Basic HTML Version
608
UCT RESEARCH REPORT 2012
Von Broembsen, M. 2012. People want to work, yet most
have to labour: towards decent work in South African
supply chains. Law, Democracy and Development, 16: 1-27.
Department of Private Law
Head of Department: Professor Tjakie Naudé
Departmental Profile
The Department of Private Law has seven NRF-rated
researchers. The Department continued to maintain its
strong research record during the period of review. Members
of the department maintained a high rate of publication,
which included a number of international publications.
The Department welcomed Mr Alistair Price who has since
obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2013.
Professor Hanri Mostert and Associate Professor Anne
Pope convened the annual Southern African Property Law
Teachers Colloquium and Associate Professor Mohamed
Paleker convened a conference on the Law of Succession
and Trusts. Several members of the Department presented
papers at local and international conferences: Dr Lesley
Greenbaum (UCT’s Teaching and Learning Conference
and the Higher Education Teaching and Learning
Association of South Africa Conference); Professor Tjakie
Naude (International Consumer Law Conference, Utrecht,
Netherlands); and Professor Hanri Mostert (World Bank
Conference on Land and Poverty, Washington DC;
Progressive Property Seminar, Harvard University).
Professor Jaco Barnard-Naudè was invited to teach at the
University of Pretoria, Associate Professor Paleker at the
University of Florida, Professor Mostert in the Topclass
Programme of the Universities of Radboud Nijmegen and
Groningen, and Associate Professor Scott at the University
of Oxford. Prof Barnard-Naudè was also appointed as
Honorary Research Fellow in the Birkbeck Institute for
Humanities, University of London.
Departmental Statistics
Permanent and long-term contract staff
Emeritus Professor
2
Professors
6
Associate Professors
3
Senior Lecturers
4
Lecturers
1
Admin and Clerical Staff
2
Total
18
Students
LLB
511
Masters
6
PhD
9
Total
526
* These numbers generated from Peoplesoft course
numbers for 2012.
Research Fields and Staff
Professor and Head of Department
Professor T. Naudé
Law of Contract; Consumer Protection
Professors
Professor A.J. Barnard-Naudé
Jurisprudence; Legal Theory
Professor A.G. Fagan
Law of Delict; Jurisprudence; Constitutional Theory
Professor C. Himonga
African Customary Law
Professor D.B. Hutchison
Law of Contract; Law of Delict
Emeritus Professors
Emeritus Professor W. de Vos SC
Unjustified Enrichment; Legal History
Emeritus Professor I. Leeman
Copyright Law
Honorary Research Associate
Associate Professor M.L. Hewett
South African and European Legal History
Distinguished visitors
Professor R. Evans-Jones
University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Senior Lecturers
Dr A. Barratt
Law of Persons and Marriage; Legal History; Intellectual
Property Law