• Reproducing the conqueror's "South Africa" : an Azanian critique of the constitutionalist endorsement of assisted reproductive and reprogenetic technologies 

  Le Roux, Ilana (Unisa Press, 2024-12)

  Discussions on the use, regulation, and development of assisted reproductive and reprogenetic technologies are dominated by a rights discourse, primarily paying attention to how these technologies can give effect to or ...
• Notes on the political significance of songs in promoting equality and maintaining historical legacy : legal challenges to hate speech in Afriforum v Economic Freedom Fighters [2022] ZAGPJHC 599;2022 (6) SA 357 (GJ 

  Radebe, Martha Keneilwe (Nelson Mandela University, 2025-01-13)

  Song and music can be a powerful medium through which life is expressed (Adebayo “Vote does not fight’: examining music’s role in fostering non-violent elections in Nigeria” 2017 17 African Journal on Conflict Resolution ...
• What is in a surname? An enquiry into the unauthorised name changes of married women 

  Matladi, Odirile (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  In recent years there have been reports of the Department of Home Affairs changing women’s surnames to that of their husbands upon the conclusion of a marriage without the married women’s consent. This conduct by the ...
• Guardians's reflection : the PSLR as a site for thinking about community ethics in the university 

  Le Roux, Ilana (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  In this reflection I draw on the PLSR Editorial Board’s experiences to broadly think about our understanding of community within the university, and beyond. The purpose of this reflection ...
• Analysing the International Legal Framework on Nationality : an African and Asian perspective 

  Dube, Angelo; Mahleza, Yeukai (Unisa Press, 2024-06)

  This article examines the prevention of and protection against statelessness through analysis of case law and laws that have dealt with this matter both internationally and at a regional level, with specific reference to ...
• Establishing the erga omnes character of the obligation to prevent transboundary environmental harm 

  Phyffer, Jessie (Brill Academic Publishers, 2025-01)

  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, 2025-02)

  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 ...
• 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.
• 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 (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 ...
• 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. ...
• What constitutes adequate legal protection for the collection, use and sharing of mobility and location data in health care in South Africa? 

  Brand, Dirk; Nienaber McKay, Annelize G.; Cengiz, Nezerith (AOSIS, 2023-05-30)

  Mobile phone technology has been a catalyst that has added an innovative dimension in health care and created new opportunities for digital health services. These digital devices can be viewed as an extension of the ...
• A response to Thaldar et al. (2023) : data sharing governance in sub-Saharan Africa during public health emergencies 

  Brand, Dirk; Singh, Jerome A.; Nienaber McKay, Annelize G.; Cengiz, Nezerith; Moodley, Keymanthri (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2023-11)

  SIGNIFICANCE : We elucidate the misinterpretations raised by Thaldar et al. (S Afr J Sci. 2023;119(11/12), Art. #15722) on our previous publication in which we outlined the data sharing governance landscape in selected ...
• Degrowth and international law : assessing the compatibility of degrowth and the principle of sustainable development 

  Phyffer, Jessie (Unisa Press, 2022-12)

  This article explores whether the international law principle of sustainable development is compatible with the degrowth development framework. Sustainable development is a guiding and binding principle of international ...
• The International Law Commission, the Institut, and States 

  Tladi, Dire (Cambridge University Press, 2023-09-11)
• Justice in conflict : principle of complementarity or principle of competition? 

  Ncame, Noluthando Princess (Pretoria University Law Press, 2023)

  The establishment of a permanent international criminal court was a necessity and the fear of it infringing on a state’s sovereignty was real and ever present. As a result of this fear the International Criminal Court ...

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