Editorial

• Author: Chuks Okpaluba
• DOI: 10.10520/EJC-c6c1b1f21
• Date: 01 January 2016
• Pages: 1-3
• Published date: 01 January 2016
• Record Number: sapr1_v31_n2_a1

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https://doi.org/ 10.25159/2522-6800/3601

ISSN 2522-6800 (Online) ISSN 2219-6412 (Print)

© Unisa Press 2017

Southern African Public Law

https://upjournals.co.za/index.php/SAPL/index

Volume 31 | Number 2 | 2016 | #3601 | 3 pages

EDITORIAL

On behalf of the Editors of the SAPL, may I take this opportunity to welcome on board

members of the newly constituted Editorial Board whose names appear in the opening

page of this issue of the Journal and who, on all accounts, represent all stakeholder-

interests and a thorough blend of well-established as well as younger scholars of

excellence in the eld of public law. It is our hope, that together with these eminent

legal academics and a member of the South African Judiciary, we can take the new-look

SAPL to greater heights.

Permit me also to whole-heartedly acknowledge the immense contributions which

our outgoing Editor, Professor Margaret Beukes, made to the SAPL from the time it was

South African Public Law/Publiekreg to the time it had become Southern African Public

Law. While we wish her well in her new endeavours, we promise her and all those who

had, in the past, contributed to the establishment and nurturing of the Journal that we

will do everything in our power to maintain the good work and, if possible, improve

upon her and their tremendous exemplary contributions.

Part of our programme of action is that we will, sooner than later, produce Special

Issues based on current developments in the eld of public law in South Africa, Southern

Africa and Africa in general. Of course, contributors will be informed in good time

so that they know well in advance, the theme of the Special Issue, the timing of the

submissions and probably the volume in which the Special Issue would be published

after the contributions would have, in the tradition of the Journal been subjected to

double blind peer review process in readiness for publication. So, please, watch this

space. We count on your cooperation and support to enable us achieve the Journal’s

optimum in presenting you with rigorous research and debates on the development of

public law across the African continent.

Meanwhile, we must mention that we encourage book reviews, and in this issue,

Lee Stone has graciously gotten the ball rolling in her review of Cristiano d’Orsi’s book

on: Asylum-seekers and Refugee Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Peregrination

of a Persecuted Human Being in Search of a Safe Haven.

It is also important that we remind ourselves of the importance of case law in

the daily life of the lawyer. For it is through Case notes, Comments and Analysis, that

academic lawyers draw the attention of practicing lawyers, Judges, colleagues in the

academic fraternity and students of the law to the current developments in the area of the

law from where the judgment comes. We, therefore, encourage contributors not only to

develop articles around cases, but also to engage in shorter case analyses and comments

in future issues of the Journal. Please, nd below, a summary of the contributions in this

volume.