De Villiers WiumÂ
Professor
De Villiers WiumÂ
University of Pretoria
South Africa
Biography
Professor Wium de Villiers is a full professor in the Department of ProceduralLlaw. He holds the degrees BIuris LLB LLD (Pret). He has extensive experience in criminal litigation and has inter alia worked as prosecutor, magistrate and advocate in private practice (as a member of the Pretoria Bar). He teaches criminal procedure and evidence for undergraduate students, and advanced criminal procedure for postgraduate students. Professor de Villiers has close to fifty publications in peer reviewed local and foreign based international journals, andhas delivered many papers at local and international conferences. He has also lectured abroad and presides in the Law School practical examinations in Criminal Procedure.Â
Research Interest
criminal procedure and evidenceÂ
Publications
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De Villiers WP. The Interdictum De Homine Libero Exhibendo and the Question Whether it is Incumbent on a Peace Officer to Consider Less Invasive Means to Secure Attendance at Court Before Effecting an Arrest–National Commissioner of Police v Coetzee. Browser Download This Paper. 2014 Aug 5.
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De Villiers WP. Problematic aspects with regard to bail under South African law: The reverse onus provisions and the admission of the evidence of the applicant for bail at the later criminal trial revisited. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice. 2015 Mar 31;43(1):17-35.
