Property Law

Elmien Du Plessis

BELINDA BANTHAM — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 09:31:10 +0000

Elmien Du Plessis BELINDA BANTHAM Wed, 07/24/2019 - 11:31

Land Law

Property Law

Prof

Associate Professor

Elmien

Du Plessis

Other experts from

Faculty of Law

(WJ) du Plessis is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the North-West University, South Africa. She holds BA (International relations), LLB and LLD degrees from the University of Stellenbosch. She is an NRF Thuthuka grant-holder. She obtained her doctorate on Compensation for Expropriation under the Constitution in 2009. She is interested in property law issues, especially in the land reform context, and has published numerous articles and chapters in this area. When things get too hot in that area, she researches and publishes in community based conversation initiatives, or investigating how customary law systems and common law systems can co-exist when it comes to land and natural resources.

She has a passion for finding the human element in law, and likes to ensure that legal rules make sense in the real world. When she is not busy thinking about property law and its impact on society, she tries to apply property theories to her three offspring and their struggles over scarce resources.

Other experts in

Law

Other Media

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9287-7445

https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=k_Ch3uIAAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elmien_Du_Plessis

Visit

Law

Physical Address

Building F5, office 102B

Telephone Number

018 285 2611

E-mail

Elmien.duplessis@nwu.ac.za

Prof Elmien Du Plessis

Marie Preston

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 07:50:23 +0000

Marie Preston Anonymous Thu, 06/11/2015 - 09:50

Property Law

Subject Specialist

Tax

Senior Lecturer

Marie

Preston

Other experts from

School of Accounting Sciences

Research in the field of Teaching and Learning:

My research career started in 2012 when I conducted research in collaboration with Mrs Veruschka Perlser-Carstens and Mr Andre Swart (both from the School of Accounting Sciences), on student performance in subjects such as Commercial Law, Auditing and Taxation. We presented a research paper at the 2012 Conference of the South African Accounting Association in this regard. The title of the paper was: “Factors associated with student performance in commercial law and auditing: An empirical study at the North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus”.

Incorporating games into the teaching and learning environment:

The above mentioned study gave way to two new collaborative research projects - one of the which was the development of a basic board game in an effort to help students with their studies in the pre-identified modules (Commercial Law, Auditing and Taxation). The impact of the board game on academic performance - together with our findings, were presented at the 6th Annual Teaching Practice & Didactics Symposium held in October 2013. The title of the research paper was: “Let’s play: Incorporating games into the teaching and learning environment to enhance pervasive skills of accounting students”. Another paper with further findings and statistical data - which related to the research conducted on the board game, was presented at the NWU SoTL Conference in November 2013. The title of the research paper was: "Get Your Game On: Lecturer designed games for accounting students to enhance participation and direct learning of entrepreneurial law, tax and auditing modules”.

The effect on academic performance when teaching students in their second or third language

Another research project which I conducted focused on the effect on academic performance when students are taught in their second or third language. During November 2014, I presented my first solo paper at the international conference of the Institute for Business and Social Dynamics - International Academic Conference on Business and Social Sciences. The title of my paper was: "The influence of teaching high school learners and university taxation students in their second or third language on their academic performance."

Research into Law - with specific reference to Taxation and Deceased Estates

Other fields of interest are Taxation and Deceased Estates. I have completed my Master's studies in Law (LL.M) at the North-West University in 2015, within the field of Estate Law. The modules completed all have linkages with Estate Planning. I submitted - as part of the degree, a mini-dissertation with the title “Interest-free loans or low-Interest loans and estate planning: Life after Brummeria”. For this mini-dissertation the influence of tax law on the use of interest-free and low-interest loans in estate planning was researched. I also included a practical chapter on how estate plans can be structured to incorporate these types of loans with the minimum tax implication for the estate planner.

Current research foci

Currently I am conducting research together with two honours students on the in duplum rule and its application in Tax Law.

Other experts in

Accounting

Visit

School of Accounting Sciences

Visit

Economic and Management Sciences

Physical Address

Ms Marie Preston
Senior Lecturer
School of Accounting Sciences
Faculty of Economic Sciences and Information Technology
Vanderbijlpark Campus
North-West University
1900

PO Box 1174
Vanderbijlpark
1900

Telephone Number

+27(0)16 910 3367

E-mail

marie.preston@nwu.ac.za

MJ Preston, expert in Auditing, Taxation, and Commercial Law.

Gerrit Johannes Pienaar

PERTUNIA THULO — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 11:04:40 +0000

Gerrit Johannes Pienaar PERTUNIA THULO Thu, 08/07/2014 - 13:04

Property Law

Prof

Director

Gerrit

Pienaar

Other experts from

Faculty of Law

Gerrit Pienaar has been teaching property law at the Northwest University (previously the Potchefstroom University) from 1979, first as senior lecturer and since 1989 as professor. Presently he is the Director Post-Graduate Studies at the Law Faculty of the NWU. He obtained a LLD degree in 1988 with the thesis “The common law juristic person in South African private law”.

He is the author of several research publications on general property law issues, sectional titles, land registration and communal land tenure. He is also the author of a monograph Sectional titles and other fragmented property schemes published by Juta in the series Property Law Library during 2010. He is a practising attorney since 1975, first in Pretoria and since 1980 in Potchefstroom. His fields of speciality are property law, sectional titles, communal land law, property registration and unjustified enrichment.

Other experts in

Law

Media

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gRMLIjAzAw Faculty of Law

Visit

Faculty of Law

Visit

Law

Twitter

Physical Address

Faculty of Law

Potchefstroom Campus