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...

Africa’s foremost comparative constitutional scholar, Charles Manga Fombad, honoured at Future Africa

Posted on November 12, 2024

The scholarship of Professor Charles Fombad provides important guidance to address contemporary challenges to constitutionalism in Africa and around the world.

UP Law congratulates Prof Dire Tladi on his election to the International Court of Justice at the Hague

Posted on November 15, 2023

UP Law congratulates Prof Dire Tladi on his election to the International Court of Justice at the Hague.

UP Law’s Professor Steve Cornelius appointed to ARF Council on Anti-illegal Betting and Related Financial Crime

Posted on March 25, 2022

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria announces with pride and congratulates the Head of the Department of Private Law, Prof Steve Cornelius, on his appointment to the Council on Anti-illegal Betting and Related Financial Crime of the Asian Racing Federation (ARF). The ARF is...

Groundbreaking judgment for children born out of wedlock and their fathers

Posted on October 09, 2021

In what has been hailed as a groundbreaking judgment for children born out of wedlock and their fathers, the Constitutional Court in Centre for Child Law v Director-General: Department of Home Affairs [2021] ZACC 31 (22 September 2021) has confirmed the unconstitutionality of section 10 of the...

UP Law’s Professor Gustav Muller invited to join international 'Scientific Network on Eviction and Housing Rights'

Posted on June 18, 2021

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that Professor Gustav Muller in its Department of Private Law was invited to join the 'Scientific Network on Eviction and Housing Rights' (SNEHR).

UP Law's Professor Gustav Muller delivers keynote address during virtual conference of Young Property Lawyers’ Forum (YPLF) 2021

Posted on June 18, 2021

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that Professor Gustav Muller in its Department of Private Law delivered a keynote address during a virtual conference of the Young Property Lawyers’ Forum (YPLF) 2021’s Property and Land segment.

UP Law’s Centre for Intellectual Property Law, in conjunction with Adams & Adams, hosts workshop on ‘IP & SMEs: Taking your ideas to market’

Posted on May 18, 2021

In celebration of World Intellectual Property Day 2021, the Centre for Intellectual Property Law (CIPL) in the Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP), in conjunction with the leading Africa law firm, Adams & Adams Attorneys, hosted a free virtual workshop on 28 April 2021...