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Professor Jonathan Burchell teaches in Criminal Law. He has a BA LLB from the University of Natal, LLM and Diploma in Comparative Legal Studies from Cambridge and a PhD from the University of the Witwatersrand. He has held a Professorship of Law at the University of the Witwatersrand from 1981 to 1987, where he was Chairman of the Governing Committee of the School of Law from 1985 to 1987. He has also held a chair at the University of Natal from 1987 to 2001, where he was Dean of the Faculty of Law from 1993 to 1996 and a Fellow of the University. Since 1998 he has been an editor of the South African Journal of Criminal Justice and is now the Editor-in-Chief of this journal. In 2007, he was made a fellow of the University of Cape Town.
He is the author of the following books:
The Law of Defamation in South Africa Jonathan Burchell (1985, Juta and Co Ltd) xxxii & pp 359. Reviewed (1985) 102 SALJ 557 9.
Principles of Criminal Law by Jonathan Burchell and John Milton (1991) Juta & Co Ltd xlvii & pp 669. Book on the general principles (including specific crimes) of the South African criminal law.
This book is intended for all students of criminal theory and practice, especially postgraduate LLB students, and legal practitioners.
It is prescribed at 12 South African universities.
It is reviewed in (1992) 109 SALJ 349 51 and (1993) 6 SACJ 98 104 .
Extract from the above reviews:
The test for accessory after the fact liability propounded in Principles of Criminal Law was adopted by the Appellate Division in S v Morgan 1993 (2) SACR 134 (A) at 174a.
Cases and Materials on Criminal Law John Milton & Jonathan Burchell (1992) Juta & Co Ltd xxiv & pp 687. Companion volume for Principles of Criminal Law above (2), reviewed by M C Mare in (1993 6 SACJ 104 and E Kahn (1993) 110 SALJ 191 2.
Principles of Delict Jonathan Burchell (1993) Juta & Co Ltd xxii & pp 269 Student textbook on the general princi¬ples of the law of delict. This book is intended to place the law of delict in its contemporary setting and to en¬courage a critical attitude to the principles and policy issues which abound in this field. It is designed for use by all students, espe¬cially post graduate LLB students, and legal practitioners. It is reviewed in (1993) 110 SALJ 644 7 and (1994) 57 THRHR 713 8.
Burchell and Hunt South African Criminal Law and Procedure Vol I: General Principles of Criminal Law 2ed (1983) by the late E M Burchell, J R L Milton and J M Burchell, Juta & Co Ltd. The last mentioned author substantially revised the chapter on degrees of participation in crime, revised a portion of the inchoate offences chapter, and wrote a new section on causation for this edition.
South African Criminal Law and Procedure Vol 1 General Principles of Criminal Law 3ed (1997) Jonathan Burchell, Juta & Co Ltd. Professor Dendy in 1997 De Rebus 757 reviews the 3rd edition.
Principles of Criminal Law 2ed (1997) Jonathan Burchell and John Milton, Juta & Co Ltd. Professor Angelo Pantazis of Wits, reviewed this edition.
Cases and Materials on Criminal Law 2ed (1997) Jonathan Burchell and John Milton, Juta & Co Ltd. Reviewed 1997 De Rebus 757.
Personality Rights and Freedom of Expression : The Modern Actio Injuriarum (1998) Juta & Co Ltd xxviii & pp 541. Mervyn Dendy in 1999 De Rebus 71 reviews this book.
Cases and Materials on Criminal Law 3ed (2008) Jonathan Burchell and John Milton, Juta & Co Ltd.
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