South African Law Journal
The South African Law Journal is a quarterly law journal published by Juta & Co. It is South Africa's leading law journal and the second oldest law journal in the English-speaking world, after the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.
History
The SALJ was established in Grahamstown in 1884, making it one year older than England's Law Quarterly Review and three years older than the Harvard Law Review. Its first 17 volumes were published under the title Cape Law Journal, before its name was changed to the South African Law Journal in 1901.Editors
The SALJ was edited for much of its history at the University of the Witwatersrand Law School, first by Bobby Hahlo, and then for a period of over forty years by Ellison Kahn. Its current managing editor is Graham Glover. Its full list of managing editors is:- William Henry Somerset Bell
- Shepherd Kitchin
- Robert Howes
- Cyril Hall
- R G McKerron
- Robert Hahlo
- Ellison Kahn
- Carole Lewis
- Daniel Visser
- Graham Glover