College of Law

New Deputy Executive Dean for the College of Law

Prof Melodie Slabbert has been appointed as the Deputy Executive Dean of the College of Law from 2013

Congratulations are buzzing in the intellectual corridors of the college as newly-appointed Deputy Executive Dean of the College of Law, Professor Melodie Slabbert , prepares to assume the office

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College of Law professor receives international recognition

Prof Annet Oguttu from Unisa’s College of Law: Department of Mercantile Law

A Unisa College of Law professor, and expert in international tax law and tax treaties, has helped further position Unisa on the global knowledge production map.

Having recently being

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Human rights remain elusive in Africa

Prof. Mandla Makhanya (Principal and Vice-Chancellor), Prof. Rushiella Songca (Executive Dean: College of Law) H.E. Prof. Francis Wodie (President of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire) and Honourable Justice Bernard Ngoepe ( Unisa Chancellor, Judge-President of the Transvaal High Court, Judge at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights)

The Verloren van Themaat Centre for Public Law Studies in the Department of Public, Constitutional and International Law hosted an international conference in celebration of the African Charter from

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Prof Kris Pillay re-elected to the Board of Governors of the International Institute of Security and Safety Management

At the Management Committee meeting of the International Institute of Security and Safety Management (IISSM) held on 10 October 2012 in New Delhi, India, Prof Kris Pillay, Acting Deputy

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Know your rights: marriage, divorce and children

Prof Leentjie de Jong explains the different kinds of marriages in South Africa and the different matrimonial property systems that can be applied to these marriages

On 17 September 2012, the Department of Private Law hosted the fifth lecture in their “Know your right” series, which aim to inform the broader Unisa community –

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