Brand van Zyl Law Library
The Brand van Zyl Law Library serves the Faculty of Law and has one of the best legal collections in Africa.
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Wilfred & Jules Kramer Law Bldg
Middle Campus, Rondebosch
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Law Library Guide
This guide is intended to aid your understanding and ability to conduct legal research. This will allow you to quickly and effectively answer legal problems, incorporating the newest sources.
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Study Spaces
We offer you safe and comfortable study spaces between and after lectures to fit your individual or collaborative needs.
Interlibrary Loans
The Interlibrary Loans (ILL) Department acts as a link between the University of Cape Town Libraries and other libraries in Southern Africa and abroad. A required book or article not available at UCT may be requested.
Notices
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More 24/7 study spaces available to all UCT students from Tues 22 Aug 2023
-Dear students and staff
The following library spaces will be available to all UCT students as new 24/7 study spaces from Tuesday 22 August 2023 onwards.
- Vincent Kolbe Knowledge Commons (Main Library)
Access after-hours from the North Staircase next to the Steve Biko Building. - Brand van Zyl Law Library
Access from 5pm to 8am for all UCT students.
All the libraries will still close at 10 pm, after which the 24/7 study spaces will come into operation. Please visit our library hours for more information.
Regards
UCT Libraries - Vincent Kolbe Knowledge Commons (Main Library)
Digital Collections
Ibali is the Digital Collections platform for building and showcasing digital cultural heritage collections at the University of Cape Town.
Repository on African Law and Society
This Repository on African Law and Society forms part of an international research collaboration that aims to address the gap in African law and society scholarship, while paying close attention to the pluralities of historiographies and imaginings of law and society scholarship in and on Africa.
Our History
In June 1949, Gideon Brand Van Zyl donated the Van Zyl Collection of Legal Antiquarian Materials to the University of Cape Town, collected over 70 years between his father and himself. This collection became the nucleus of the establishment of a Law Library at UCT.
