Department of Private Law

- Law of Obligations: Law of contract, session, undue enrichment, estoppel and delict

- Family Law and Law of Persons: Children's rights, legal implications of cohabitation, surrogate motherhood and artificial insemination

- Property Law: Property law, law of things, land reform, sectional titles, share block schemes, statutory property law, law of succession and law of trusts

- Indigenous Law

- International Private Law

For further information on the LLM (research) and LLD programmes, visit the Faculty of Law's homepage.

- Law of Obligations: Law of contract, session, undue enrichment, estoppel and delict

- Family Law and Law of Persons: Children's rights, legal implications of cohabitation, surrogate motherhood and artificial insemination

- Property Law: Property law, law of things, land reform, sectional titles, share block schemes, statutory property law, law of succession and law of trusts

- Indigenous Law

- International Private Law

For further information on the LLM (research) and LLD programmes, visit the Faculty of Law's homepage.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

STRUCTURE AND FIELDS OF STUDY

Postgraduate Diploma in Tax Law

Coursework, two years part-time. Law of taxation includes:

  • Income Tax
  • VAT
  • Estate Duty

Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law

Coursework; one year full time OR two years part-time. Intellectual property law includes:

  • Copyright Law
  • Trademark Law
  • Intellectual Property Law in the Digital Environment
  • Patent Law and the Law of Registered Design

 

Postgraduate Diploma in Public Procurement Policy and Regulation

 

Coursework; one year full time OR two years part-time. Public Procurement Policy and Regulation includes:

Compulsory modules - 

  • International Legal Regimes on Public Procurement
  • Public Procurement Regulation and Policy in South Africa

Elective modules - 

  • Corruption and Public Procurement
  • Defence Procurement Regulation and Policy
  • Infrastructure Procurement Regulation and Policy in South Africa
  • Policy and Public Procurement Law
  • Procurement Law Compliance

 

Bachelor of Laws
(three-year programme as a second degree)

 

Coursework, full-time. All fields of study in law.

Master of Laws

Coursework, residential with specialisation in various fields of study in law, including -

Research-based (thesis). All fields of study in law, including -

  • Mercantile Law
  • Private Law
  • Public Law

Doctor of Laws

Research-based. All fields of study in law, including -

  • Mercantile Law
  • Private Law
  • Public Law