Law, Democracy & Development

Law, Democracy & Development is the journal of the Faculty of Law at the University of the Western Cape. The first issue appeared in May 1997. The journal set out to build on the proud traditions established by UWC and by the Law Faculty during the struggle for democracy, with many of our staff and alumni having gone on to serve as Ministers of state, as judges of the highest courts and in other key positions in the post-apartheid dispensation.

The evolution and implementation of democracy, good governance practices, human rights and socio-economic development are critical issues facing South Africa and Africa as a whole. Law interacts with this process in ways that may promote or inhibit it. Law, Democracy & Development addresses this interaction. Our aim is to create a forum in which critical aspects of the process can be debated by scholars, practitioners as well as those concerned with policy-making across the continent, thus contributing to the development of shared knowledge and cooperative effort.

The University of the Western Cape is situated next to a nature reserve, six kilometres from Cape Town International Airport and 20 kilometres from central Cape Town. The Faculty of Law is housed in its own building on the eastern side of the main campus. In addition to LLB and coursework LLM and MPhil programmes, the Faculty offers LLM, MPhil, PhD and LLD degrees by thesis as well as various certificate and outreach programmes.

L'université University of the Western Cape est située à côté d'une réserve naturelle à 6 km de l'aéroport Cape Town International et à 20 km du centre de Le Cap. La Faculté de Droit se trouve dans son propre bâtiment du côté est du campus principal. En sus des programmes LLB et des cours LLM et MPhil la faculté offre les degrés LLM, MPhil, PhD et LLD,  par thèses aussi bien que plusieurs programmes qui amènent au certificat et qui sont destinés au grand public.

Robert Fine (Professor of Sociology, Warwick University)
Yash Ghai (Professor of Law, University of Hong Kong)
Evance Kalula (Professor of Law and Director, Institute of Development and Labour Law, University of Cape Town)
Karl Klare (Professor of Law, Northeastern University, Boston)
Pius Langa (Former President of the Constitutional Court and former Chief Justice of South Africa)
Titia Loenen (Professor of Law, University of Utrecht)
Issa Shivji (Professor of Law, University of Dar-es-Salaam)