Anton Kok

Biographic Data

ID6298996
NAMEAnton Kok
GIVEN NAMESAnton
FAMILY NAMEKok
SIGNATUREKOK A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Pretoria
ORCID0000-0002-2746-2286
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX1

  • Teaching and inculcating (decolonised) legal skills in the LLB curriculum at the University of Pretoria

    Anton Kok, Michelle OelofseARTICLEJournal of Decolonising Disciplines2021

    ‘Legal Skills’ was taught as a standalone first-year module in the LLB curriculum at the University of Pretoria from 1998 to 2012. In the 2013 curriculum, the teaching and inculcation of legal skills were integrated into a first-year “Jurisprudence” module. The 2015/6 student protests at the University of Pretoria led to the creation of three ‘transformation work streams’, one of which was tasked with curriculum transformation. The activities of …

  • Promoting a Public Service Ethic in the Legal Profession in Kenya

    Open AccessLynette Osiemo, Anton KokARTICLEJournal of African Law2020

    The taskforce appointed in 2016 to undertake a review of the legal sector in Kenya highlighted a decline in public service and pro bono work as one of the challenges facing the legal profession in the country. In its report, the taskforce made several proposals to tackle the problem, all directed at qualified lawyers. This article seeks to contribute to the deliberations anticipated from the findings of the taskforce, by suggesting instead that t…

  • The Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act 4 of 2000

    Kok Anton, Anton KokARTICLESouth African Journal on Human…2008Cited by: 3

    This article considers the limits of the law in addressing discrimination. It discusses to what extent the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act 4 of 2000 will achieve its stated goals of facilitating socio-economic transformation, facilitating the creation of a more caring society, and establishing accessible enforcement mechanisms. It then identifies a number of provisions in the Equality Act that could have been dra…

  • Motor Vehicle Insurance, the Constitution and the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act

    Anton KokARTICLESouth African Journal on Human…2002

    This article explores the effect of the 1996 Constitution and the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act on motor vehicle insurance. I illustrate that the use of some traditional rating variables is suspect by referring to foreign case law and provisions in the 1996 Constitution and the Act. I provide a number of arguments in favour of and against the continued use of these traditional rating variables. I also discuss t…