Professor Dr Hennie Van As

Port Elizabeth Technikon, South Africa
BIuris, LLB(cum laude), LLD, NDip(Pol)
Advocate of the High Court of South Africa

Contact numbers: +27 (0)41 3605709 (H and Fax)
  +27 (0)41 5043807 (W)
E-mail: hvanas@petech.ac.za and hennievanas@mweb.co.za

Languages: Afrikaans and English (Fully bilingual), Spanish (Reading, writing and speaking), Dutch (Read), Xhosa (Limited understanding and speaking)

Position: Professor of Law and Director : Institute for Sustainable Governance and Development

HIGHEST QUALIFICATION
University: University of Stellenbosch
Qualification and year: LLD : 1998

PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH RELATING TO LEGAL AID

Conference Proceedings
  • Van As, HJ "Access to justice : Do technikons have a role to play?" National Conference on Access to Justice : 15-17 November 1995, Durban, South Africa.
  • Van As, HJ "Language and the need for legal representation" International Symposium: Language in Court": 22-24 August 1996 : Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
  • Van As, HJ "The Right to Legal Representation in South Africa: Who's Fooling Who?" International Round Table on Law and Semiotics Conference: Penn-State University: State College, Pennsylvania, USA : 16-19 April 1998.
  • Van As, HJ "Service Delivery by Local Authorities: The Human Factor" International Conference entitled "In Search of excellence: Local Government and Service Delivery" : 28 - 30 April 1999 : Thohoyandou, South Africa: Presented by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.
Articles published in accredited (refereed) journals
  • Van As, HJ (1999) "Lesse uit die Lae Lande : Regshulp in Nederland (Lessons from the Low Countries : Legal Aid in the Netherlands)" Stellenbosch Law Review.
  • Van As, HJ & Horak, JM (Nov 1999) "Re-introduction of the Death Penalty - Fighting Crime or Winning Votes?" SA Public Law.
  • Van As, HJ (Nov 1999) "Regshulp in die VSA: Quo Vadis SA (Legal Aid in the USA: Quo Vadis SA?)" Obiter.
  • Van As, HJ (1999) "The right to information and the public tender process" Journal for Public Administration.
  • Van As, HJ (2000) "Regshulp in Indië: Kan Suid-Afrika daaruit leer?" (Legal Aid in India: Can SA learn from it?) Tydskrif vir Regswetenskap / Journal for Juridical Science
  • Van As, HJ (Feb 2000) "Die historiese grondslae vir en ontwikkelingsgang van die reg op regsverteenwoordiging in Suid-Afrika - Deel 1 (The historical basis for and development of legal representation in South Africa - Part 1" THRHR / Journal for Contemporary Roman-Dutch Law
  • Van As, HJ (May 2000) "Die historiese grondslae vir en ontwikkelingsgang van die reg op regsverteenwoordiging in Suid-Afrika - Deel 2 (The historical basis for and development of legal representation in South Africa - Part 2)" THRHR / Journal for Contemporary Roman-Dutch Law
  • Van As, HJ (2000) "Regshulp in krisis: Neigings in Nigerië (Legal Aid in a crisis: Tendencies in Nigeria)" Obiter
  • Van As, HJ (2001) "Rigtingwysers uir die Engelse Regshulpstelsel" (Pointers from the English Legal Aid System) Stellenbosch Law Review.
Team research projects
  • Project leader : Van As, HJ "A comparative study of the provision of legal aid in rural South Africa and non-urban Netherlands" Co-researchers: Prof N Huls, University of Leiden, Netherlands Advocate S Nkutha, Vista University
PAPERS READ AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED

  • Attended "Human Rights under the Interim Constitution" : Centre for Applied legal Studies & Juta : Port Elizabeth : 1994
  • Attended "The Commission on Truth and Reconciliation: It's Operation and Objectives" Centre for Human Rights : Port Elizabeth : 1994
  • Read "Access to Justice : Do Technikons have a role to play?" : Conference on Access to Justice : Department of Justice : Durban : 1995
  • Read "Language and the need for legal representation" : International Symposium on Language and the Courts : Vista University : Port Elizabeth : 1996
  • Read "Assessment and achievements of human rights since 1993 -1996 and the role of the administration in creating a culture of human rights awareness" : National Convention of SAPASA : Port Elizabeth : 26/4/1997
  • Invited to read "Women's Rights in terms of the SA Constitution" Knysna : November 1997.
  • Attended "The New Labour Relations Act" Butterworths : Port Elizabeth : April 1998
  • Read "The Right to Legal Representation in South Africa: Who's Fooling Who?" International Round Table on Law and Semiotics Conference : Penn-State University : Pennsylvania : USA : 16-19 April 1998
  • Attended "World Conference - Modern Criminal Investigation, Organized Crime and Human Rights" International Conference : Technikon Southern Africa : Sun City, South Africa : 21-25 September 1998.
  • Invited to read "The influence of the right to information and just administrative action on the public tender process" National Conference of the Institute for Purchasing at Tertiary Institutions : Plettenberg Bay, South Africa : 21 September 1999.
  • Read "Constitutionalization and the right to legal representation in South Africa" Conference entitled "Market/Bodies/Borders: The future of legal regulation" : University of Sydney, Australia : 1-2 October 1999.
  • Attended "Law and Transformation" International Conference : University of the Witwatersrand : Johannesburg, South Africa : 7-8 August 2000.

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