Dr Kanagie Naidoo
Senior Lecturer
Qualifications:
B-Proc (UKZN); LLM (UNISA); LLD (UNIZULU); Pg Dip in Higher Education (for Academic Developers) (RHODES)
About
I hold a B-Proc degree from the University of Kwa Zulu Natal – Howard College, a Master of Laws (LLM) from UNISA and a Doctor of Laws (LLD) from UNIZULU specialising in the Law of Evidence. I am an admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa with 27 years of experience as a Regional Court Prosecutor and Legal Practitioner. I am a senior lecturer and BA Honours Coordinator in the Department of Criminal Justice with 19 years of experience as a law lecturer in the field of Procedural Law and the Law of Evidence. I am also actively involved in the supervision of post-graduate students in the LLM and LLD, and the MA and PhD Programmes. I also serve as an external examiner for both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at other institutions of higher learning. I am a member of numerous committees within the institution.
I am passionate about the Law of Evidence and Criminal Procedure. I have been actively involved in litigation in the field of criminal law for the past 26 years. I have co-authored two (2) books on the Law of Criminal Procedure, Pieter du toit & Kanagie Naidoo Law Lifeline: Law of Criminal Procedure (2010)
LexisNexis and Theophilopoulos, C (ed.). 2020. Criminal Procedure in South Africa. Cape Town, Oxford University Press; ISBN: 9780190740245 Epub ISBN: 9780190731793.
I have also made contributions as an expert to The Law of Evidence in South Africa Basic Principles, (2019) Bellengere, Palmer and others, Oxford.
I have presented papers at conferences such as the South African Association of Law Teachers and the MBALI International Conferences.
Research Interests
I enjoy research in the field of Criminal Procedure, the Law of Evidence, Family Law and Cyber Law. Research on the relationship between Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and the Constitutional Law is also something that I am rather interested in. Research relating to teaching, learning and assessment relating to digitization is also of interest to me. I also have a keen interest in Domestic violence and Gender based violence.
Professional membership
- I am an active member on the roll of Attorneys of the High Court of Sou Criminological Society of Africa (CRIMSA) Member th Africa registered with the South Legal Practice Council.
Publications