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 and Company (Pty) Ltd since 2001.
VOLUMES AND ISSUES
Volume / Issue
2023
Chuma Himonga’s scholarship on the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998
Author: Lea Mwambene
Source: Acta Juridica 2023, p 1-18
Transforming litigation in customary marriage disputes: Ubuntu and the responsibility of legal practitioners
Author: Helen Kruuse
Source: Acta Juridica 2023, p 19-45
The active role of South Africa’s Constitutional Court in advancing women’s rights and proprietary interests in the customary law of marriage
Author: Ebrezia Johnson
Source: Acta Juridica 2023, p 46-76
Highlighting the higher courts’ obligation to protect vulnerable groups when magistrates fail to conduct the competency test properly
Author: Nondumiso Phenyane
Source: Acta Juridica 2023, p 77-98
Cultural vulnerability and judicial recognition of heterosexual life-partnerships in South Africa
Author: Christa Rautenbach
Source: Acta Juridica 2023, p 99-126
What are the implications of Bwanya v The Master of the High Court for customary law?
Author: Julia Sloth-Nielsen
Source: Acta Juridica 2023, p 127-151
Gender equality in customary marriages: Is the deregulation of customary marriages the solution?
Author: Pieter Bakker
Source: Acta Juridica 2023, p 152-185
The Reform of Customary Law of Succession Act in contemporary South Africa
Author: Fatima Osman
Source: Acta Juridica 2023, p 186-213
The right of children born to undocumented migrants to have their best interests given paramount importance: Reimagining the South African birth registration process
Authors: Rowan Fortuin & Salona Lutchman
Source: Acta Juridica 2023, p 240-269
The decision-making power of adolescents to refuse medical treatment in South Africa: Lessons from other jurisdictions
Author: Ebenezer Durojaye
Source: Acta Juridica 2023, p 240-269