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Book on Rules by Eisen | Respectful Policies and Directives

As a lawyer, I’ve encountered many policies over many years. I’ve read, reviewed, interpreted, and drafted them. I now realise that they were almost all horrible. I’ve seen the light and woken up to a whole new world. The light [...]

By |2025-01-23T08:26:35+02:00January 22nd, 2025|Categories: Governance, IT Law, POPI and Data Protection|Tags: , , |

Become a better writer by reading the Clarity book

Become a better writer by reading the new book aptly named - Become a Better Writer. It is written by Donald Powers and Greg Rosenberg from Clarity Global. I've just read it and I think it delivers on its [...]

By |2022-11-28T12:48:46+02:00February 20th, 2022|Categories: Life@Law, Plain Language|Tags: , , |

This is NOT what I signed up for – a survival guide for first-time managers

I’m the managing attorney at Michalsons, which means that I manage the other attorneys in the office. I still practice as an attorney some of the time, but most of my time is spent managing other attorneys. It’s a tricky [...]

By |2022-11-01T09:57:55+02:00December 10th, 2019|Categories: Life@Law|Tags: |

Robot Law Book – a Comparative Handbook

Are you looking for a robot law book or guide? Do you want to find out what the laws are that relate to robots in all the countries of the world? Robot Law Book We have contributed to a Comparative Handbook [...]

By |2023-04-03T11:34:10+02:00March 1st, 2019|Categories: Robot Law|Tags: , , , |

Review of a Commentary on the Protection of Personal Information Act

A Commentary on the Protection of Personal Information Act is a good legal textbook that lawyers and law students will find useful in raising their awareness about this very important topic that is about to become a big deal in [...]

By |2022-11-29T14:07:48+02:00December 20th, 2018|Categories: POPI and Data Protection|Tags: , , |

The Digital Divide in South Africa is Real

Does South Africa have a digital divide? Does information, communication and technology (ICT) policy lie at the heart of that divide? This is one of the questions the Free Market Foundation's book "The Real Digital Divide" covers, but with [...]

By |2025-02-28T14:03:06+02:00May 31st, 2017|Categories: IT Law|Tags: , , , |

A Pro-Poor Legal Practice Book for all Lawyers

The Pro-Poor Legal Practice book is a valuable resource for lawyers from all corners of the legal profession, drafters of laws, and even law students, legal secretaries, and government officials. The book connects all these different persons by highlighting the difference [...]

By |2025-02-28T14:02:55+02:00April 11th, 2017|Categories: IT Law|Tags: , , , , |

Access to Information Book

The access to information book was published by LexisNexis in May 2016. The book is written by Ronée Michelle Robinson. Access to information is based on the right to access to information in South Africa. The book focuses on [...]

Global privacy law and data protection book

Are you looking for a global privacy law book or data protection book? There are many countries that have privacy, data protection and security laws. It can be very confusing to find all of them and compare them. All the [...]

By |2022-12-08T15:36:38+02:00August 9th, 2016|Categories: POPI and Data Protection|Tags: , , , , |

Information and Communications Technology Law Book

Information and Communications Technology Law is a  book recently published by LexisNexis in 2016 dealing with South African law on the topic. It is written by DP van der Merwe, A Roos, T Pistorius, GTS Eiselen and SS Nel.  It is [...]

By |2018-07-18T12:09:20+02:00April 11th, 2016|Categories: IT Law|Tags: , , , |

Typography for lawyers book review

I bought a new book called Typography for Lawyers, by Matthew Butterick. I just started reading it on the plane and I think it is brilliant. I could not put it down and before I knew it the plane had [...]

By |2024-05-03T11:39:14+02:00January 25th, 2011|Categories: Consumer Protection, Plain Language|Tags: , , |