Department of Criminal and Procedural Law

Dr MT Mokoena

College of Law
School of Law
Department: Criminal and Procedural Law
Senior Lecturer
Tel: 012 429 2265
E-mail: Mokoemt@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • BIuris
  • LLB
  • LLM (UNISA)
  • LLD (UNISA)

Currently teaching

  • Criminal Procedure

Fields of academic interests

  • Criminal Law
  • Criminal Procedure
  • Language and the Law
  • Linguistics

Field of Specialisation

Criminal Procedure

Books

  • M T Mokoena A Guide to Bail Applications second edition (Juta: 2018)
  • M T Mokena & D Ally    Basic guide to criminal procedure: a rights-based approach (Juta: 2013)
  • M Karels, V Basdeo, T Mokoena and P Swanepoel Child offenders in South African Criminal Justice: Concepts and Process (Juta: 2015)

Journal articles

  • Taming the prosecutorial beast: of independence, discretion and accountability 2 Stellenbosch Law Review (2012) 297.
  • The right to remain silent: a one-eyed approach to truth-seeking? 2 Journal of Law, Society and Development (2015) 120.
  • Speaking in confused tongues: constructing Babelian Towers in Constitutional Times 62 Journal of African Law (2018) 51

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

Member of the Gauteng Society of Advocates