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Telephone | +27 31 260 3389 |
| Swanepoelp@ukzn.ac.za | ||
| Campus | Howard College | |
| Building & Room | HC Building – Suite G 1F-18, 1st Floor | |
| Dr Paul Swanepoel | ||
Biography;
Dr Paul Swanepoel is a lecturer in the field of Administrative Law and Jurisprudence at the School of Law. He holds a Master of Arts Honours (MA (Hons) degree from the University of St Andrews, a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from the University of Natal and a MSc PhD from the University of Edinburgh.
Appointment Designation:
Lecturer
Academic Qualifications:
MA (Hons) (St Andrews) LLB (Natal) MSc PhD (Edinburgh)
Professional Qualifications:
Attorney of the High Court of South Africa
Research Interests:
- Legal History
- Jurisprudence
Publications:
- ‘Kenya’s Colonial Judges: The Advocates’ Perspective.’ Journal of Asian and African Studies 50, no. 1 (2015).
- ‘Transient Justice: Colonial Judges on Circuit in Interwar Tanganyika.’ Stichproben: Vienna Journal of African Studies 24 (2013).
- ‘Judicial Choice during the Mau Mau Rebellion in Kenya, 1952-1960.’ Fundamina 18, no. 2 (2012).
Papers Delivered:
- ‘Colonial Judges, Administrative Officers and Indirect Rule in East Africa: a War of Ideas’, Third Biennial Conference of the European Society for Comparative Legal History, University of Macerata, 8-9 July 2014.
- ‘Judicial Choice during the Mau Mau Rebellion in Kenya, 1952-1960’, Colonies and Postcolonies of Law: A Public Conference on Legal History, University of Princeton, 18-19 March 2011.
- ‘Railways, Steamboats and Courts: Tanganyika’s Judges on Circuit, 1920-45’, Performing Colonial Modernity, University of Edinburgh, 18-19 May 2010.
- “‘Indifferent Justice?’ Judicial Biographies from Colonial Tanganyika”, Transcending Boundaries: Biographical Research in Colonial and Postcolonial African History, German Historical Institute, London, 7-8 May 2010.
- ‘Kenya’s Colonial Judges: The Advocates’ Perspective’, British Institute in Eastern Africa Annual Conference, British Academy, London, 18 September 2008.