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  1. Reimagining Legal Pluralism in Africa: Balancing Indigenous, State, and Religious Laws, edited by Anthony C. Diala and Christa Rautenbach

    Article • African Journal of Legal Studies, September 2025, De Gruyter

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  2. Rethinking socio-economic rights in South Africa: embracing ubuntu as a transformative legal framework

    Article • Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis, July 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  3. Minority voices heard: Child participation in environmental decision-making in South Africa

    Article • Law Democracy & Development, January 2025, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  4. Reimagining Legal Pluralism in Africa: Balancing Indigenous, State, and Religious Laws, edited by Anthony C Diala and Christa Rautenbach

    Article • African Journal of Legal Studies, November 2024, De Gruyter

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  5. Navigating legal pluralism in climate change loss and damage: Implementing the Sharm El Sheikh Funding Mechanism in Africa – Insights from transboundary case studies

    Article • African Journal of Climate Law and Justice, September 2024, Pretoria University Law Press

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  6. Forging unlikely alliances

    Article • August 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  7. The evolution of family law: judicial recognition of the diversity of modern marriage-like relationships in South Africa and beyond

    Article • June 2024, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  8. Reimagining Legal Pluralism in Africa

    Article • May 2024, De Gruyter

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  9. How South Africa's New Inheritance Laws Affect Traditional Customs

    Article • May 2024, De Gruyter

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  10. Introduction

    Article • May 2024, De Gruyter

    Professor Anthony C. Diala, Professor Christa Rautenbach

  11. Editorial: Celebrating the Legacy of Professor Willemien du Plessis in Customary Law and Land Issues

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, November 2023, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  12. Traditional Authorities and State Functions in South Africa: A Complex Relationship of Private Participation?

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, November 2023, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  13. Cultural Expertise in South Africa

    Article • April 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  14. Cultural vulnerability and judicial recognition of heterosexual life-partnerships in South Africa

    Article • Acta Juridica, January 2023, Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  15. (Re)designing Living Customary Law to Protect a First Wife in a Pluralistic Legal System

    Article • September 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  16. REVIEW ON A NEW LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR TRADITIONAL HEALERS IN SOUTH AFRICA

    Article • Obiter, June 2022, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  17. South Africa’s Family Laws: A Potpourri of Some Sort?

    Article • November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  18. The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law: a guiding light through the darkness of pluralities

    Article • The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, September 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  19. Key Judgments on the Accommodation of Muslim Family Law in South Africa

    Article • August 2021, Brill

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  20. The Indian Approach to Criminal Justice: The Role of Traditional Courts as Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms

    Article • Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa, January 2021, UNISA Press

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  21. Law and Religion in the Liberal State

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, November 2020, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  22. Revisiting the Geneva Conventions: 1949-2019

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, April 2020, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  23. Legislative landscape for traditional health practitioners in Southern African development community countries: a scoping review

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2020, BMJ

    Dr Busisiwe Shezi, Professor Christa Rautenbach

  24. Non-criminal dispute resolution in South Africa’s criminal justice system: Proposals for reform

    Article • South African Journal of Criminal Justice, January 2020, Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  25. Case Law as an Authoritative Source of Customary Law: Piecemeal Recording of (Living) Customary Law?

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, December 2019, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  26. Legal Interpretation after Endumeni: Clarification, Contestation, Application

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, November 2019, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  27. Cultural Expertise in Litigation in South Africa: Can the Western World Learn Anything from a Mixed, Pluralistic Legal System?

    Article • February 2019, Emerald

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  28. Oral Law in Litigation in South Africa: An Evidential Nightmare?

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, October 2017, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  29. Some comments on the current (and future) status of Muslim personal law in South Africa

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, July 2017, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  30. Culture (and Religion) in Constitutional Adjudication

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, July 2017, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  31. Moseneke v The Master 2001 2 SA18 (CC): Racial Discrimination Laws and the Interests of Justice

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, July 2017, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  32. Muslim personal law and the meaning of "law" in the South African and Indian constitutions

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, July 2017, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  33. Legal Perspectives on the Role of Culture In Sustainable Development

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, June 2017, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  34. Editorial

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, May 2017, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  35. Editorial

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, May 2017, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  36. Editorial

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, May 2017, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  37. Managing Family Justice in Diverse Societies

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, May 2017, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  38. Editorial

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, May 2017, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  39. Editorial

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, May 2017, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  40. Editorial

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, April 2017, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  41. Editorial

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, April 2017, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  42. Editorial

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, April 2017, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  43. Editorial

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, April 2017, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  44. The Modern-Day Impact of Cultural and Religious Diversity: "Managing Family Justice in Diverse Societies"

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, April 2017, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  45. Editorial

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, April 2017, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  46. Comparative Constitutional Reasoning

    Article • January 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  47. The Constitutional Court of South Africa

    Article • January 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  48. The Diffusion of Law

    Article • March 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  49. Editorial

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, February 2016, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  50. A family home, five sisters and the rule of ultimogeniture: Comparing notes on judicial approaches to customary law in South Africa and Botswana

    Article • African Human Rights Law Journal, January 2016, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  51. Editorial

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, December 2015, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  52. The South African Constitutional Court's Use of Foreign Precedent in Matters of Religion: Without Fear or Favour?

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, August 2015, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  53. South Africa: Teaching an ‘Old Dog’ New Tricks?

    Article • July 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  54. Editorial

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, June 2015, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  55. Editorial

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, April 2015, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  56. Editorial

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, March 2015, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  57. Editorial

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, February 2015, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  58. South Africa: Legal Recognition of Traditional Courts — Legal Pluralism in Action

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  59. Editorial

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, November 2014, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  60. The modern-day impact of cultural and religious diversity: "Managing family justice in diverse societies"*

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, May 2014, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  61. In the Name of Comparative Constitutional Jurisprudence: The Consideration of German Precedents by South African Constitutional Court Judges

    Article • German Law Journal, August 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  62. Jolly Old Law: The Sex Worker Who Sued Her Pimp for Unfair Dismissal

    Article • Journal of Civil & Legal Sciences, January 2013, OMICS Publishing Group

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  63. African Customary Marriages in South Africa and the Intricacies of a Mixed Legal System: Judicial (In)novatio or Confusio?

    Article • McGill Law Journal, November 2012, McGill University Library and Archives

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  64. Implementation of the Cultural Diversity Convention in South Africa: Perspectives from a 'Developing' Country

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  65. Swaziland

    Article • January 2012, SAGE Publications

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  66. Reform of the South African Customary Law of Succession

    Article • July 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  67. The Use of Foreign Precedents by South African Constitutional Judges: Making Sense of 15 Years of Statistics (1995–2010)

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  68. Legal perspectives on the role of culture in sustainable development

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, June 2010, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  69. Celebration of Difference: Judicial Accommodation of Cultural and Religious Diversity in South Africa

    Article • The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations Communities and Nations Annual Review, January 2010, Common Ground Publishing

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  70. Common Law Crimes and Indigenous Customs: Dealing with the Issues in South African Law

    Article • The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, January 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Christa Rautenbach, Dr Jacques Matthee

  71. Deep Legal Pluralism in South Africa: Judicial Accommodation of Non-State Law

    Article • The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, January 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  72. MOSENEKE V THE MASTER 2001 2 SA 18 (CC): Racial discrimination laws and the interests of justice* *

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, June 2009, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  73. Muslim personal law and the meaning of "law" in the South African and Indian constitutions

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, June 2009, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  74. Culture (and religion) in constitutional adjudication

    Article • Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad, June 2009, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  75. Re-Evaluation of Religious and Cultural Symbols in Public Schools in South Africa: Emergence and Development of Legal Pluralism

    Article • The Journal of the World Universities Forum, January 2008, Common Ground Publishing

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  76. Is Primogeniture Extinct Like the Dodo, or is there any Prospect of it Rising From the Ashes? Comments on the Evolution of Customary Succ...

    Article • South African Journal on Human Rights, January 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  77. Therapeutic Jurisprudence in the Customary Courts of South Africa: Traditional Authority Courts as Therapeutic Agents

    Article • South African Journal on Human Rights, January 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  78. Gender Equality & Religious Family Laws in South Africa

    Article • QUT Law Review, June 2003, Queensland University of Technology

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  79. Gender Equality, Constitutional Values and Religious Family Laws in South Africa

    Article • International Journal of Discrimination and the Law, September 2001, SAGE Publications

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  80. Die <i>pactum successorium</i>: stiefkind van die Suid-Afrikaanse reg

    Article • Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, March 1999, Watu Youth Village

    Professor Christa Rautenbach

  81. South Africa

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Christa Rautenbach