Faculty of Law

What are the implications of the Constitutional Court ruling on corporal punishment for doctors who suspect a child has been subjected to corporal punishment. Senior Lecturer in UCT's Public Law Department, Salona Lutchman, addresses this issue in

The Law Faculty is very pleased to welcome on board our new Faculty Manager, Ms Nondwe de Caires. Resonsible for the academic administration for Law degree programmes from undergraduate through to PhD, UCT's Faculty Managers have no small task

Judges Matter praises judicial independence and condemns unfair criticism and threats against judges in South Africa. 

The Everard and Joan MacFarlane Family Leadership Scholarship for University of Cape Town (UCT) law students was launched on Tuesday, 20 July. More than just a funding grant, the R15 million endowment aims to support students who display both acad

Associate Professor Waheeda Amien, of UCT's Department of Public law, has been selected to serve as a member of the South African Law Reform Commission’s (SALRC) Advisory Committee on the Review of Aspects of Matrimonial Property La

Ms Diana Asonaba Dapaah, a PhD student in the UCT Law Faculty, has been appointed as as one of the two Deputies for the Office of Attorney General and Minister of Justice in Ghana.

Jameelah Omar, UCT Public Law Department academic and senior lecturer, has been recognised as one of the 2021 M&G 200 Young South Africans - in the Education group. The Faculty is really proud - our warmest congratulations to Jameelah!

The Pietermaritzburg High Court declared Friday 11 June that the Ingonyama Trust acted unlawfully and in violation of the Constitution by concluding residential leases with persons who are true owners of the land in terms of Zulu customary law. UC

The African lobby behind an independent report on racist police violence in the USA has kickstarted its work. The hard-hitting report was compiled by an international commission of 12 legal experts, among them UCT human rights veteran Emeritus Professo

Public Law academic, ECD advocate and UCT Law staff member, Nurina Ally, co-authored a recent op ed on last week's parliamentary hearings on the early childhood development sector.