UP EXPERT OPINION: Educational exceptions in Copyright Amendment Bill are mandated by international law and the Constitution

Posted on May 16, 2025

In a recent Daily Maverick article, UP Law experts Dr Faranaaz Veriava and Dr Anne Marie Strohwald explore the constitutional implications of the Copyright Amendment Bill. They highlight the urgent need for educational exceptions to support access to learning materials, especially for poor and...

Re-Evaluating the Legitimate Parameters of Corporate Power

Posted on May 12, 2023

During the monthly research seminar hosted by the Department of Jurisprudence, the following question was posed: "What is the purpose of reframing corporate subjectivity?" ...and how it is of the highest necessity to re-evaluate the lawful bounds of corporate power and the validity of recognising...

Extratextual Sources can Play a Meaningful Role in Decolonising International Law

Posted on April 12, 2023

This was one of Professor Babatunde Fagbayibo’s arguments as he presented his published paper titled Choral intervention: reimagining international law pedagogy in Africa through music at the Department of Jurisprudence’s second research seminar for 2023.

The Department of Jurisprudence Held the First Research Seminar of the Year

Posted on March 09, 2023

The Department of Jurisprudence in the Faculty of Law (UP Law) held its first research seminar of the year on the 27th of February 2023. The two-hour long seminar facilitated by Dr le Roux featured research papers by, Odwa Mashwabane and Thabang Manamela both postgraduate students in the...

UP Law Professor Anton Kok’s inaugural lecture based on ‘The Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act 4 of 2000 (South Africa): Equality, Transformation and De Minimis Non Curat Lex’

Posted on March 23, 2022

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) congratulates Professor Anton Kok in the Department of Jurisprudence on his inaugural address, titled ‘The Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act 4 of 2000 (South Africa): Equality, Transformation and...

UP Law’s Prof Zozo Dyani-Mhango participates in Inaugural Round Table Conversation organised by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Human Rights Festival and Constitutional Hill

Posted on April 06, 2021

On Thursday, 25 March 2021, Professor Zozo Dyani-Mhango in the Department of Jurisprudence at the Faculty of Law (UP Law) of the University of Pretoria (UP) participated in the inaugural Round Table Conversation titled ‘The Politics of the Rule of Law’. The Conversation was organised...

UP Law’s Professor Joel Modiri cited by Constitutional Court in King NO v De Jager

Posted on March 07, 2021

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that Professor Joel Modiri, Head of the Department of Jurisprudence, was cited by the Constitutional Court in the recent landmark Constitutional Court judgement King NO v De Jager. The Court’s cited his...

UP Law's Professor Zozo Dyani-Mhango joins Pan-African Scientific Research Council as inaugural fellow

Posted on February 03, 2021

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that Professor Zozo Dyani-Mhango in its Department of Jurisprudence has been selected to join the Pan-African Scientific Research Council as an inaugural fellow.