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Faculty of Law
Department of
Commercial Law
(Including the Institute of Development and
Labour Law, the Centre for Comparative
Law in Africa, the Shipping Law Unit and
the Intellectual Property Law and Policy
Research Unit)
Head of Department: Professor Alan Rycroft
Departmental Profile
The Department of Commercial Law is the biggest
department in the Law Faculty. It is staffed by many new
academic staff working on PhD degrees. Longer-serving
academic staff members are working on new books or on
new editions of established works. The Department now
has three NRF rated researchers.
The Department has an increasing number of PhD and
LLM by dissertation students and teaches most of the
students who are taking the LLM by coursework and the
Postgraduate Diplomas in Law.
In the LLB programme the Department teaches compulsory
courses in Corporation Law and Commercial Transactions
and offers optional courses to final year students. The
Department also offers specialised commercial law courses
to nearly 2600 students from other faculties.
There are four research and teaching units which form part
of the Department: the Institute of Development and Labour
Law, the Centre for Comparative Law in Africa, the Shipping
Law unit and the Intellectual Property and Policy Research Unit.
Departmental Statistics
Permanent and long-term contract staff
Honorary Professors
2
Adjunct Professors
6
Honorary Research Associate
1
Professors
9
Associate Professors
4
Emeritus Professor
1
Senior Lecturers
9
Lecturers
5
Teaching and Research Assistants
2
Administrative staff
3
Total
42
Students
Other Faculties
2659
LLB
473
PG Diplomas
15
Doctor of Philosophy
15
Master of Philosophy
31
Master of Philosophy (by dissertation)
1
LLM By Dissertation
4
LLM By Coursework and Dissertation
124
TOTAL
3322
* These figures reflect actual registrations for Commercial Law
courses and LLB courses. Where a student registers for two
Commercial Law /LLB courses he/she was counted twice.
Research Fields and Staff
Professor and Head of Department
Professor A. Rycroft
Labour Law, Dispute Resolution
Honorary Professors
Professor/Judge D.M. Davis
Capital Transfer and International Tax Law; Competition
Law
Judge I. Farlam
Professors
Professor P.S. Benjamin
(Part-time)
Labour Law
Professor J.E. Hare
Admiralty Jurisdiction and Practice; Maritime Law and
Marine Insurance; Carriage of Goods by Sea
Professor R.D. Jooste
Revenue Law; Company Law
Professor E.R. Kalula
International Comparative Labour Law; Labour Market
Regulation; Social Security
Professor J. Kinderlerer
Biotechnology and IPL
Professor R. le Roux
Labour Law, Sport Law
Professor S. Mancuso
Comparative Law