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Background
The South African Research Chair in Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability (CLES) forms part of the Research Unit on Law, Justice and Sustainability of the NWU Faculty of Law. The Chair has been awarded for the period 2019-2024 with the possibility of extension and is jointly funded by the National Research…http://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/objectives-2019-2024
Research Objectives 2019 - 2024
To develop a new theoretical framework for the future description, analysis and development of urban law and governance in South Africa with a focus on environmental sustainability; To research and analyse the legal foundations of urban development and the legally justifiable expectation that governments (…http://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/about-chair-holder
About the Chairholder
OLIVER FUO is a Professor of Law at the NWU, Faculty of Law since January 2024. His research primarily explores how cities can contribute towards realising the constitutional commitment to social justice in South Africa. It recognises that the success of local authorities to advance this mandate depends on a variety of factors,…http://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/cles-composition
CLES Composition
CLES comprises of a team of devoted early career law researchers who actively work with the Chairholder towards the attainment of the Chair’s research objectives and skills development agenda. The composition of our 2019 team is as follows: Chairholder: …http://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/fellows-cles-1
Fellows of the CLES
Prof Marius Pieterse Prof Helmut Aust Prof Oliver Fuo Mr Andrew Gilder Mr Stephen Berrisford Dr Geci Karuri-Sebina Prof Louis J Kotzé Prof Willemien du Plessis Dr Matt Glasserhttp://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/sustainable-development-urban-age
Sustainable Development in the Urban Age
The Faculty of Law, North- West University in collaboration with the Freie Universitat, Berlin co-hosted an international colloquium on the 7th to the 8th of March 2019 in Potchefstroom. The conference was sponsored by the Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Download Presentations: Ms Melandri Steenkamp Dr Laura Owosuyi…http://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/resources
Resources
Latest developments on Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability Prof Oliver Fuo, Associate Professor at the North West University Faculty of Law radio interview with SA FM on 12 March 2019 Prof Oliver Fuo discussed his paper which was recently delivered at the South African Local Government Association…http://law.nwu.ac.za/law/prof-christa-rautenbach-received-humboldt-alumni-award
Prof Christa Rautenbach received Humboldt Alumni Award
Congratulations to Prof Christa Rautenbach who received her Humboldt Alumni Award from Dr Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany last night. We are extremely proud of you. Every year, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation grants up to four Humboldt Alumni Awards to promote innovative networking initiatives of alumni of…http://law.nwu.ac.za/af/node/29461
A former student of the NWU Faculty of Law, Adv Jannet Gildenhuys
'n Voormalige student van die NWU se Regsfakulteit Adv Jannet Gildenhuys, is aangestel as Senior Advokaat met effek vanaf 30 Julie 2019. Jannet het haar LLB-graad (cum laude) verwerf aan die NWU in 1993 en het ook haar LLM by Emory University (Atlanta, VSA) voltooi in 1996, gevolg deur haar LLD in 1992 by die Universiteit van Stellenbosch.…http://law.nwu.ac.za/law/former-student-nwu-law-adv-jannet-gildenhuys