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Our Programmes

Constitutional Law and Nature

This course focuses largely on the current regulation of animals and the environment in South African law and highlights the scope and application of animal rights and rights of Nature in foreign domestic legal contexts as possible examples from which the South African context can draw lessons.

Master of Laws in Environmental Law

This Master’s Degree aims to equip students with an advanced understanding of the scope and evolution of environmental law, as well as an in-depth knowledge of the major concepts, cases, principles and key debates that shape effective environmental law and governance frameworks and approaches.

Our Departments

Department of Criminal Justice & Procedure

Department of Mercantile and Labour Law

Department of Private Law

Department of Public Law and Jurisprudence

Our Centres

African Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice (ACTCJ)

Centre for Legal Intergration in Africa

Global Environmental Law Centre 

Latest News & Events

  • UWC Law Alumni Fund Launched
  • UWC LLM Student Awarded the Prestigious Marija and Mirjan Damaška Scholarship
  • Research Bulletin – Issue 4 | July 2024

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    Bellville
    Cape Town
    7535
    South Africa
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