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Publications: P Peter Brett

Brett P ( 2025 ) . My Own Liberator: A Memoir; All Rise: A Judicial Memoir . South African Historical Journal1 - 5 .
Brett P ( 2025 ) . Annalena Kolloch, Faire la magistrature au Bénin: Careers, Self-Images and Independence of the Beninese Judiciary (1894–2016). Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag (pb €59.80 – 978 3 89645 847 6). 2022, 248 pp . Africa vol. 94 , ( 5 ) 743 - 745 .
Brett P ( 2024 ) . When Informal Ties with Political Leaders Protect Judges’ Fragile Independence: South Africa and Namibia after Apartheid . Informality and Courts Comparative Perspectives ,
Brett P ( 2022 ) . The New Politics of Judicial Appointments in Southern Africa . Law & Social Inquiry vol. 48 , ( 4 ) 1334 - 1364 .
Sharp J, Brett P ( 2021 ) . Ways into drama: preparing for engagement . International Perspectives on Drama and Citizenship Education , Routledge
Brett P ( 2021 ) . Revolutionary legality and the Burkinabè insurrection . The Journal of Modern African Studies vol. 59 , ( 3 ) 273 - 294 .
BRETT P ( 2020 ) . Politics by Other Means in South Africa Today . Journal of Law and Society vol. 47 , ( S1 )
Brett P, Gissel LE ( 2020 ) . AFRICA AND THE BACKLASH AGAINST INTERNATIONAL COURTS .
Brett P ( 2018 ) . Who are judicial decisions meant for? The ‘global community of law’ in Southern Africa . International Political Science Review vol. 39 , ( 5 ) 585 - 599 .
Brett P ( 2018 ) . Human Rights and the Judicialisation of African Politics . Routledge
Brett P, Gissel LE ( 2018 ) . Explaining African participation in international courts . African Affairs vol. 117 , ( 467 ) 195 - 216 .
Brett P ( 2018 ) . Who are judicial decisions meant for? The 'global community of law' in Southern Africa . INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW . vol. 39 , 585 - 599 .
Brett P ( 2016 ) . Judicial reputation: a comparative theory . Commonwealth & Comparative Politics vol. 54 , ( 4 ) 568 - 570 .
Brett P ( 2014 ) . Explaining South Africa's Bill of Rights: an interpretive approach . Commonwealth & Comparative Politics vol. 52 , ( 3 ) 423 - 442 .
Brett P, Gissel LE . Explaining African Participation in International Courts .