PULP at a glance in 2025
Established in 2005, the Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) was created to address the problem of the shortage of indigenous legal material in Africa, especially in the field of human rights.
PULP is an independent, non-profit press based at the Faculty of Law in the Centre for Human Rights (CHR) at the University of Pretoria.
PULP increases access to innovative, high quality and peer-reviewed texts with a focus on human rights and other aspects of public international law, especially in Africa.
Academic books and publications have been published in multiple languages such as English, Afrikaans, Arabic, French, Swahili and Portuguese for international distribution.
PULP is a registered publisher with the Publishers Association of SA (PASA), the largest publishing industry body in South Africa, and all material goes through strict peer reviews to ensure accreditation and high quality output.
Keeping with PULP’s access to information policy - all the books are available online in electronic format at no charge.
PULP now publishes seven law journals – African Human Rights Law Journal, the first open-access law journal of the Faculty of Law, De Jure Law Journal, African Disability Rights Yearbook, African Human Rights Yearbook, African Journal on Privacy and Data Protection, African Journal of Climate Law and Justice all of which are open access and the Pretoria Student Law Review.
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief
Prof Charles Fombad
Professor of comparative African constitutional law, Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria
Prof Martha Bradley
Associate Professor, Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Johannesburg.
Prof Babatunde Fagbayibo
Professor of international law, Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.
Dr Yvonne Jooste
Research associate, Department of Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.
Prof Serges Djoyou Kamga
Dean, Faculty of Law, University of the Free State.
Prof Magnus Killander
Professor of human rights law, Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.
Ms Lucinda Kok
Lecturer, Department of Private Law, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria
Dr Trésor Makunya
Postdoctoral Fellow and Publications Coordinator, Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.
Prof Gustav Muller
Associate Professor, Department of Private Law, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.
Dr Tshepiso Scott
Lecturer, Department of Mercantile Law, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.
Prof Frans Viljoen
Director: Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.
Manager
Mrs Lizette Hermann
Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.
Research, Marketing and Publishing Assistant
Adv Liesl Hager
Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.
Assistant, Stock Control and Dispatch
Mr Sydney Mdhlophe
Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.
Open-access journals
Four of the journals published by the Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) have their own dedicated open-access websites.
OPEN-ACCESS ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
PULP Styleguidelines
Manuscripts should conform to the PULP style guidelines.
Contact Pretoria University Law Press (PULP)
Ms Lizette Hermann
Manager: Pretoria University Law Press (PULP)
Centre for Human Rights
Faculty of Law
University of Pretoria
Pretoria
0002
Email:
Website: www.pulp.up.ac.za