About this publication
Acta Juridica is the University of Cape Town’s Law Faculty’s law journal. It is published annually as a single issue under the editorship of an issue editor, or issue editors, and comprises commissioned articles on a theme for each year. The annual themes and issue editors are approved by the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Law. Founded in 1956, it has been published by Juta & Co since 2001.
VOLUMES AND ISSUES
Volume / Issue
2020
Working against violence against women: How far have we come?
Author: Nolundi Luwaya and Jameelah Omar
Source: Acta Juridica 2020, p 1-26
Villains and (s)heroes in the quest for truth and justice in sexual harassment cases
Author: Nicolette Naylor
Source: Acta Juridica 2020, p 27-62
A contradiction in terms? The promotion of adolescent sexual rights and the prevention of sexual violence
Author: Salona Lutchman
Source: Acta Juridica 2020, p 63-86
Evolution of provisions relating to violence against women in South Africa’s Traditional Courts Bill
Author: Monica de Souza Louw
Source: Acta Juridica 2020, p 87-134
Gender construction in sexual offences cases: A case for fully reviving the Sexual Offences Courts
Author: Karin Chinnian and Aamina Petersen
Source: Acta Juridica 2020, p 135-164
A crisis of violence against women: Has South Africa fulfilled its obligations in terms of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women?
Author: Samantha Barkley
Source: Acta Juridica 2020, p 165-196
Does Africa need a regional treaty on violence against women? A comparative analysis of normative standards in three regional human rights systems
Authors: Rashida Manjoo and Ruth Nekura
Source: Acta Juridica 2020, p 197-226
Refugee women as victims of intimate partner violence: Forever vulnerable?
Authors: Fatima Khan, Cecile Sackeyfio and Liliya Paraketsova
Source: Acta Juridica 2020, p 227-266
The bloody rainbow: The creation of the second closet – Lesbian Blackwomxn, intimate partner violence and third parties’ responses
Authors: Lethabo Mailula
and Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane
Source: Acta Juridica 2020, p 267-286
Violence against women in South Africa: Perspectives from a mental health context
Author: Zareena Parker
Source: Acta Juridica 2020, p 287-311