South African Law Journal
G Glover (Managing Editor); M Paleker; PJ Schwikkard; H Kruuse; H Corder; C Fritz
ISSN: 0258-2503 | eISSN: 1996-2177
Years of Publication: 1883 – current (by Juta & Co since 1910)
Published: Periodical – 4 Issues/Annum
Accreditation(s): International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS); Scopus
About this publication
The South African Law Journal is South Africa’s premier law journal. It publishes articles, notes on cases and book reviews by prominent members of the legal profession and academics. Founded in 1884, it is one of the oldest law journals of its kind in the world. The South African Law Journal is the legal showcase for new ideas, changing attitudes and shifting emphases in South African law. Those who are interested in these changes and developments will find this journal stimulating reading.
VOLUMES AND ISSUES
Volume / Issue
Volume 141 Issue 3
NOTES
The Draft Lower Courts Bill — A serious attempt to transform the civil justice system, or another window-dressing exercise?
Author: Mohamed Paleker
Source: South African Law Journal 141 I3, pp 437-454 (2024)
Investors beware — Public-interest considerations in merger review are significant: The Burger King matter
Author: Jacqueline Church
Source: South African Law Journal 141 I3, pp 454-466 (2024)
Recent South African marriage reform proposals: Confused and conflicted?
Authors: Brigitte Clark & Belinda van Heerden
Source: South African Law Journal 141 I3, pp 467-482 (2024)
Judicial reliance on documents not established into evidence: Dispensing justice or injudicious overreach?
Author: Ferdinand Heinrich Hermann Kehrhahn
Source: South African Law Journal 141 I3, pp 483-495 (2024)
ARTICLES
The treatment of facts in administrative-law review
Authors: Glenn Penfold & Cora Hoexter
Source: South African Law Journal 141 I3, pp 496-525 (2024)
Realizing South Africa’s contribution to the global biodiversity framework’s area-based targets — The potential impact of new screening trends linked to strategic infrastructure projects, corridors and zones
Author: Alexander Paterson
Source: South African Law Journal 141 I3, pp 526-553 (2024)
A critical appraisal of the parole system and its compliance with section 165 of the Constitution
Author: Loammi Wolf
Source: South African Law Journal 141 I3, pp 554-588 (2024)
Propping up the crumbling city: Sectional title law, residential building governance and local government
Author: Marius Pieterse
Source: South African Law Journal 141 I3, pp 589-621 (2024)
BOOK REVIEWS
Anton Fagan Aquilian Liability in the South African Law of Delict: A Textbook for Students (2020)
Author: Emile Zitzke
Source: South African Law Journal 141 I3, pp 622-629 (2024)
BOOK NOTICE
J Smit, E O Alemika, C Botha, G Ngantweni & G van Mollendorf (eds) Policing in Africa — Towards an African Epistemology (2022)
Author: Elrena van der Spuy
Source: South African Law Journal 141 I3, pp 630-633 (2024)