• Establishing the erga omnes character of the obligation to prevent transboundary environmental harm 

  Phyffer, Jessie (Brill Academic Publishers, 2024)

  This article argues that the obligation to prevent transboundary environmental harm is erga omnes. In a fractured landscape, this obligation is the closest that international environmental law comes to a general obligation ...
• An environmental agreement in a trade court - is the WTO's agreement on fisheries subsidies enforceable? 

  Auld, Kathleen; Del Savio, Linda; Feris, L.A. (Loretta) (Cambridge University Press, 2024)

  The 2022 Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies (AFS) is the culmination of over 20 years of negotiations within the WTO's Doha Development Round. Although it can be considered a small victory in the fight against declining fish ...
• A multivariate dataset on water–energy–food nexus : multi-actor governance for social justice 

  Ngarava, Saul; Vijge, Marjanneke J.; Duplessis, Willemien; Zhou, Leocadia; Viljoen, Germarie; Nyambo, Patrick; Rantlo, Tiisetso John; Mokadem, Naziha; Qumbu, Bronwen; Bongoza, Sibulele; Mugadza, Alois A. (Elsevier, 2024-10)

  The article presents and validates an extensive multivariate dataset that offers insights into water–energy–food (WEF) nexus governance for social justice at the intrahousehold, household, and community levels. The lack ...
• Head of state immunity under the Malabo protocol : triumph of impunity over accountability? 

  Daniel, Kobina Egyir (University of Pretoria, 2019)

  At the 23rd Ordinary Session of the African Union’s Assembly of Heads of State and Government held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea in June 2014, the Assembly adopted, amongst others, the Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol ...
• Realising the right to electricity through off-grid power solutions in South Africa 

  Viljoen, Germarie; Dube, Felix S. (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2023-11-23)

  The South African government is navigating many basic municipal service delivery challenges, including a growing electricity supply deficit. Eskom Holdings SOC Limited, the state-owned power utility, is struggling to ...
• A critical legal perspective on statutory intoxication - time to sober up? 

  Stevens, G.P. (Geert Philip); Le Roux-Bouwer, J. (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Faculty of Law, 2023-10)

  No abstract available.
• South Africa and the “othering” of the “non-euro-Christian” religions 

  Dyani-Mhango, Ntombizozuko (Cambridge University Press, 2024-05)

  No abstract available.
• Making a case for the establishment of specialised environmental courts in South Africa 

  Olowa, Abimbola (University of Pretoria, 2024-07-31)

  This thesis considered the benefits of establishing specialised environmental courts in South Africa. The thesis analysed the functioning of four existing specialised courts in South Africa – the Labour Court, the Land ...
• Lessons from the law and politics of federalism in Africa : federalism Is bigger than federation; constitutions are more than single mega-documents; the international trumps the domestic; and the past continues to matter 

  Erk, Jan Galip (Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2023)

  The study of federalism brings together both political scientists and constitutional lawyers. It is one of those fields of study where the scholarly and the applied are inextricably interlinked. However, studies on and ...
• South Africa 

  Grobbelaar-Du Plessis, IIze (Pretoria University Law Press, 2023)

  According to the Census 2011, conducted by Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) more than a decade ago, the total population of South Africa was 51.8 million. The latest census by StatsSA was conducted from March to April ...
• The significance of the Yamoussoukro Decision in the recovery of the civil aviation market in Africa post the COVID-19 pandemic : a consideration of the meaningful impact of the African airspace 

  Mogashoa, Itumeleng (University of Pretoria, 2023-10)

  The Yamoussoukro Decision is an air transport framework agreement adopted by 54 African states in 1999 with one of its objectives being the achievement of the gradual yet full liberalisation of scheduled and non-scheduled ...
• The appropriateness of child support grants in advancing the socio-economic rights of children in South Africa 

  Ramothwala, Mpho Olivia (University of Pretoria, 2024-02)

  This study investigates the appropriateness of Child Support Grants (CSGs) in advancing the socio-economic rights of children in South Africa (SA), as guaranteed in sections 27 and 28 of the Constitution of the Republic ...
• A critical analysis of the regulation of agricultural land under the draft preservation and development of agricultural land bill, of 2021 

  Van Jaarsveld, Andries Sarel Marthinus (University of Pretoria, 2023-11)

  The regulation of agricultural land in South Africa draws effect from several existing statutes at the backdrop of the Constitution. The Draft Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land Framework Bill 2021 was firstly ...
• The prohibition of terrorism under international humanitarian law and international criminal law 

  Müller, Kyla Annancia (University of Pretoria, 2023-10-31)

  Terrorism is a widely spoken word globally, with not many people understanding its true meaning or its place within international law. The idea of terrorism usually involves suicide bombings, mass shootings and/or murders ...
• The Wagner group in Africa : legal status and accountability during non-international armed conflicts 

  van Schalkwyk, Megan (University of Pretoria, 2023-10-27)

  This mini-dissertation examines the growing concern surrounding the involvement of private actors in conflict situations, where their lack of accountability, owing to the absence of responsible State actors, poses a potential ...
• The (not so hidden) elephant in the room : confronting international constitution-making's eurocentric gaze 

  Fagbayibo, Babatunde Olaitan (Cambridge University Press, 2023-10-23)

  Anna Saunders’s article, “Constitution-Making as a Technique of International Law: Reconsidering the Post-war Inheritance,” is an important addition to the literature that problematizes the idea of international ...
• Interim interdicts and their effect on the governance of electricity supply : the role of section 30 of the South African Electricity Regulation Act in dispute resolution 

  Somo, Tshephisho Mokone (University of Pretoria, 2023-06-30)

  The South African Constitution, over and above providing for rights and obligations, makes provision for the relevant organs of state against which these rights and obligations may be enforced (the constitutional scheme). ...
• Classification of Non-International Armed Conflicts S : Lessons from the Sierra Leone Conflict 

  Adam, Muhammad (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  Classification of armed conflicts in international law is important because it determines whether the law of international armed conflict or the law of non-international armed conflict applies to the parties in a conflict. ...
• Redrawing the contours of rationality review in South Africa ; procedural fairness as a component of rationality requirement of legality 

  Nkamana, Zingisani (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  The coming into force of the interim Constitution and later, the final Constitution in 1996, ushered, amongst other things, a need to control the exercise of public power. Rationality was introduced as one of the principles ...
• The regulation of health data sharing in Africa : a comparative study 

  Nienaber McKay, Annelize G.; Brand, Dirk; Botes, Marietjie; Cengiz, Nezerith; Swart, Marno (Oxford University Press, 2024-01)

  The sharing of health data is an essential component in the provision of healthcare, in medical research, and disease surveillance. Health data sharing is subject to regulatory frameworks that vary across jurisdictions. ...

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