Thought Leader Encounters: Anthony Diala
On Thursday 14 March 2024, Professor Anthony Diala (UWC) presented on his co-authored publication titled ‘The Tsetse Fly Perched on the Scrotum: Publishing Problems in Academic Journals.’
Book Launch: Capture in the Court: In Defence of Judges and the Constitution
On Wednesday 13 March 2024, CLS hosted the UCT book launch of Capture in the Court: In Defence of Judges and the Constitution, which saw author, Dan Mafora, in conversation with Professor Anthony Diala (UWC).
Yoliswa Dwane Public Lecture - 2024
On 1 March, CLS and Equal Education hosted the 2nd Annual Yoliswa Dwane Lecture entitled: ‘The Local and Global: Connecting Struggles for Justice and Equality,’ delivered by Fatima Hassan, Director of the Health Justice Initiative.
Kate O’Regan Intervarsity Moot Competition
CLS, the UCT Student Moot Society, and the Faculty Moot Committee co-hosted the competition, held on 26 August 2023, at UCT.
Book Launch: The Unaccountables
On 13 April 2023, CLS and the Centre of Criminology co-hosted the launch of the book ‘The Unaccountables: The Powerful Politicians and Corporations who Profit from Impunity’
About the Centre for Law and Society
The Centre for Law and Society (CLS) is an innovative multi-disciplinary centre in the Faculty of Law where scholars, students and activists engage critically with, and work together on, the challenges facing contemporary South Africa and Africa at the intersection of law and society.
Through engaged research, critical teaching and robust exchange, CLS aims to shape a new generation of scholars, practitioners and activists, and to build the field of relevant legal theory, scholarship and practice, that is responsive to our context in South Africa and Africa.
The Centre provides an interactive space to collaborate on solutions to pressing social injustices, and incubates people, ideas and projects to promote justice.