Dr JH de Villiers

Qualifications

• BComm (Law) (cum laude) University of Pretoria, 2007
• LLB (cum laude) University of Pretoria, 2009

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Currently teaching

• Legal Philosophy
• Research Skills for Law
• Social Dimensions of Justice

Fields of academic interests

• Critical Legal Studies
• Animal Ethics
• Continental Philosophy
• Law and Literature
• Gender Studies

Journal articles

Recent publications

• "Never let me go: Science fiction and legal reality" (2011) 32(3) Literator 85
• "Towars an ethical relation to the nonhuman Other: Deconstruction, veganism and the law" (2012) 28(1) South African Journal on Human Rights 18
• "Examining the similarity principle and language of (animal) rights as a foundation for animal liberation" (2012) 27(1) SA Public Law

Conference papers

• "Towards an ethical relation to the nonhuman Other: Deconstruction, veganism and the law" - paper presented at The Society of Law Teachers of Southern Africa Conference, University of Stellenbosch, January 2011
• "Examining the language of (animal) rights as a foundation for animal liberation" - paper presented at the international conference, Animals in Law and Society: Perspectives from Africa and Beyond, University of South Africa, November 2011
• "The animal and rights theory" - paper presented at the International Animal Rights Conference, Luxembourg, September 2012
• "Moving beyond the language of equality" - paper presented at The Society of Law Teachers of Southern Africa Conference, University of Witwatersrand, January 2014
• "Rights theory, welfarism and the ‘new welfarist’ amalgamation: A critical perspective" - paper presented at the International Animal Rights Conference, Luxembourg, September 2013