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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 and the Shipping
Law 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 novice
academic staff finishing LLM degrees or working on PhD
degrees. Longer-serving academic staff members are
working on new books or on new editions of established
works.
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 three research and teaching units which form
part of the Department: the Institute of Development and
Labour Law, the Centre for Comparative Law in Africa and
the Shipping Law unit.
Departmental Statistics
Permanent and long-term contract staff
Honorary Professor
2
Honorary Research Associate
1
Professors
9
Associate Professors
3
Emeritus Professor
1
Lecturers
16
Teaching and Research Assistants
2
Administrative staff
3
Total
37
Students
Other Faculties
2549
LLB
396
PG Diplomas
130
Doctor of Philosophy
17
Master of Philosophy
77
LLM By Dissertation
2
LLM By Coursework and Dissertation
355
Semester Study Abroad
7
Law Exchange
11
Occasional PG
5
Occasional UG
1
TOTAL
3550
*
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 R. le Roux
Labour Law, Sport Law
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. Kinderler
Biotechnology and IPL
Professor S. Mancuso
Comparative Law