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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Constitutional Law,General Public Law, Administrative Law |
| Keywords | cultural diversity, national law, constitutional law, international law, legal pluralism |
| Honours and awards | 2022: Humboldt Residency Programme on Social Cohesion 2020: Chairperson of the Advisory Committee of the South African Law Reform Commission: Project 144 2020: Fellowship Käte Hamburger Center for Advanced Study in the Humanities “Law as Culture”, Bonn 2020: Member of Academy of Science South Africa 2019: Humboldt Alumni Award 2019 for Innovative Networking Initiatives |
Current contact address
| Country | South Africa |
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| City | Potchefstroom |
| Institution | North-West University |
| Institute | Faculty of Law |
| Homepage | http://www.nwu.ac.za/af/ChristaRautenbach |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Gerhard Robbers | Fachbereich Rechtswissenschaft, Universität Trier, Trier |
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| Prof. Dr. Armin von Bogdandy | Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Heidelberg |
| Prof. Dr. Marie-Claire Foblets | Max-Planck-Institut für ethnologische Forschung, Halle (Saale) |
| Prof. Dr. Nadjma Yassari | Referat für das Recht islamischer Länder, Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg |
| Dr. habil. Kyriaki Topidi | Europäisches Zentrum für Minderheitsfragen (ECMI), Flensburg |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/05/2006 |
Programme(s)
| 2005 | Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme |
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Publications (partial selection)
| 2020 | Amber Louise Abrams, Torkel Falkenberg, Christa Rautenbach et al: Legislative Landscape for Traditional Health Practitioners in Southern African Development Community Countries: A Scoping Review. In: BMJ Open, 2020, 1-10 |
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| 2019 | Christa Rautenbach: Case Law as an Authoritative Source of Customary Law: Piecemeal Recording of (Living) Customary Law?. In: Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal , 2019, 1-20 |
| 2019 | Christa Rautenbach: Cultural Expertise in Litigation in South Africa: Can the West learn anything from South Africa?. In: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society: Cultural Expertise and Socio-Legal Studies , 2019, 157-178 |
| 2019 | Christa Rautenbach: Mapping Traditional Leadership and Authority in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Decentralisation and constitutionalism in Africa. In: Charles Fombad and Nico Steytler, Constitutional Adjudication in Africa. Oxford University Press, 2019. 489-519 |
| 2018 | Christa Rautenbach: In the Shade of an African Baobab: Thomas W (Tom) Bennett on Custom and Religion . In: Christa Rautenbach, In the Shade of an African Baobab - Tom Bennett´s Legacy. Juta and Company Ltd, 2018. 1-15 |
| 2018 | Christa Rautenbach (ed): Introduction to Legal Pluralism in South Africa 5th ed. LexisNexis, 2018 |
| 2017 | Christa Rautenbach & Lourens du Plessis: The Constitutional Court of South Africa. In: Andras Jakab, Arthur Dyevre & G Itzcovich, Comparative Constitutional Reasoning. Cambridge University Press, 2017. 560-603 |
| 2016 | Christa Rautenbach: A Family Home, Five Sisters and the Rule of Ultimogeniture Comparing Notes on Judicial Approaches to Customary Law in South Africa and Botswana. In: African Human Rights Law Journal, 2016, 145-174 |
| 2015 | Christa Rautenbach, David Hart & Mauritz Naudé: Heritage Resources Management. In: AA du Plessis, Environmental Law and Local Government in South Africa . Juta, 2015. 821-853 |
| 2015 | Christa Rautenbach & Sue Farran: Introduction. In: S Farran, J Gallen, J Hendry & C Rautenbach The Diffusion of Law: The Movement of Laws and Norms Around the World. Ashgate, 2015. 1-1 |
| 2015 | Christa Rautenbach and Omar Salah: Islamic finance: A corollary of legal pluralism or legal diversity in South Africa and the Netherlands?. In: Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa, 2015, 488-515 |
| 2015 | Christa Rautenbach: Legal Reform of Traditional Courts in South Africa: Exploring the Links between Ubuntu, Restorative Justice and Therapeutic Jurisprudence. In: Journal of International and Comparative Law , 2015, 275-304 |
| 2015 | Christa Rautenbach: South Africa: Legal Recognition of Traditional Courts - Legal Pluralism in Action. In: M Kötter, T Röder, G Schuppert & R Wolfrum Non-State Justice Institutions and the Law. Palgrave MacMillan, 2015. 121-132 |
| 2015 | Christa Rautenbach: The Contribution of the Courts in the Integration of Muslim Law into the Mixed Fabric of South African Law. In: M Mattar, V Palmer & A Koppel Mixed Legal Systems, East and West . Ashgate, 2015. 225-244 |
| 2015 | Christa Rautenbach: The Dissolution of a Hindu Marriage by Divorce. In: J Heaton, Divorce Law and the Dissolution of Life Partnerships . Juta, 2015. 355-386 |
| 2015 | Christa Rautenbach: The South African Constitutional Court's Use of Foreign Precedent in Matters of Religion: Without Fear or Favour?. In: Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, accessible at http://journals.assaf.org.za/per/issue/view/101, 2015, 1544-1570 |
| 2015 | Christa Rautenbach: Thinking about Norms in Pluralistic Societies: Blurred Lines between the Legal and the Social of Pluralist Normative Orders. In: A Albarian & O Moréteau, Le droit comparé et ... / Comparative Law and .... Presses Universitaires d'Aix-Marseille, 2015. 107-115 |
| 2014 | Christa Rautenbach & Irene Spigno: Foreign Influences on the Legislative Process in Namibia. In: N Lupo & L Scaffardi Comparative Law in Legislative Drafting: The Increasing Importance of Dialogue amongst Parliaments . Eleven Publishing, 2014. 265-283 |
| 2014 | Christa Rautenbach & Jan C Bekker (eds): Introduction to Legal Pluralism. LexisNexis, 2014 |
| 2014 | Christa Rautenbach: Regshistoriese Gronde vir die Verbod op die Pactum Successorium: Is Geskiedkudige Redes genoeg vir die Voortbestaan vir die Verbod in Suid-Afrika?. In: M Carnelley, Shannon Hoctor & André Mukheibir De Jure Gentium et Civili: Fetscrift in Honour of Eltjo Schrage. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. 45-61 |
| 2014 | Christa Rautenbach: Traditional Courts as Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Mechanisms in South Africa. In: F Dietrich, The Status Quo of Mediation in Europe and Overseas: Options for Countries in Transition. Verlag Dr Kovac, 2014. 288-329 |
| 2013 | Christa Rautenbach & Lourens du Plessis: In the Name of Comparative Constitutional Jurisprudence: The Consideration of German Precedents by South African Constitutional Court Judges. In: German Law Journal, 2013, 1539-1578 |
| 2013 | Christa Rautenbach: South Africa: Teaching an 'Old Dog' New Tricks? An Empirical Study of the Use of Foreign Precedents by the South African Constitutional Court (1995-2010). In: Tania Groppi & Marie-Claire Ponthoreau, The Use of Foreign Precedents by Constitutional Court Judges. Hart Publishing, 2013. 186-208 |
| 2012 | Christa Rautenbach & Willemien du Plessis: African Customary Marriages in South Africa and the Intricacies of a Mixed Legal System: Judicial (In)novatio or Confusio?. In: Mc Gill Law Journal, 2012, 749-780 |
| 2012 | Christa Rautenbach: Implementation of the Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in South Africa. Perspectives from a 'Developing Country'. In: Toshiyuki Kono & Steven Van Uytsel, The Unesco Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions: A Tale of Fragmentation in International Law. Intersentia, 2012. 395-429 |
| 2012 | Christa Rautenbach and Juanita Jamneck (eds): The Law of Succession in South Africa. Oxford University Press, 2012 |
| 2011 | Christa Rautenbach: Cultural Diversity and International Law. In: Aaron Schwabach, Arthur John Cockfield, International Law and Institutions in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems(EOLSS) at http://www.eolss.net. Eolss Publishers, 2011. 1-33 |
| 2011 | Christa Rautenbach & Willemien du Plessis: Reform of the Customary Law of Succession: Final Nails in the Customary Law Coffin?. In: Jeanmarie Fenrich, Paolo Galizzi & Tracy E Higgins, The Future of African Customary Law. Cambridge University Press, 2011. 336-360 |
| 2010 | Christa Rautenbach: Deep Legal Pluralism in South Africa: Judicial Accommodation of Non-State Law in South Africa. In: Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, 2010, 143-178 |
| 2010 | Christa Rautenbach, Jan C Bekker & Nazeem MI Goolam: Introduction to Legal Pluralism in South Africa (3rd ed). LexisNexis, 2010 |
| 2010 | Anél du Plessis and Christa Rautenbach: Legal Perspectives on the Role of Culture In Sustainable Development. In: Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, accessible at http://www.puk.ac.za/opencms/export/PUK/html/fakulteite/regte/per/issuepages/2010volume13no1.html, 2010, 26-71 |
| 2009 | Christa Rautenbach and Anél du Plessis: Fragmentation: Friend or foe in the effective implementation of the Cultural Diversity Convention in South Africa?. In: South African Yearbook of International Law, 2009, 132-158 |
| 2008 | Christa Rautenbach: Indian Succession Laws with Special Reference to the Position of Females: A Model for South Africa?. In: Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa, 2008, 105-135 |
| 2008 | Christa Rautenbach: Re-evaluation of Religious and Cultural Symbols in Public Schools in South Africa: Emergence and Development of Legal Pluralism. In: Journal of the World Universities Forum, 2008, 93102 |
| 2008 | Christa Rautenbach: South African Common and Customary Law of Intestate Succession: A Question of Harmonisation, Integration or Abolition. In: Electronic Journal of Comparative Law, 2008, 1-15 |
| 2007 | Lizmari Kotzé and Christa Rautenbach: Administration of Intestate Estates of Black Persons: From Days of Yore to the Present. In: Journal of Contemporary Roman-Dutch Law , 2007, 43-64 |
| 2007 | Christa Rautenbach: Rethinking South African Customary Succession Laws in a Global Society. In: Archiv für Rechts-und Sozialphilosophie, 2007, 69-75 |
| 2007 | Christa Rautenbach: Review on a New Legislative Framework for Traditional Healers in South Africa. In: Obiter, 2007, 518-536 |
| 2006 | Christa Rautenbach, N. M. I. Goolam, N. Moosa: Constitutional Analysis. In: J. C. Bekker, Christa Rautenbach, N. M. I. Goolam, Introduction to Legal Pluralism in South Africa - Second Edition. LexisNexis Butterworths, 2006. 149-174 |
| 2006 | Christa Rautenbach, JC Bekker and NMI Goolam: Introduction to Legal Pluralism in South Africa. Lexis Nexis Butterworths, 2006 |
| 2006 | Christa Rautenbach, Willemien du Plessis and Gerrit J Pienaar: Is Primogeniture Extinct Like the Dodo, or is there any Prospect of it Rising from the Ashes? Comments on the Evolution of Customary Succession Laws in South Africa. In: South African Journal of Human Rights, 2006, 99-118 |
| 2006 | D. Bilchitz, R. Gokul, N. M. I. Goolam, Christa Rautenbach: Law of Persons. In: J. C. Bekker, Christa Rautenbach, N. M. I. Goolam, Introduction to Legal Pluralism in South Africa - Second Edition. LexisNexis Butterworths, 2006. 203-228 |
| 2006 | Christa Rautenbach, N. M. I. Goolam: Law of Succession. In: J. C. Bekker, Christa Rautenbach, N. M. I. Goolam, Introduction to Legal Pluralism in South Africa - Second Edition. LexisNexis Butterworths, 2006. 269-308 |
| 2006 | Christa Rautenbach, W. du Plessis, A. M. Venter: Law of Succession and Inheritance. In: J. C. Bekker, Christa Rautenbach, N. M. I. Goolam Introduction to Legal Pluralism in South Africa - Second Edition. LexisNexis Butterworths, 2006. 91-112 |
| 2006 | Christa Rautenbach: Muslim Marriages in South Africa. In: Griffin's View on International and Comparative Law, 2006, 55-68 |
| 2006 | Christa Rautenbach: Phenomenon of Personal Laws in India: Some Lessons for South Africa. In: Comparative and International Law of South Africa, 2006, 241-264 |
| 2006 | André van Staden and Christa Rautenbach: Some Thoughts on the Need and Future of Electronic Wills. In: De Jure, 2006, 586-609 |
| 2005 | Christa Rautenbach: Modern Day Impact on Customary Succession Laws in South Africa. In: International Journal of the Humanities, 2005, 673-680 |
| 2005 | Christa Rautenbach: Therapeutic Jurisprudence in the Customary Courts of South Africa (Traditional Authority Courts as Therapeutic Agents). In: South African Journal on Human Rights, 2005, 323-335 |
| 2005 | Laurette Balden; Christa Rautenbach: Trustees' duty of care when performing investment duties: Can we learn from the English law of trusts?. In: Journal of Juridical Science, 2005, 91-117 |
| 2003 | Christa Rautenbach: Male Primogeniture Unconstitutional: A Legal Victory for African Women in South Africa!. In: Africa Legal Aid Quarterly, 2003, 30-32 |