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Brynne Guthrie

PhD Student

ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Law School

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Languages
Afrikaans, English, German
Key Expertise
Constitutional law, constitution-making, human rights, legislative drafting

About me

Thesis title

'Legal Continuity and Failures in Constitution-Making: A Comparative Study' [provisional]

Supervisors

Professor Tarun Khaitan and Professor Jo Murkens

Research Interests

Comparative constitutional law (especially in the Global South), constitutional change and constitution-making, international human rights law

Brynne is a PhD student in Law. She holds an LLB (with distinction) from the University of Pretoria and an LLM (with distinction) from the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳. Her research examines the concept of “legal continuity” in the context of failed constitution-making processes and aims to shed light on the broader impact of such processes on understandings of constitutionalism.

Before joining the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, Brynne was a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law. In this role, she consulted to constitution-making bodies in Chile and conducted research and capacity building activities with judges and lawyers in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Brynne was also previously a Law Clerk at the Constitutional Court of South Africa and a Google Policy Fellow.

Awards/Scholarships

ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ PhD Studentship (2024 – 2028); Commonwealth Scholarship (2016 – 2017); University of Pretoria Dean’s Merit List (2012 – 2015), and Scholarship for Academic Merit (2012 – 2015