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FACULTY OF LAW
Department of
Private Law
(Including the Intellectual Property and Policy Research
Unit)
Head of Department: Professor Tjakie
Naudé
Departmental Profile
The Department of Private Law maintained its strong
research record during the period of review. Members of the
department maintained a high rate of publication in 2011,
which included a number of international publications.
Four staff members received an NRF rating at the end of
2011. They are Professors Hanri Mostert (B3), Anton Fagan
(C2) and Associate Professors Jaco Barnard-Naudé (Y1)
and Helen Scott (Y1). This brings the number of NRF-rated
researchers in the department to six.
Associate Prof Helen Scott co-organised a seminar at All
Souls College, Oxford, entitled ‘Iniuria and the Common
Law’. Speakers included Professor Anton Fagan from the
Department and Professors Boudewijn Sirks of Oxford
and David Ibbetson of Cambridge. She also presented a
paper in Boston at a conference to celebrate the launch
of the Third American Restatement on the Restitution
of Unjust Enrichment. Other colleagues who presented
papers at international conferences include Prof Chuma
Himonga (i.a. 1
st
International Colloquium on Translational
Linguistic Repertoires: Communication in Courts and Public
Agencies, Vienna; 33
rd
Conference of Comparative Law, Trier,
Germany), Professor Hanri Mostert (i.a. Progressive Property
Conference in Montreal, Canada, Law and Governance
Conference in Groningen, Netherlands), Associate Professor
Jaco Barnard-Naudé (North American Outgames Human
Rights Conference, Vancouver, Canada), Associate
Professor Mohamed Paleker (i.a. Public and Private Justices
Conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia) and Dr Amanda Barratt
(International Private Law Conference in Nicosia, Cyprus). Dr
Sindiso Mnisi-Weeks conducted a workshop on ‘The Social
Life of Legal Innovations’ at the University of Wisconsin Law
School’s Global Legal Studies Center, and Professor Mostert
on Tenure Security in Enschede, Netherlands. Associate
Professor Scott was invited to teach at the University of Paris.
Another highlight has been Professor Paleker’s report for the
South African Law Reform Commission project on revision
of legislation administered by the Department of Justice
and Constitutional Development (on Civil Procedure,
Succession, Trusts and Administration of Estates).
Professor Jaco-Barnard Naudé obtained a MA in Creative
Writing (Afrikaans Poetry) from UCT in 2011.
Contract staff that excelled includes Meyer van den Berg
who was chosen as a UCT research fellow and Salona
Lutchman who was chosen for an LLM program in New York.
Departmental Statistics
Permanent and long-term contract staff
Emeritus Professor
2
Professors
6
Associate Professors
4
Senior Lecturers
2
Lecturers
1
Admin and Clerical Staff
2
Total
18
Students
Degree
2011 Course Headcount
LLB
472
PG Dip
64
Masters
318
PhD
65
Occasional
168
TOTAL
1087
Research Fields and Staff
Permanent staff
Associate Professor A.J. Barnard-Naudé
Jurisprudence; Legal Theory
Dr A. Barratt
Law of Persons and Marriage; Legal History; Intellectual
Property Law
Professor A.G. Fagan
Law of Delict; Jurisprudence; Constitutional Theory
Dr L. Greenbaum
Legal Education; Legal Writing.
Professor C. Himonga
African Customary Law
Professor D.B. Hutchison
Law of Contract; Law of Delict
Professor J. Kinderlerer
Intellectual Property Law; Biotechnology Law