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Constitutional Court Review IX Conference

The Constitutional Court Review IX Conference will be held on 2-3 August 2018 at the Human Rights Room, Old Fort, Constitution Hill, Braamfontein, Johannesburg.

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE                                                                                           

Stu Woolman, Editor-in-Chief, Professor of Law & Elizabeth Bradley Chair of Ethics, Governance and Sustainable Development, University of the Witwatersrand; Editor-in-Chief, Constitutional Law of South Africa; T: +27 82 828 8056; E: stuart.woolman@wits.ac.za 

Michael Bishop, Managing Editor, Research Fellow, University of Cape Town; Counsel, Legal Resources Centre; Advocate, Cape Bar; Managing Editor, Constitutional Law of South Africa; T: +27 79 341 5616; E: mjbishop@outlook.com

Editors: David Bilchitz (University of Johannesburg/SAIFAC); Jason Brickhill (Legal Resources Centre/Cambridge University); Firoz Cachalia (University of Witwatersrand); Raisa Cachalia (SAIFAC); Andrew Konstant (University of Chicago); Khomotso Moshikaro (University of Cape Town); Salim Nakhjavani (University of Witwatersrand); Franziska Sucker (University of Witwatersrand)

09:00 - 9:30

9:00 - 9:15 Registration and Coffee
9:15 – 9:30 Introduction: Stu Woolman (University of the Witwatersrand) 

9:30 – 12:00 Symposium I: The Rule of Law, Legislative Rule-Making & Anti-Corruption Efforts

Stephen Gardbaum, University of California, Los Angeles 
Aziz Huq, University of Chicago
Firoz Cachalia, University of the Witwatersrand
Richard Stacey, University of Toronto
Sigall Horowitz, United Nations

12:00 - 12:15 Tea

Tea

12:15 – 13:15 Colloquy I: Equality and Affirmative Action

Martin BrasseyJohannesburg Bar 

Reply:

Cathi AlbertynUniversity of the Witwatersrand

13:15 – 14:00 Lunch

Lunch

14:15 – 16:30 Symposium II: Land, Property and Section 25

Tembeka Ngcukaitobi & Michael Bishop, Legal Resources Centre; University of Johannesburg; University of Cape Town
Jackie Dugard, University of the Witwatersrand Unpacking Section 25: Is South Africa's Property Clause An Obstacle Or Engine
Nompumelo Seme, University of the Witwatersrand

Reply:

Ngwako Raboshakga, University of the North West

16:30 – 16:45 Tea

Tea break

16:45 – 17:30 Essay: Understanding Law & Economics - Through the Prism of Plea Bargains

Richard Adelstein, Wesleyan University

17:30 – 18:30 Symposium III: Housing and the Spatial Embeddedness of Apartheid

Ajey Sangai, University of Jindal
R Frank MadlalateLegal Resources Centre

9:00 - 9:15 Coffee

Coffee

9:15 – 11:15 Symposium IV: Ubuntu & the Influence of African Moral Theory on the Constitution

Thad Metz, University of Johannesburg
Tom Daly, University of Edinburgh
O’Brian Kaaba, University of Zambia
Hanri Du Plessis, University of South Africa

11:15 – 11:30 Tea

Tea

11:30 – 13:00 Symposium V: Remedies and the Development of the Common Law

Muhammed Suleman & Sarah Pudifin-Jones, Kwa-Zulu Natal Bar
Helen Taylor, Oxford University
Mitchell De Beer, University of Notre Dame

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

Lunch

14:00 – 15:00 Symposium VI: AB, Reproductive Rights & Children’s Rights

Denise Meyerson, University of Melbourne
Meda Couzens, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal
Donrich Thaldar, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal

15:00 – 16:00 – Colloquy II: Al-Bashir, the ICC’s Jurisdiction and South Africa’s Obligations

Mia Swart, Human Sciences Research Council
Angela Mudukuti, Wyamo Institute of Germany

16:00 – 16:15 Tea

Tea

16:15 – 17:15 Essays: Access to Justice and the Right to the Environment

Robert Freeman, SAIFAC
Ruth Kruger, University of the Witwatersrand

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