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The Open Access Online Law Journal published by the University of Pretoria

Please note that, to provide Open-Access, De Jure Law Journal uses a business model to offset expenses and is therefore compelled to charge page fees for all articles that have been accepted for publication. The editor will furnish the author with an invoice once the peer-review process has been completed and the article has been accepted for publication.

 ISSN: 1466 3597
 E-ISSN: 2225 7160

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De Jure Law Journal is a general law journal, accredited by the Department of Higher Education & Training

It publishes original research concerned with the development and dissemination of cutting-edge legal research, both national and international. The scope of the journal is wide and supports legal academics, practitioners and scholars.

De Jure Law Journal is currently making a call for papers from legal academics, practitioners and scholars within a broad legal spectrum.

 

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The De Jure Law Journal is an Open Access Journal and provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. In accordance with the definition of the Budapest Open Access Initiative all content published by the De Jure Law Journal is made free to users without any registration, subscription or other charges. Users are permitted to adapt, share, read, download, copy, distribute, redistribute, print, search, or link to the full text of these articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.


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De Jure Law Journal has moved to a continuous publication model as from January 2019. This means that as soon as an article is ready to be published, it will be released online immediately, rather than waiting for other articles in the issue to be completed, resulting in faster access to the final version of the article. This is a practice endorsed by reputable Journals both locally and internationally. The aim of continuous publication is to ensure that authors’ work is published with efficiency and speed without compromising on quality. Social media activity can be at the article-level. Articles are published as and when they are ready, so tweets can occur as frequently as articles are published rather than waiting on the issue publication.

Authors are encouraged to submit their contributions online.

Latest Edition: Volume 58 2025

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Articles

Appraising the regulatory framework for insider trading in mergers and acquisitions in South Africa

 Onyinyechi Achodo
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Using Margaret Archer’s sociological concepts of structure, culture, and agency to investigate the dissemination of customary marriage literature in South African Higher Education Institutions Mpho Paulos Bapela

 Mpho Paulos Bapela
 Vineeni Mthombeni
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Recent case law

Association of Meat Importers and Exporters v International Trade Administration Commission (9233/2022) [2023] ZAGPPHC 1790 (12 October 2023)

 Clive Vinti
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