An introduction to administrative justice
The Professional Development Project of the Faculty of Law, UCT, is once again pleased to present its popular course in administrative justice. On 8, 9 and 10 September 2015.
About the course
This introductory course deals with the following aspects of administrative law:
Day 1 General introduction to the Bill of Rights and administrative law
Outline of PAJA and Section 33
Day 2 Lawfulness and procedural fairness
Day 3 Reasonableness, reasons and remedies
Why is this course important?
As we increasingly become concerned about abuse of public power, including corruption, knowledge of that part of the law that is designed precisely to hold the public administration accountable to the law for their actions is indispensable.
Very often, those who wield such power do not know its lawful limits, and those who deal with the bureaucracy are ignorant of their rights. The South African Constitution represents best practice internationally in this area of the law, yet in practice there are many problems. This course serves as an excellent first step in transforming the law in formal terms into reality.
Who will benefit from this course?
Anyone and everyone who exercises public power or performs a public function. This includes all public servants and staff of parastatals. In addition, anyone who is interested in and wants to update their knowledge of Administrative Law.
Course presenters
Hugh Corder has been Professor of Public Law at UCT since 1987. A graduate of the universities of Cape Town, Cambridge and Oxford, his main teaching and research interests fall within the field of constitutional and administrative law, particularly judicial appointment and accountability, and mechanisms to further administrative accountability.
Professor Corder has been widely involved in community work since his student days, concentrating on popular legal education, race relations, human rights and the abolition of the death penalty. He served as a technical adviser in the drafting of the transitional Bill of Rights for South Africa. He has written two books and edited a further three, and has contributed many articles and chapters in books.
Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa is a Professor and currently Head of the Public Law Department at the University of Cape Town.
He teaches administrative law, international protection of human rights, current issues in constitutional law, and children's rights. He has published widely on human rights, especially economic and social rights. In January 2007, he was an international visiting scholar at Queens University in Canada, where he taught an intensive course in socio-economic rights.
He has also taught as a guest lecturer in the LLM programmes on human rights and democratisation in Venice, the University of the Western Cape, and at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria.
Prof Geo Quinot is Professor in the Department of Public Law at Stellenbosch University.
He teaches administrative and constitutional law, but is also involved in the development of and teaching in new undergraduate and postgraduate courses on public procurement regulation at the Stellenbosch Law Faculty.
His research focuses on general administrative law, including a particular focus on the regulation of state commercial activity. He is the author of various articles in academic journals and electronic publications such as Juta's Quarterly Review of South African Law, to which he contributes quarterly updates on public procurement law, chapters in book publications, and two recent books, viz. Administrative Law Cases and Materials (Juta & Co, 2008) and State Commercial Activity: A Legal Framework (Juta & Co, 2009). Geo is currently involved in a British Academy funded project on public procurement regulation in Southern Africa as lead African partner in partnership with the Public Procurement Research Group at the University of Nottingham, with Sue Arrowsmith as project leader.
He studied law at the University of Stellenbosch, where he also obtained his doctorate in 2007 on a dissertation focusing on government contracting, and at the University of Virginia School of Law in the United States as a Fulbright fellow.
Registration details
Programme and venue information:
Signing in will commence at 9am on the first day unless otherwise advised. Each day will end at approximately 5pm.
Award of certificate:
A certificate of attendance from UCT will be awarded to those who attend the full three days. Please ensure that you sign the attendance register each day.
Closing date for registration:
One week prior to the course.
Registration and enquiries:
Please contact the Professional Development Project:
Paula Allen on 021 650 5558
Andrea Blaauw on 021 650 5413
Fax:021 650 5513
Email:az.ca.tcu@nella.aluap/az.ca.tcu@wuaalb.aerdna/az.ca.tcu@llafressaw.aneri
OR visit our website: www.lawatwork.uct.ac.za to download the registration form.
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Venue: Cape Town
Cost: R7,500 per delegate. The course fee includes parking, teas, lunches, textbook.
More info:
Instructions regarding the programme and directions to the venue will be sent to you electronically a week prior to the event.