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Prof Sandra Liebenberg
BA LLB (UCT) LLM (University of Essex, UK) LLD (University of Witwatersrand)
Admitted Attorney (Cape High Court)
sliebenb@sun.ac.za
Fields of Specialization
Her research focus areas are:
- the enforcement of socio-economic rights under both the South
- African Constitution and under international human rights law;
- equality jurisprudence with particular emphasis on gender equality.
Modules taught:
Constitutional Law (Human Rights)
International Law
Publications
I have published widely in the above fields and am editor of a book entitled, The Constitution of South Africa from a Gender Perspective. My most recent contribution in the field of socio-economic rights includes editing and contributing an article to a special two-part edition of the journal, Law Democracy & Development on Socio-Economic Rights and Transformation in South Africa. I have also just completed an updated chapter on socio-economic rights in M Chaskalson et al (eds) Constitutional Law of South Africa.
Articles
- Liebenberg, S "The value of freedom in interpreting socio-economic rights" Acta Juridica 2008 1 149 - 170
- Liebenberg, S "The application of socio-economic rights to private law" Journal of South African Law 2008 3 464 - 480
- Liebenberg, S "Needs, Rights and Transformation: Adjudicating Social Rights in South Africa" Stell Law Review 2006 ; 17(1) 5 - 36
- Liebenberg S 'The value of Human Dignity in Interpreting Socio-Economic Rights' 2005 SAJHR 1. 173
Articles (NON-subsidised)
- Liebenberg, S "The Constitutional Protection of those facing eviction from "Bad Buildings" ESR Review 2008 9(1) 12 - 16
- Liebenberg, S "Adjudicating the Positive Duties Imposed by Economic, Social and Cultural Rights" Interights Bulletin 2006 ; 15(3) : 109 - 113
- Liebenberg, S "Security of tenure" ESR Review: Economic and Social Rights in South Africa 2006 ; 7(3) 1 - 2
- Liebenberg, S "The adjudication of Social Rights under South Africa's Transformative Constitution" Anuario De Derechos Humanos (Chilean Human Rights Yearbook) 2006(2) : 53 - 72
- Liebenberg S 'Needs, Rights and Transformation: Adjudicating Social Rights' NYU Center for Human Rights and Global Justice Working Paper No. 08, 2005
- Liebenberg S 'Towards a Right to Alternative Accommodation: South Africa's Constitutional Jurisprudence on Evictions 2005 Vol 2 No 3 Housing & ESC Rights Law
Chapters in Books
- Liebenberg S, Woolman S, Bishop M "Socio-Economic Rights: Revisiting the reasonableness Review / Minimum Core Debate" In Constitutional Conversations Pretoria University Press Pta SA 2008 303 - 344
- Liebenberg, S & Langford, M "Socio-Economic Rights under South Africa's Transformative Constitution" In Social Rights Jurisprudence: Emerging Trends in International and Comparative Law, Cambridge University Press, NY USA 2008 75 - 101
- Liebenberg, S "Making a Difference: Human Rights and Development - Reflecting on the South African Experience" Development as a Human Right, Harvard University Press Cambridge, UK 2006: 173 - 202
- Liebenberg, S "The Judicial Enforcement of Social Security Rights in South Africa: Enhancing Accountability for the basic needs on the poor" Social Security as a Human Right, Springer Berlin 2006: 69 - 91
- Liebenberg S 'Enforcing Positive Socio-Economic Rights Claims: The South African Model of Reasonableness Review' 2005 M. Langford (ed) Litigation of Socio-Economic Rights: The State of Play (The University of New South Wales Press, Sydney)
- Liebenberg S 'The Value of Human Dignity in Interpreting Socio-Economic Rights' (2005) SAJHR 1.
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