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Prof M Wethmar-Lemmer

Professor | College of Law
School of Law | Department: Jurisprudence

Tel: 012 433 9521

  • Cert International Commercial Arbitration, 2019, AFSA/University of Pretoria
  • LLD, 2011, University of Johannesburg
  • LLM in International Commercial Law (cum laude), 2006, University of Johannesburg
  • LLB (cum laude), 2003, University of Pretoria
  • MA in Latin (cum laude), 2002, University of Pretoria
  • BCom Law (cum laude), 2000, University of Pretoria

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  • Private International Law
  • Comparative Perspectives on the Proprietary Consequences of Marriage

  • Private International Law
  • International Commercial Law
  • International Commercial Arbitration

  • Private International Law
  • International Commercial Law
  • International Commercial Arbitration

  • Schoeman E, Roodt C and Wethmar-Lemmer M Private International Law in South Africa (2014 Wolters Kluwer)
  • Mazzotta F, Eiselen S, Wethmar-Lemmer M and Kritzer A International Contract Manual Vol 4 and 5 (2024 Thomson Reuters)

  • Wethmar-Lemmer M ‘The Vienna Sale Convention and party autonomy – article 6 revisited” 2016 (2) TSAR 255.
  • Wethmar-Lemmer “Applying the CISG via the rules of private international law: Articles 1(1)(b) and 95 of the CISG – analysing CISG Advisory Council Opinion 15” 2016 (1) De Jure 58.
  • Wethmar-Lemmer M “Harmonising or unifying the law applicable to international sales contracts between the BRICS states” 2017 (3) CILSA 373.
  • Wethmar-Lemmer M and Schoeman EC “The International Arbitration Act 15 of 2017: impetus for developments on the cross-border commercial front” 2019 (1) TSAR 127.
  • Wethmar-Lemmer M “Recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards under the International Arbitration Act 17 of 2017” 2019 (3) SA Merc LJ 378.
  • Wethmar-Lemmer M ‘The new South African international arbitration landscape – advances and remaining conflict of laws challenges’ in Omlor S (ed) Weltbürgerliches Recht. Festschrift für Michael Martinek zum 70 Geburtstag(2020 CH Beck München).
  • Wethmar-Lemmer M “The new International Arbitration Act: Signalling the end of the road for the Protection of Businesses Act?” in Neels JL (ed) Commercial Private International Law in Southern Africa. Essays in Honour of Prof Christopher Forsyth (accepted in 2020, to be published 2024 by Eleven Publishers, The Hague).
  • Wethmar-Lemmer M “Appraisal of the effectivity of the 1958 New York Convention on the occasion of its 60thanniversary” 2020(1) AFSA Perspectives 58
  • Wethmar-Lemmer M “International commercial arbitration in South Africa and the CISG” 2022 50 (4) Uniform Commercial Code Law Journal 311
  • Wethmar-Lemmer M “The three pillars regulating international sales contracts on the African continent” 2024 (4) TSAR 676

  • Adams & Adams Prize for the student with the highest average in all four years of the LLB degree, 2003
  • Harold Galasko & Willem van der Merwe prizes for the best final year LLB student, 2003
  • Grotius medal of the Pretoria Bar Council for the best final year LLB student, 2003
  • The Law Society of the Northern Provinces prize for the best student in Legal Practice, 2003
  • First Publication Award of the Unisa Research Directorate, 2008
  • Youngest Doctoral Graduate Award, 2011
  • Spoor and Fischer Prize for the best first time contribution to the Journal of South African Law (TSAR), 2012