Department of Jurisprudence

Prof MP Ferreira-Snyman

College of Law
School of Law
Department: Jurisprudence
Professor
Tel: 012 433 9538
Fax: 086 763 4501
E-mail: ferremp@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • B Juris (cum laude) (PU for CHE, 1997)
  • LLB (cum laude) (PU for CHE, 1999)
  • LLM (cum laude) (PU for CHE, 2001)
  • LLD (University of Johannesburg, 2010)

Currently teaching

  • Comparative law
  • Introduction to Paralegal Studies

Fields of academic interests

  • Public International Law
  • International Outer Space Law
  • Regionalism

Journal articles

  • “Grondwetlike waardes en die openbare administrasie” (“Constitutional values and the public administration”) 2002 (16) SA Publiekreg/Public Law 286-314
  • “Hersiening van besluite geneem ingevolge die Wet op Bevordering van Toegang tot Inligting” (“Review of decisions taken in terms of the Access to Information Act”) 2002 (65) Journal of Contemporary Roman-Dutch Law 354-372
  • “Grondwetlike waardes, die openbare administrasie en die reg op toegang tot omgewingsinligting” (“Constitutional values, the public administration and the right of access to environmental information”) (co-author: Prof W du Plessis of the PU for CHE (currently North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus)) 2002 (67) Koers 1-18
  • 4 “Cronjé v United Cricket Board of South Africa 2001 4 SA 1361 (T) – administrative action” 2002 (35) De Jure 381-385
  • “Beperking van die reg op toegang tot inligting in Suid-Afrika met verwysing na die Nederlandse Wet Openbaarheid van Bestuur’” (“Limitation of the right of access to information in South Africa with reference to the Dutch Wet Openbaarheid van Bestuur”) 2003 (36) De Jure 1-19
  • “Non-refoulement as grondslag van die vlugtelingereg” (“Non-refoulement as foundation of the law of refugees”) (co-author: Prof GM Ferreira of the North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus) 2004 (2) Journal of South African Law 343-364
  • “Die teoretiese grondslag van die regsgebondenheid van die owerheid” (“The theoretical foundation of the state’s obligation to abide by the law”) (Part 1) (co-author: Prof GM Ferreira of the North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus) 2005 (68) Journal of Contemporary Roman-Dutch Law 20-34
  • “Die teoretiese grondslag van die regsgebondenheid van die owerheid” (“The theoretical foundation of the state’s obligation to abide by the law”) (Part 2) (co-author: Prof GM Ferreira of the North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus) 2005 (68) Journal of Contemporary Roman-Dutch Law 192-209
  • “Die teoretiese grondslag van die regsgebondenheid van die owerheid” (“The theoretical foundation of the state’s obligation to abide by the law”) (Part 3) (co-author: Prof GM Ferreira of the North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus) 2005 (68) Journal of Contemporary Roman-Dutch Law 374-388
  • “Demokrasie en die openbare administrasie” (“Democracy and the public administration”) 2005 (45) Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe / Journal for Human Sciences 2005 79-89
  • “The impact of treaty reservations on the establishment of an international human rights regime” (co-author: Prof GM Ferreira of the North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus) 2005 (38) The Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa 148-183
  • “The evolution of state sovereignty: A historical overview” 2006 (12-2) Fundamina 1-28
    13 “Global good governance and good global governance” (co-author: Prof GM Ferreira of the North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus) 2006 (31) South African Yearbook of International Law 1-46
  • “Sovereignty and the changing nature of public international law: Towards a world law?” 2007 (40) The Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa 395-424
  • “The constitutionalisation of public international law and the creation of an international rule of law: Taking stock” (co-author: Prof GM Ferreira of the North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus) 2008 (33) South African Yearbook of International Law 147-167
  • “Regional organisations and their members: The question of authority” 2009 (42) The Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa 183-209
  • “The harmonization of laws within the African Union and the viability of legal pluralism as an alternative” (co-author: Prof GM Ferreira of the North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus) 2010 (73) Journal of Contemporary Roman-Dutch Law 608-628
  • “Intervention with specific reference to the relationship between the United Nations Security Council and the African Union” 2010 (43) The Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa 139-172
  • “Regionalism and the restructuring of the United Nations, with specific reference to the African Union” 2011 (44) The Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa 358-391
  • “The environmental responsibility of states for space debris and the implications for developing countries in Africa” 2013 (46) The Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa 19-51
  • “Migration in the global village: Cultural rights, citizenship and self-determination”(co-author: Prof GM Ferreira of the North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus) 2012 (37) South African Yearbook of International Law 131-154
  • “Legal challenges relating to the commercial use of outer space with specific reference to space tourism” 2014 (17) Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal 2-50