Department of Private Law
Private Law is focused on the legal interests of individuals in society. All private law can be tested against the Constitution, with particular reference to the Bill of Rights. Department is home to academics focused on a broad range of specialist areas. These interest areas in the department are pursued by individual academics, who teach and research in their particular area (and often in related areas), and also within dedicated research units.
These areas of Private Law include (amongst other areas) the following:
Land law and land redistribution
Customary Law
The law of Contract
The law of Succession
Family Law
Comparative Law and the nature of the legal systems
The fundamentals of the Law of Delict
The Jurisprudential and historical context of Private law
Information on the research units and links to the individual pages are also available.