PhD (Law and Philosophy), University of Leiden, 2019
LLM (Jurisprudence) (cum laude), University of Pretoria, 2012
LLB (cum laude), University of Pretoria, 2009
BCom (Law) (cum laude), University of Pretoria, 2007
Y2
Legal Philosophy (LJU4801)
Animal Ethics
Animal Law
Legal Philosophy
Continental Philosophy
Critical Legal Theory
Law and Literature
Gender Theory
Animal Ethics
Animal Law
Legal Philosophy
Continental Philosophy
Critical Legal Theory
Law and Literature
Gender Theory
J-H de Villiers “Spesisisme, Antroposentrisme en die Gebruik van die Holocaust-Matafoor in Dierebevrydingsdiskoers: ’n Reg-en-Letterkunde-Perspektief” 2025 (28) Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal 1-27
J-H de Villiers “Thinking-of-the-Animal-Other with Emmanuel Levinas” 2020 (23) Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal 1-18
J-H de Villiers “Prolegomenon on the Role of the Polyphonic Novel for (Animal) Law: J.M. Coetzee’s The Lives of Animals, the Voice of Refusal, and the Subversive Performativity of the Novel” 2019 (31) Law and Literature 443-468
J-H de Villiers “Law and the Question of the Animal: A Critical Discussion of National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development” 2019 (136) The South African Law Journal 207-223
J-H de Villiers “Metaphysical Anthropocentrism, Limitrophy, and Responsibility: An Explication of the Subject of Animal Rights” 2018 (21) Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal 1-29
J-H de Villiers “Animal Rights Theory, Animal Welfarism and the ‘New Welfarist’ Amalgamation: A Critical Perspective” 2015 (2) Southern African Public Law 401-428
J-H de Villiers “Towards an Ethical Relation to the Nonhuman Other: Deconstruction, Veganism and the Law” 2012 (1) South African Journal on Human Rights 18-33
J-H de Villiers “Examining the Similarity Principle and Language of (Animal) Rights as Foundation for Animal Liberation” 2012 (1) Southern African Public Law 40-53
J-H de Villiers and M Slabbert “Never Let Me Go: Science Fiction and Legal Reality” 2011 (3) Literator 85-103
J-H de Villiers “’n Regsfilosofiese Soeke na Politieke Geoorloofdheid: Die Spanning Tussen Prosedure en Substansie” 2009 (3) Pretoria Student Law Review 33-52
“In memoriam: Drucilla Cornell”, Research Unit for Legal and Constitutional Interpretation Seminar, University of the Western Cape - April 2023
“Constitutional and Ethical Perspectives on Animal Law”, Keynote panel: Environmental Law Association Annual and Student Conference, University of the Western Cape - September 2022
“Critical Reflections on the Progressive Destabilization of the Animal’s Legal Status in South African Law”, The South African Veterinary and Paraveterinary Conference, Kempton Park - October 2022
“Critical Reflections on Animal Rights Theory”, Prestige Lecture presented at Leiden Law School, Leiden University - December 2019
“Refusing (Animal) Rights”, Animal Politics: Justice, Power and the State, Leusden - November 2016
“Moving Beyond the Language of Equality”, The Society of Law Teachers of Southern Africa Conference, University of the Witwatersrand - January 2014
“Rights Theory, Welfarism and the ‘New Welfarist’ Amalgamation: A Critical Perspective”, International Animal Rights Conference, Luxembourg - September 2013
“The Ideological Discrepancy Between Animal Welfarism and Animal Rights Theory: A Critical Reflection on ‘New Welfarism’”, The Institute for Critical Animal Studies Conference, University of Cape Town - August 2013
“The Animal and Rights Theory”, International Animal Rights Conference, Luxembourg - September 2012
“Examining the Language of (Animal) Rights as a Foundation for Animal Liberation”, International Conference on Animals in Law and Society, University of South Africa - November 2011
“Towards an Ethical Relation to the Nonhuman Other: Deconstruction, Veganism and the Law”, The Society of Law Teachers of Southern Africa Conference, University of Stellenbosch - January 2011
Y2 NRF rating 2023-2028
Member of editorial board – Global Journal of Animal Law, Åbo Akademi University, Finland
Visionkeepers Research Grant, University of South Africa 2022
Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Research, University of South Africa 2020
AQIP Research Scholarship, University of South Africa 2016
