Ibtisaam Ahmed | Law of Persons & Family |
Mathabo Baase | Child Law, Jurisprudence, Customary Law and History |
Jaco Barnard-Naude | Critical jurisprudence, sexual minority freedom, post-apartheid jurisprudence, spatial justice, law and aesthetics and Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalytic jurisprudence. |
Amanda Barratt | Family law, particularly the law of marriage and permanent life partnerships. Also researching the ways in which the process of colonisation of southern Africa has left a permanent imprint on our laws of marriage and on conflict of laws rules internationally. |
Leo Boonzaier | Law of obligations, especially delict/tort; private law theory; general jurisprudence |
Robin Cupido | Law of Contract, Private International Law, Consumer Law, Law and Technology |
Francois du Toit | Head of Department (Private Law) | Law of Succession, Law of Trusts |
Anton Fagan | South African Law of Delict |
Dale Hutchison | Contract; law of cession; succession; law of trusts; delictual damages for pure economic loss |
Chuma Himonga | Research interests cover the Law of Persons and Marriage, African Customary Law, Comparative African Family Law, Legal Pluralism, Women’s and Children’s Rights under Customary Law in Southern Africa and Human Rights as they relate to family law. |
Solly Leeman | Copyright Law |
Gaopalelwe Mathiba | Mineral Law |
Khomotso Moshikaro | Legal theory, constitutional law, criminal law, property law, unjustified enrichment and civil procedural theory. |
Hanri Mostert | Land Law and Mineral Law |
Tjakie Naude | Law of Contract, including Specific Contracts, Consumer Protection and Comparative Law |
Fatima Osman | Teaches African Customary Law and the Law of Succession. |
Mohamed Paleker | Civil procedure and the law of succession |
Philippe-Joseph Salazar | Rhetoric Studies |
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The Department's academics are involved in many areas of research - some specifically within Private Law, some inter-departmental, and some interdisciplinary.