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“Davis is recognised as one of the country's leading experts in tax law, constitutional law, and competition law”

During Dennis’ very established career, he has published more than 200 articles; twelve books, the latest of which is Deliberation, Democracy or Degradation. He drafted the 2008 Companies Act; 1998 Competition Act of South Africa; advised the government on trade law, intellectual property law, insurance law and taxation of which he was the chair of the Davis Tax Commission appointed to investigate the structure of South African tax and prior thereto Deputy Chair of the Katz Commission; appointed by President Mandela after democracy to the reconstitute the tax system for South Africa and advised the UN on Iraqi Constitution. 

full biography

Judgments


Judge Dennis Davis: A Legacy of Progressive Jurisprudence in South African Law 

Publications

Authored various chapters in books and more than 100 articles in academic journals in the fields of Constitutional Law, Tax, Law, Insurance Law, and South African political history. 

University of Cape Town

University of Cape Town

 Teaching

Constitutional Litigation (LLB)
Competition Law (LLB)
Competition Law (LLM)
Advanced Tax law (LLM)

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