• Mother Earth is the pluriversal panarium of all : the living and the dead 

  Ramose, Mogobe B. (Unisa Press, 2023-12)

  Mother Earth is the panarium of all who live and die in it. This is not restricted to human beings only. The principle of the equality of all human beings demands peaceful coexistence and mutual respect. This is not the ...
• A question of underlying interests : economic justice, constitutional history and the capture of the South African state by white economic interests 

  Sibanda, Sanele; Raboshakga, Ngwako (University of the Western Cape, 2023)

  Understanding the South African constitutional state beyond the banal framings of liberal or transformative thinking requires a reconsideration of the prevailing approach to questions of constitutional identity or character. ...
• Using laptops in prisoners' cells : failing to distinguish between differentiation and discrimination, and failing to identify a prohibited ground of discrimination - Pretorius v the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services 2018 2 SACR 501 (GP) 

  Kok, Anton; Meyer, Zoe (LexisNexis, 2023-11)

  Suid-Afrikaanse diskriminasiereg onderskei duidelik tussen blote differensiasie en diskriminasie. Blote differensiasie is meestal aanvaarbaar en howe stel 'n baie laer drempel daar vir differensiasie om grondwetlik te wees ...
• Narrating constitutional dis/order in post-1994 South Africa : a critical response to Theunis Roux 

  Modiri, Joel Malesela (Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2024)

  No abstract available.
• The evolution of constitutionalism in conqueror South Africa. Was Jan Smuts right? An Ubu-ntu response 

  Ramose, Mogobe Benard (Unisa Press, 2024-02)

  The ethically unjustified violence of Western colonisation continues in the economic and epistemic spheres in Africa, despite the reluctant concession by the Western coloniser to political independence. The constitutional ...
• Is silence in the face of global injustice in the “best interests” of South African universities? 

  Lewins, Kezia; Van Heusden, Peter; Mohamed, Nazeema; Sibanda, Sanele; Pointer, Rebecca; Reynolds, Louis; Wadee, Shabbir A.; Baldwin-Ragaven, Laurel (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2025-03)

  SIGNIFICANCE : Invited to respond, we write here not to rebut every argument advanced in the provocation piece ‘Should our universities respond to geopolitical conflicts around the world?’. This would presuppose alignment ...
• Moving beyond the abyssal line : the possibillity of epistemic justice in the ‘post’-apartheid constitutionalism 

  Niemand, Lilandi (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  In this article, I reflect on the idea of a ‘post’-apartheid South African constitutionalism and the related and implicated notion of Transformative Constitutionalism by emphasising its continued bondage to a colonial ...
• The development of a western-centric notion of modernity and the inclusive reconstruction thereof according to the twail principles 

  M'membe, Makumya (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  Modernity significantly influences global action regarding social, political, and economic justice and liberation. Because of this, its flawed origins cannot simply be ignored. This article ...
• Achieving equality and accessibility for persons with visual impairments: uncovering deficiencies in South African consumer protection and labelling legislation 

  Van den Berg, Michal Danielle (University of Pretoria, 2023-12-15)

  This thesis delves into the intricate landscape of product labelling legislation in South Africa, shedding light on its inherent inaccessibility concerning product labels and accompanying leaflets. By meticulously examining ...
• Neoliberal internationalism : intellectual roots, global manifestations, and South African realities 

  Pillay, Dillon (University of Pretoria, 2024-03-20)

  This study seeks to answer two broad questions: how did the long-termist thinking of key neoliberal thinkers help to shape the world we live in today? And to what extent can the neoliberal moral and institutional framework ...
• Law and the mastery of nature 

  Niemand, Lilandi (University of Pretoria, 2024-07-25)

  By approaching the current global climate crisis in a historical and philosophical context, this study aims to trace the origin of this crisis to the advent of Western Modernity, and its unique conception of nature. Moving ...
• The in- or ex-clusiveness of International Law 

  Achiume, E. Tendayi (Oxford University Press, 2023-02)

  No abstract available.
• Transformation of the reasonable person test in South African law 

  M'membe, Makumya (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  This dissertation explores the evolving legal landscape in post-apartheid South Africa since the 1994 democratic elections. Focusing on the reasonable person test, a fundamental aspect of South African criminal law and ...
• Access to inclusive, quality basic education for children with disabilities in South Africa 

  Majid, Sabeeha (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  The history of South Africa is plagued by centuries of oppression, isolation, racism and ableism which exist as a result of our colonial and Apartheid past. Colonialism and Apartheid, in their various forms and manifestations, ...
• The drive towards certainty : a short reflection on “law is/as code”, complexity, and “the uncontract” 

  Jooste, Yvonne (Pretoria University Law Press, 2022)

  Increasingly, technology is used in the enforcement of legal rules. These changes, in addition to establishing new forms of regulation, have implications for the future functioning of the legal system. Most of the current ...
• #Black Lives (could) matter : Azania as remedy for the state of (dis)ease 

  Manamela, Thabang (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  This study contemplates the widely accepted claim that ‘South Africa’ has successfully parted ways with its history of colonial conquest, settler colonialism as well as colonial-apartheid. The study deploys the Azanian ...
• Doctor or Soldier first? Ethical and Legal Dichotomies in the Practice of Medicine in the Armed Forces 

  Muller, Gary Owen (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  Armed forces of nations maintain military forces which include an element of medical support. The use of military medical practitioners is to maintain a fit for service force, provide rehabilitative and curative services ...
• A future of justice inclusion: examining access to justice in South Africa through the 'ethic of care' and 'complexity' 

  Nagtegaal, Jackie; Jooste, Yvonne (Brill Academic Publishers, 2022-05)

  In South Africa, a number of obstructions exist to realising the right to access to justice as enshrined by section 34 of the South African constitution. Globally, many countries grapple with access to justice due to a ...
• Azanian political thought and the undoing of South African knowledges 

  Modiri, Joel Malesela (Berghahn Journals, 2021-09)

  This article sets out a few key questions, themes, and problems animating an Azanian social and political philosophy, with specific reference to the radical promise of undoing South African disciplinary knowledges. The ...
• Introduction to special issue: separation of powers, the judiciary and the politics of constitutional adjudication 

  Sibanda, Sanele (Routledge, 2020)

  This special issue of the South African Journal on Human Rights arises from a general call for papers that was issued in October 2019. The special issue has come to fruition in circumstances that none of us could ever have ...

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