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Prof H Kruger

Professor | College of Law
School of Law | Department: Private Law

Tel: 012 429 8502
Campus: Muckleneuk Campus
Building: Cas van Vuuren
Office: 6-10

  • B Iuris (UFS, 1987) (cum laude)
  • LLB (UFS, 1989) (cum laude)
  • LLD (Unisa, 2004) (‘Judicial Interference with Parental Authority: A Comparative Analysis of Child Protection Measures’)

C2

  • Law of Persons (PVL1501)
  • LLM Child Law (PRL5902)
  • Postgraduate supervision

  • Child law
  • Children’s rights

  • Law of persons
  • Law of parent and child
  • Child law
  • Children’s rights

  • Heaton J and Kruger H South African Family Law (5 ed, LexisNexis 2024)
  • Kruger H (ed) The Law of Persons in South Africa (3 ed, Oxford University Press 2024)

Chapters in books

  • Kruger H ‘Protection of a Child’s Right to Privacy in South African Law’ in Potgieter JM, Knobel JC & Jansen R (eds) Essays in Honour of / Huldigingsbundel vir Johann Neethling (LexisNexis, 2015)
  • Kruger H ‘Maintenance for children’ in Boezaart T (ed) Child law in South Africa (2 ed, Juta 2017)

  • Kruger JM ‘Toepassingsgebied van Artikel 7(3) tot (6) van die Wet op Egskeiding 70 Van 1979 - Lagesse v Lagesse 1992 1 SA 173 (D); Bell v Bell 1991 4 SA 195 (W)’ (1992) 55(3) THRHR 492-497
  • Kruger JM, Blackbeard M and De Jong M ‘Die Vader van die Buite-Egtelike Kind se Toegangsreg - S v S 1993 2 SA 200 (W)’ (1993) 56(4) THRHR 696-704
  • Kruger JM ‘Enkele Opmerkings oor die Bevoegdhede van die Hooggeregshof as Oppervoog van Minderjariges om in te Meng met Ouerlike Gesag’ (1994) 57(2) THRHR 304-311
  • Kruger JM ‘Die Toegangsbevoegdhede van die Ongetroude Vader - Is die Finale Woord Gespreek? - B v S 1995 3 SA 571 (A)’ (1996) 59(3) THRHR 514-522
  • Kruger JM ‘Emigration by a Custodian Parent After Divorce’ (2001) 64(3) THRHR 452-458
  • Kruger JM ‘The Legal Nature of Parental Authority’ (2003) 66(2) THRHR 277-284
  • Kruger JM ‘The Legal Nature and Development of Parental Authority in Roman, Germanic, and Roman-Dutch Law – A Historical Overview’ (2004) 10 Fundamina 84-112
  • Kruger JM ‘State Intervention and Child Protection Measures in New Zealand - Lessons for South Africa’ (2005) 38(2) CILSA 246-270
  • Kruger JM ‘The Philosophical Underpinnings of Children’s Rights Theory’ (2006) 69(3) THRHR 436-453
  • Kruger JM ‘State Intervention and Child Protection Measures In Scotland – Lessons for South Africa’ (2006) 39(3) CILSA 503-526
  • Knobel JC and Kruger H ‘The Nasciturus Fiction and Delictual Liability for Pre-Natal Injuries - Road Accident Fund v M obo M [2005] 3 All SA 340 (SCA) (also reported as Road Accident Fund V Mtati 2005 4 SA (SCA))’ (2006) 69(3) THRHR 517-523
  • Kruger JM ‘The Protection of Children’s Rights in the South African Constitution: Reflections on the First Decade’ (2007) 70(2) THRHR 239-262
  • Kruger H ‘Children in Need of Care and The Children’s Act 38 of 2005’ (2009) 23(2) Speculum Juris 34-53
  • De Jong M and Kruger H ‘The Postponement and Separation of Children’s Issues Upon Divorce – Quick Relief or a Glaring Mistake?’ (2010) 73(1) THRHR 154-157
  • Kruger H ‘The Legal Recognition of Child-Headed Households: Is our Focus Where it Should Be?’ (2014) 25(1) Stell LR 126-142
  • Kruger H ‘The High Court’s Refusal to Resolve Issues Relating to Paternity and Parental Responsibilities and Rights in Motion Proceedings Where There is a Pending Divorce Action - BR v TM, BR v TM: In re LR’ (2017) 80(2) THRHR 326-333
  • Kruger H ‘The Realisation of Children’s Rights to Participate in Selected Medical Decisions in South Africa’ (2018) 32(3) SALJ 73-100
  • Kruger H ‘The Protection of Children’s Right to Self-Determination in South African Law with Specific Reference to Medical Treatment and Operations’ (2018) 21(2) PELJ
  • Kruger H ‘Allowing Competent Children in South Africa to Refuse Medical Treatment: Lessons From England’ (2021) 32(3) Stell LR 410-434
  • Kruger H ‘The Discrepancy Between the Criminal Capacity and Delictual Accountability of Children: A Children’s Rights Perspective’ (2022) 85(1) THRHR 68-90
  • Kruger H ‘The Invisible Children – Protecting the Right to Birth Registration in South Africa’ (2022) 47(2) Journal for Juridical Science 55-87
  • Kruger H ‘Safeguarding the Rights of Children Living in Kinship Care in South Africa’ (2024) 27 PELJ 1-33