Editorial / Redaksioneel

• Pages: iii-
• DOI: 10.10520/EJC166198
• Date: 01 January 2014
• Published date: 01 January 2014
• Author: G.P. Stevens

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Editorial/Redaksioneel

“The time will come when diligent research over long periods will bring to light

things which now lie hidden. A single lifetime, even though entirely devoted to the

sky, would not be enough for the investigation of so vast a subject … And so this

knowledge will be unfolded only through long successive ages. There will come a

time when our descendants will be amazed that we did not know things that are

so plain to them … Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come, when

memory of us will have been effaced” (Seneca, Natural Questions)

With the above extract from Seneca in mind, the editorial board of De

Jure has pleasure in presenting the second volume of 2014. The volume

contains contributions by various academics on a variety of topics. The

volume also includes a focus section which contains contributions which

interrogate and analyse Pretoria/Tshwane as a capital city from multiple

perspectives; cities represented, cities lived, cities remapped and cities

re-visioned. These contributions explore the various ways in which

academics and social and political communities re-vision the city and, by

so doing, provide an interesting and valuable interdisciplinary

perspective on this important topic.

Moreover, the volume covers a wide array of topics, such as the role

of the notion of ubuntu in constitutional law; market abuse under the

Securities Act 36 of 2004; business rescue proceedings in the context of

liquidation proceedings; and sperm donors’ right to contact “their”

children.

This volume of De Jure is the first to be published under a new editorial

board, consisting of Dr Philip Stevens (editor), assisted by Prof Charles

Fombad, Prof Annelize Nienaber, Dr Tino Bekker and Dr Serges Kamga.

We would like to express our gratitude to our editorial assistant, Robert

Steenkamp, for his assistance during the production of this volume.

Dr GP Stevens

Editor