith in the law of contract\u2019 (2018) 18(3)<em> Stellenbosch Law Review <\/em>379-419.<\/li>\n<li>J du Plessis \u201cRethinking Notification in the Law of Contract\u201d (2017) 80 <em>Journal for Contemporary Roman-Dutch Law (THRHR)<\/em> 113.<\/li>\n<li>J du Plessis, \u2018Jurists, Structures and the Development of the South African Law of Contract\u2019 2016-2017 <em>Loyola Law Review<\/em> 101-139.<\/li>\n<li>J du Plessis \u2018The right of an attorney to claim payment of costs from a third party\u2019 2016 <em>Stellenbosch Law Review<\/em> 292-308.<\/li>\n<li>J du Plessis \u2018Determining the moment when enrichment liability is quantified: the curious case of <em>Paschke v Frans<\/em>\u2019 2016 <em>Journal for South African Law (TSAR)<\/em> 281-293.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u2018Illegal Contracts and the Burden of Proof\u2019 (2015) 132 <em>South African Law Journal <\/em>664-688.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u2018Labels and Meaning: Unjust Factors and Failure of Purpose as Reasons for Reversing Enrichment by Transfer\u2019 2014 <em>Edinburgh Law Review<\/em> Vol 18 pp 416-433.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cProtecting consumers against unconscionable conduct: section 40 of the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008\u201d 2012 (1) <em>Tydskrif vir Hedendaagse Romeins-Hollandse Reg <\/em>24-40.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cComparison and evaluation: lessons from enrichment law\u201d 2012 <em>Rabels Zeitschrift <\/em>947-966.<\/li>\n<li>J du Plessis \u201cIntroduction to papers presented at the session on Rechtsgeschichte, Rechtsvergleichung und Rechtsdogmatik: historisch-kritisches Kommentieren of the Rechtshistorikertag held in M\u00fcnster in September 2010\u201d (2011) 3 Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Europ\u00e4isches Privatrecht 533-537.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cThe Restitution of undue transfers from an economic perspective\u201d 2010 <em>Restitution Law Review<\/em> 35-50.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cThe <em>condictio quasi indebiti<\/em>\u201d in <em>Libellus ad Thomasium \u2013 Studies in Roman Law, Roman-Dutch Law and Legal History in Honour of Philip J Thomas \u2013\u00a0 <\/em>2010 <em>Fundamina<\/em> 52-63.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cThe relevance of the plaintiff\u2019s impoverishment in awarding claims based on unjustified enrichment\u201d 2009(3) <em>Stell LR<\/em> 494-516<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cProfessor Sir T B Smith en die ontwikkeling van die Skotse reg, oftewel, wat maak \u2018n regsakademikus suksesvol?\u201d (2006) 17(3) <em>Stellenbosch Law Review <\/em>532-540.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cTowards a rational structure of liability for unjustified enrichment: thoughts from two mixed jurisdictions\u201d in Reinhard Zimmermann (ed), <em>Grundstrukturen eines Europ\u00e4ischen Bereicherungsrechts<\/em> (Mohr Siebeck 2005), 175-219; (2005) 122 <em>South African Law Journal<\/em> 142.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cMixed legal systems, especially the South African legal system, and the study of comparative Law\u201d<em> Electronic Journal of Comparative Law <\/em>vol 9(3) October 2005 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ejcl.org\/93\/editor93.html\">http:\/\/www.ejcl.org\/93\/editor93.html.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cDie Regsaard van Prestasie\u201d 2002 (65)1 <em>Tydskrif vir Hedendaagse Romeins-Hollandse reg<\/em> [<em>Journal for Contemporary Roman-Dutch law<\/em>] 59; Vereniging Hugo de Groot-prys vir beste nuwe bydrae (2003)<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cCommon law influences on the law of contract and unjustified enrichment in some mixed legal systems\u201d (2003-4) 78 <em>Tulane Law Review <\/em>219-256.<\/li>\n<li>J du Plessis en R Zimmermann \u201cThe relevance of reverence: undue influence civilian style\u201d 10 <em>Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law<\/em> 4 (2003) 345-379.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cSome thoughts on consideration \u2013 a review article of <em>Consideration<\/em>, by Ferdinand Fromholzer\u201d (1999) 10 <em>Stellenbosch LR<\/em> 110.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u201cThe promises and pitfalls of mixed legal systems: the South African and Scottish experiences\u201d (1998) 9 <em>Stellenbosch LR<\/em> 338.<\/li>\n<li>R Zimmermann &amp; J E du Plessis \u201cBasic features of the German law of unjustified enrichment\u201d [1994] <em>Restitution Law Review<\/em> 14.<\/li>\n<li>J E du Plessis &amp; H Wicke \u201c<em>Woolwich Equitable Building Society<\/em> and the <em>condictio indebiti<\/em> in Scots law\u201d 15 October 1993 <em>Scots Law Times<\/em> 303.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other\/Ander<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>J E du Plessis \u2018South African law as mixed legal system\u2019, Proceedings of 75<sup>th<\/sup> annual conference of Japan Society of Comparative Law at Kyoto University, Kyoto 2-6-2012 (2013).<\/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>Distinguished Professor | Uitgelese Professor BComm LLB LLM (Stell) PhD (Aberdeen) Email\/E-pos: jedp@sun.ac.za https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0021-1364 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Jacques du Plessis is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Private Law. His fields of interest include the law of contract, the law of unjustified enrichment, legal history and comparative law. He has been awarded the National&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2085,"featured_media":0,"parent":422,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-855","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/855","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\/2085"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8612,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/855\/revisions\/8612"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}