Department of Public, Constitutional and International Law

Dr LB Mhlongo

College of Law
School of Law
Department: Public, Constitutional and International
Senior Lecturer
Tel: 012 429 8944
E-mail: mhlonlb@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • LLB
  • LLM
  • LLD (International Economic Law)

Currently teaching

  • International Economic Law and International Law on Foreign Investment

Fields of academic interests

  • International Investment Law
  • International Economic Law 
  • International Law

Journal articles

  • Lindelwa Mhlongo, ‘Understanding the Place of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement in the New Economic World Order: Why Africa should not be left behind’ in Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Enforcing accountability, consolidating democracy and compelling sustainable development in the 21st century Juta 2023
  • Lindelwa Mhlongo, ‘Prospects and Challenges of Extracting Scientific Publications from a Doctoral Thesis in International Economic Law: An Academic Excursion’ SAYIL 2023.
  • Mhlongo Lindelwa, ‘Clash of laws? Testing the effectiveness of the national treatment principle against black economic empowerment laws in South Africa’ (2021) 35:2 Speculum Juris
  • Lindelwa Mhlongo, ‘Her ancestors' Keeper: Realising Africa's sustainable economic development and relations through the infusion of values in intra-African investment agreements’ South African Yearbook of International Law 2021
  • Dube Angelo and Mhlongo Lindelwa, ‘The forgotten continent? A South African perspective on the development of African international legal thought’ in Politics and the Histories of International Law: The Quest for Knowledge and Justice (Brill Nijhoff 2021)
  • Mhlongo Lindelwa, ‘A critical analysis of South Africa’s system of government: From a discordant system to a synergistic system of government’ (2020) 2 Obiter
  • Mhlongo Lindelwa and Dube Angelo, ‘Legal standing of victims in criminal proceedings: Wickham v Magistrate, Stellenbosch 2017 1 BCLR 121 (CC)’ (2020) Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal
  • Mhlongo Lindelwa, ‘Of politics and law: Analysing the implications of the US-China trade war on international law and international trade law’ (2019) 44:1 South African Yearbook of International Law
  • Mhlongo Lindelwa, ‘A critical analysis of the Protection and Investment Act in South Africa’ (2019) 34:1 Southern African Public Law Journal
  • Mathenjwa Mbuzeni and Mhlongo Lindelwa, ‘The distinctiveness and interrelatedness of the privileges and immunities of parliament: A comparison of the Namibian and South African jurisdictions’ (2018) 39 Obiter

Paper presentations

  • Conference on Politics and the Histories of International Law 2019

 'The forgotten continent? Interrogating Africa’s contribution to the history and development of international law'

Max Planck Institute of Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany (February 2019)

  •  Southern African Law Teachers Conference 2017

'The distinctiveness and interrelatedness of the   privileges and immunities of parliament: a comparison of Namibian and South African jurisdictions'

Namibia Swakopmund (January 2017)

  •  Southern African Law Teachers Conference 2022

'Understanding the Place of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement in the New Economic World Order: Why Africa Should Not Be Left Behind'

East London, South Africa

  •  African Bar Association-UNISA Conference 2023

'Looking Back, Looking Forward: Contemporary Challenges, Pitfalls and Prospects of Intra-African Investment Landscape'

Pretoria, South Africa