• Intellectual property and the Constitutional Court of South Africa : lessons from the deployment of adjudicative strategies 

  Okorie, Chijioke (Springer, 2023-11)

  The Constitutional Court of South Africa recently handed down its fourth decision so far in the field of intellectual property. These decisions came against the backdrop of reforms and reform proposals concerning intellectual ...
• Real property transactions in the network society : platform real estate, housing hactivism, and the re-scaling of public and private power 

  Roark, Marc L.; Fox O'Mahony, Lorna (Springer, 2023-12)

  Technology is rapidly transforming the landscape of land ownership and housing transactions, creating new types of consumer risk and new regulatory challenges. As markets, legal systems, and housing consumers navigate the ...
• The Mariana trench of transphobia in South Africa : the legislative lacunae in KOS v Minister of Home Affairs 

  Baird, Sophy B. (Pretoria University Law Press, 2023)

  Society as a whole has for eons been premised on the importance of patriarchy and heteronormatity. During this time society has seen gradual leaps regarding people in the LGBTQI+ community. South Africa appears to be ...
• A progressive reading of customary and religious norms associated with heteronormativity in South Africa 

  Maimela, Charles; Mleya, Mutsi (Unisa Press, 2023-06)

  Customs that enforce heteronormativity, generally also safeguard the interests of society’s vulnerable, for instance orphans and widows, to name two examples. The recognition that non-heterosexual people is a minority group ...
• The promotion of access to justice through the constitutional development of the doctrine of forum non conveniens 

  Van der Merwe, Marcia (Unisa Press, 2022-03)

  South African jurisdictional principles governing cross-border litigation have seen minor development in recent years and as such, remained feudal and anachronistic. It is essential for South African courts to be equipped ...
• Leveraging technology to deliver basic education to children in conflict areas of Northern Nigeria 

  Mutu, Perekeme (Pretoria University Law Press, 2023)

  Studies have shown that children residing in countries affected by armed conflict are more likely not to attend school as compared to other children. This is the fate of millions of children in Northern Nigeria, where ...
• The Use of Force in Mass Evictions 

  Gevers, Marc B. (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  This dissertation focuses on the use of force during evictions, particularly in the context of mass evictions (where mass evictions are defined as the eviction of a group of people from unlawfully occupied property). The ...
• The potential delictual liability of non-vaccinating parents in South Africa 

  Hager, Liesl (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  This thesis explores the potential delictual liability of non-vaccinating parents in South Africa for the harm caused to another by failing to have their child vaccinated. The South African common-law delict is explored ...
• The deception provisions of sections 10(12) and 10(13) of the Trade Marks Act, 194 of 1993 

  Dikotla, Rebone (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  This mini dissertation focuses on the provisions of section 10(12) (only regarding inherent deceptiveness) and section 10(13) (regarding deceptiveness through use) of the Trade Marks Act. It provides an interpretation of ...
• Technology and national security : what’s IP got to with it? 

  Okorie, Chijioke (Oxford University Press, 2022-07)

  Technological advancements are being made in several parts of the world. Innovations in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, gene editing, 3D printing and other emerging technologies have benefitted and continue to ...
• Round-up of IP decisions and legislative reforms in Africa 2021 

  Okorie, Chijioke; Chuks-Okeke, Ekene; Schneider, Marius; Ho Tu Nam, Nora (Oxford University Press, 2022-06)

  This article provides an analysis of several important judgments issued by national courts in individual African countries (mostly Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa) in the period 1 January to 31 December 2021. Apart ...
• Negotiating the intellectual property protocol under the agreement establishing the African continental free trade area : priorities and opportunities for Nigeria 

  Adewopo, Adebambo; Oriakhogba, Desmond; Okorie, Chijioke (De Gruyter, 2022-02)

  EarlyMarch 2021, following its ratification of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA agreement), Nigeria’s National Office of Trade launched a consultative process into issues ...
• Is discriminating against employees living with cancer in the workplace justified? 

  Maimela, Charles (Pretoria University Law Press, 2021)

  This article interrogates the issue relating to employees living with cancer taking part in employment without being discriminated against based on their medical condition. It will be clearly outlined that cancer does ...
• What about the child? Preventing the publication of children's names after the age of 18 

  Baird, Sophy B. (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2021-09)

  Children are afforded a number of different protections when they encounter the criminal justice system. The need for special protection stems from the vulnerable position they occupy in society. When children form part ...
• The indigenisation of customary law : creating an indigenous legal pluralism within the South African dispensation : possible or not? 

  Morudu, Ntebo L.; Maimela, Charles (Pretoria University Law Press, 2021)

  The article examines the possibility of creating an indigenous legal pluralism within the South African context. Due to the historical and current marginalisation of customary law, can customary law be developed, reformed ...
• Suitability of the remedy of divestiture in non-merger cases : a South African perspective 

  Munyai, Phumudzo S. (Faculty of Law, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2021)

  This article considers the suitability of the remedy of divestiture in non-merger cases, particularly in markets where high concentration levels may embolden incumbents to engage in abusive conduct. The article observes ...
• Developing African Law through the promotion of Black Women's voices in Legal Education and Legal Adjudication 

  Radebe, Martha Keneilwe (University of Pretoria, 2021-08)

  Colonialism and apartheid have resulted in African law occupying an inferior position in the South African legal system compared to Roman-Dutch law and English common law, which are both recognised as forming the South ...
• Reconsidering counter-spoliation as a common-law remedy in the eviction context in view of the single system-of-law principle 

  Muller, Gustav; Marais, E.J. (Juta Law, 2020-01-01)

  After 25 years of democracy, landlessness remains a major problem in South Africa, as millions of people still do not have access to adequate housing. This inevitably causes persons, who act either out of necessity or, ...
• Preventable hysterectomies in Malawi : addressing challenges in the healthcare system 

  Kangaude, Godfrey Dalitso; Sibande, Chrispine; Durojaye, Ebenezer (Wiley, 2020-05)

  Women should play a key role in ending the problem of preventable hysterectomies that are a result of poor obstetric and gynecological care in Malawi.
• The incentivisation of inclusionary housing by South African municipalities: a property law perspective 

  Kulundu, Kenneth Wanyama; Muller, Gustav (University of the Western Cape, 2020)

  Although it is still in its formative stages, the idea of inclusionary housing in South Africa’s constitutional context is inescapable. The typical characteristic of inclusionary housing is that a developer is required ...

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