Public Law Corner

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In association with the Southern African Public Law Journal (SAPL), the Public Law Corner (PLC) is a contemporary space for legal practitioners, students, academics, and people beyond the legal sector to engage with relevant and current legal issues related to public law. Our main aim is to amplify all voices and issues in public law that are often excluded from formal publications. 

As a group of lawyers and academics working on and undertaking research in the public law space, we noticed a gap in digital media and academia: the absence of a digital media platform for legal researchers, academics, and activists. This idea was borne out of the frustration of people who were searching for a community with which to unpack legal developments, debate emerging legal trends, and reflect on the efficacy of law in advancing positive change. 

PLC endeavours to create safe, accessible, and inclusive spaces for people to share their thoughts and insights on a diverse range of topics, from human rights to intellectual property, and customary law, to technology, and everything in between. We encourage robust debate around developing jurisprudence, law reform, and regional and international legal trends. 

PLC will act as an extension of SAPL, as a platform where writers of varied backgrounds and interests can engage with new and interesting concepts, share ideas, and find innovative ways to make the law more accessible, tangible, and meaningful. We, therefore, welcome all legal practitioners, students, and academics to contribute short written articles, commentary, op-eds, artistic expressions and legal opinions to the PLC to bridge the gap between law and reality. Contributions will be published in the Public Law Corner (PLC) as a section in SAPL. Make a new submission to the Public Law Corner section.

 

Editorial Team

Editor

Mutondi Mulaudzi (mulaumm1@unisa.ac.za)  

Associate Editors

Lethabo Mailula (emailul@unisa.ac.za) 

Nicholene Nxumalo (Nicholene.Nxumalo@mandela.ac.za) 

Tina Power (tina@altadvisory.africa)  

Allyson Peterson (petera@unisa.ac.za)  

Ntando Sindane (SindaneNP@ufs.ac.za)  

 

Author Guidelines 

  • Submit blogs electronically—MS Word file.
  • All graphic material must be positioned at the correct place in the text. Do not add supplementary files with graphic content.
  • Proofing language must be set as UK English (colour—not color; travelled—not traveled; organise; organisation; organising—not -ize).
  • All submissions must be limited to a word count of 800-1300 words. Authors must ensure that they adhere to this word count, or alternatively request special permission from the editors if they seek to exceed the specified word count.
  • No abstracts, bibliographies, and keywords are required.
  • Although subheadings are allowed, they are discouraged.
  • No footnotes are required, and citations must be made in-text via hyperlinks.
  • Do not type double spaces anywhere; between words, at the end of sentences or after colons.
  • Type hard spaces (shift + control + space bar) when phrases are preferred to be presented as a unit, eg 10_000; Vol 1 (2):_22–21.
  • Authors should include their affiliation or ORCID below their name, after the title of the blog.