Prof. Manfred O.Hinz has a PhD in Law and also studied anthropology, sociology, and African and Oriental Languages. He helped build the first institution for legal education in Namibia - UNAM's Faculty of Law. He served as Dean of the Faculty. Prof. Hinz has published widely in his areas of specialisation, particularly in the fields of legal and political anthropology, and constitutional and international (economic) law. Alexander Gairiseb holds the degrees of BJuris and LLB. He is a candidate legal practitioner at Fisher, Quarmby & Pfeifer Attorneys in Namibia.