Advanced Criminal Law

The majority of research articles are published in online research journals. The Browzine Journals box below provides links to suggested online Criminal Law journals. 

Prescribed Articles and Blogs

• Shahabuddeen, M “Does the Principle of Legality Stand in the Way of Progressive Development of Law” 2004 Journal of International Criminal Justice 2(4) 1007-1017
• Mujuzi, J “The rule of law: Approaches of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and Selected African States” 2012 African Human Rights Journal 89 – 111.
• Nicholson, J “Strengthening the Effectiveness of International Criminal Law through the Principle of Legality” 2017 International Criminal Law Review 17(4) 656-681
• Ossei-Owusu, S “Kangaroo Courts” 2021 Harvard Law Review Forum 134(4) 200-212
• Mafora, D “On matters criminal and constitutional” 
• Steven, G and Le Roux-Bouwer, J “A critical legal perspective on statutory intoxication – time to sober up?” 2023 Obiter 584 – 597
• Hoctor, S “Non-pathological criminal incapacity relating to provocation or emotional stress – an overview of developments in South African law” 2019 South African Journal of Psychology 177 – 187
• Bullock K “The influence of culture on end-of-life decision making” 2011 Journal of Social Work and End-of-Life Palliative Care 83-98.
• Firmansyah, Y et al “Two side coins of euthanasia: mercy-killing or evil according to human rights, religion, ethics and the law” 2020 International Journal Law 111 – 118
• Peters, A. “Euthanasia and consensual harm: evaluating the moral and legal asymmetry of self- and other-regarding acts” 2021
• Foerter, M “Inevitable Euthanasia? Dementia and Normalizing a New Eugenics for the Aging and Infirmed “ 2020 Ohio State University, Master's thesis
• South African Law Commission. Euthanasia and the artificial preservation of life, 1997
• Luwaya, N and Omar J “Working against violence against women: how far have we come?” 2020 Acta Juridica (Special Edition: Women, law and policy) 1 – 26
• Chinnian K and Petersen A “Gender construction in sexual offences cases: a case for fully reviving the Sexual Offences Courts” 2020 Acta Juridica (Special Edition: Women, law and policy) 135 – 163
• Mwambene L & Sloth-Nielsen J “Talking the talk and walking the walk: How can the development of customary law be understood?” (2010) Vol 28 No 2 Law in Context Journal 27
• Nortje W & Du Toit P “A fresh perspective on historical sexual abuse: the case of Hewitt v S 2017 1 SACR 309 (SCA)” (2017) Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal
• Sanger C How to Support Community Members Affected by Gender Based Violence: A Guide for Community Activists and Human Rights Defenders (2015) 1-139 Sonke Gender Justice
• Vetten L “Domestic Violence in South Africa” (2014) 71 Institute for Security Studies Policy Brief 1-8 
• Khan F and Hagglund K “An Analysis of the Common Purpose Doctrine and Rape in South Africa with Special Focus on Tshabalala v The State (2019) ZACC 48” (2022) 43(2) Obiter 404-415
• Chitimira H and Munedzi S “Historical aspects of customer due diligence and related anti-money laundering measures in South Africa” (2023) 26(7) Journal of Money Laundering Control 138-154
• Cannizaro E “When the Reasons are More Telling than the Ruling: The Order of the ICJ in South Africa v. Israel” (2024)