Conference overview
The Centre for Legal Integration in Africa in the Department of Private Law at the University of the Western Cape and the Department of Private Law at the University of Cape Town have convened jurists, scholars and practitioners to reflect on the impact of the Constitutional Court decision in Bhe and Others v Khayelitsha Magistrate and Others [15 October 2004]. This judgment, which invalidated the rule of primogeniture, is arguably the most significant judicial intrusion in African customary law since the end of apartheid. It has inspired law reforms and considerable scholarly commentary.
Twenty years after, we seek to examine its impact on the interaction of laws in South Africa. What is the pattern of the law reforms it has inspired? What should law reformers have done differently? Importantly, how have traditional communities embraced these reforms? Our five panels will explore these questions in a legal pluralist framework, using comparative, interdisciplinary and philosophical perspectives, as well as insights from the field.
We are proud to offer Keynotes by retired Constitutional Court judges, Albie Sachs and Dikgang Moseneke, as well as Janine Ubink, the President of the International Commission on Legal Pluralism and professor of law, governance and development at the Van Vollenhoven Institute in Leiden University, Netherlands.
We invite you to join our intellectual feast from 20 to 21 August using this online link. Please delve into our Book of Abstracts here and presenters’ bios here to learn more about our speakers.
If you have any questions, please contact us at dlgordon@uwc.ac.za (logistics), clia@uwc.ac.za and fatima.osman@uct.ac.za (thematic).
Anthony Diala and Fatima Osman [Organisers]
Twenty years after, we seek to examine its impact on the interaction of laws in South Africa. What is the pattern of the law reforms it has inspired? What should law reformers have done differently? Importantly, how have traditional communities embraced these reforms? Our five panels will explore these questions in a legal pluralist framework, using comparative, interdisciplinary and philosophical perspectives, as well as insights from the field.
We are proud to offer Keynotes by retired Constitutional Court judges, Albie Sachs and Dikgang Moseneke, as well as Janine Ubink, the President of the International Commission on Legal Pluralism and professor of law, governance and development at the Van Vollenhoven Institute in Leiden University, Netherlands.
We invite you to join our intellectual feast from 20 to 21 August using this online link. Please delve into our Book of Abstracts here and presenters’ bios here to learn more about our speakers.
If you have any questions, please contact us at dlgordon@uwc.ac.za (logistics), clia@uwc.ac.za and fatima.osman@uct.ac.za (thematic).
Anthony Diala and Fatima Osman [Organisers]
