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South African Journal on Human Rights Template

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About the South African Journal on Human Rights format

South African Journal on Human Rights is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Legal Issues in South Africa, Human Rights and Development, Judicial and Constitutional Studies.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." South African Journal on Human Rights 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inLegal Issues in South Africa Human Rights and Development Judicial and Constitutional Studies Comparative and International Law Studies International Law and Human Rights
ISSN0258-7203
Citation impact (2-yr)0.25
h-index37
i10-index214
Total citations9,633
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of the Witwatersrand
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Papers published in South African Journal on Human Rights per year

35
2014
36
2015
31
2016
31
2017
29
2018
27
2019
25
2020
32
2021
19
2022
17
2023
17
2024
6
2025

Citation impact of South African Journal on Human Rights by publication year

169
2014
145
2015
175
2016
341
2017
288
2018
121
2019
72
2020
48
2021
51
2022
12
2023
8
2024
1
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in South African Journal on Human Rights

The Value of Human Dignity in Interpreting Socio-Economic Rights

Sandra Liebenberg · 1 Jan 2005

There has been considerable criticism of the use of human dignity as a guiding value in the context of South Africa's equality jurisprudence. What are the implications of the use of the value in socio-economic rights jurisprudence? Drawing on the work of Martha Nussbaum, the article links the value of human dignity to the material…

Transformative Constitutionalism and the Common and Customary Law

Dennis Davis, Karl E. Klare · 1 Jan 2010

A basic assumption of the Constitution, which finds expression in its ‘development clauses’ (ss 8(3) & 39(2)), is that South Africa cannot progress toward a society based on human dignity, equality, and freedom with a legal system that rigs a transformative constitutional superstructure onto a common and customary law base inherited from the past and…

South African Journal on Human Rights template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does South African Journal on Human Rights use?
South African Journal on Human Rights uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." South African Journal on Human Rights 12 (3): 45–58.
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