Monthly Archives: December 2015

Constitutional Court Review Conference 2015

I was honoured to be invited to write a piece for the 7th edition of Constitutional Court Review and presented my paper at the conference on 4 December 2015. My article is on the recent Constitutional Court judgment of Trencon Construction (Pty) Ltd v Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited [2015] ZACC 22. In particular, I… Read More »

‘Judicial regulation of administrative action’ in the South African Monograph on Constitutional Law

This chapter, which Lauren lead-authored, is a carefully elucidated summary of the complex field of administrative law in SA. It has been viewed over 5000 times on Academia.Edu. This research platform reveals the contribution’s regular use by students, scholars, practitioners and government officials. Context matters and today’s system of South African administrative law is quite… Read More »

Escaping the ‘Shifren Shackle’ Through the Application of Public Policy: An Analysis of Three Recent Cases Shows Shifren is not so Immutable after All

This article traverses complex terrain at the intersection of the private law of contract and human rights, via the doctrinal device of public policy. It was nominated by the UCT Law Faculty (Director, Internationalisation) for the St Petersburg International Legal Forum Private Law Prize, 2018. Nearly five decades ago, and in the wake of debate… Read More »