Taught law from 1974 in the Faculty of Law in Potchefstroom, South Africa – since 1980 as full professor. Multiple recipient between 1979 and 2019 of research funding from the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung. Alumnus of the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Heidelberg. Participated in the South African constitution writing process 1990-1995. Founded P E R (Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal) in 1998. Dean of Law 2001-2012. President of the South African Law Deans' Association 2009-2010. Currently Extraordinary Professor, Faculty of Law, Potchefstroom

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Monographs:

• Constitutional Comparison – Japan, Germany, Canada and South Africa as Constitutional States (Juta / Kluwer Law International, Cape Town 2000)
• Global Features of Constitutional Law (Wolf Legal Publishers, Nijmegen 2010)
• Constitutionalism and Religion (Edward Elgar, 2015)
• The Language of Constitutional Comparison (Edward Elgar, 2022)