Southern African Public Law
You may have heard of the Southern African Public Law (SAPL), an academic journal that aims to provide academics and intellectuals from Southern Africa and Africa a forum for discursive deliberation and debate. What you may not know, however, is why it does so.
The SAPL was born out of the need for a publication devoted to public law issues facing the Southern African region. The continent faces many challenges with governance: corruption, inequality, weak institutions and increased militarism are just some examples. These problems require solutions based on sound scholarship – but where can you find such research? In South Africa alone there are over 20 public law journals covering different areas of legal practice—why should there be another one?
SAPL aims to provide academics and intellectuals from Southern Africa and Africa with a forum for discursive deliberation and debate. It is an academic journal, which seeks to encourage public law scholarship by publishing interdisciplinary articles from diverse fields of study. The journal welcomes contributions from academics, students, and practitioners who have an interest in public law matters in Southern Africa or Africa.
Membership is open to anyone interested in the advancement of public law scholarship in the Southern African region. Members receive two full issues of the annual journal each year, as well as regular newsletters that are communicated via e-mail.
Membership fees are determined annually and may be paid by cheque (payable to ‘Public Law’ and sent to Dr Herman Truter, Department of Public Law and Jurisprudence, University of Cape Town) or credit card through our website www.publiclawjournal.co.za/membership.
Membership is open to anyone interested in the advancement of public law scholarship in the Southern African region. Membership is open to academics, intellectuals, and students from South Africa and Africa.
