| Local government law of South Africa N Steytler, J De Visser LexisNexis, 2007 | 85 | 2007 |
| The place and role of local government in federal systems N Steytler Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 2005 | 68 | 2005 |
| Federal arrangements as a peacemaking device during South Africa's transition to democracy N Steytler, J Mettler Publius: the journal of federalism 31 (4), 93-106, 2001 | 67 | 2001 |
| The impact of the global financial crisis on decentralized government in South Africa N Steytler, D Powell Europe en formation, 149-172, 2010 | 64 | 2010 |
| Comparative federalism and Covid-19: Combating the pandemic N Steytler Taylor & Francis, 2022 | 53 | 2022 |
| Local government reform in Zimbabwe: A policy dialogue J de Visser, N Steytler, N Machingauta Community Law Centre, University Western Cape, 2010 | 49 | 2010 |
| Local government and metropolitan regions in federal systems N Steytler, J Kincaid McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009 | 49 | 2009 |
| Local government in South Africa: Entrenching decentralised government N Steytler The place and role of local government in federal systems 183, 2005 | 48 | 2005 |
| Constitutional principles of local self-government in Europe G Boggero Brill, 2017 | 37 | 2017 |
| Comparative conclusions N Steytler The Forum of Federations Handbook on Local Government in Federal Systems …, 2024 | 35 | 2024 |
| The constitutional court of South Africa: Reinforcing an hourglass system of multi-level government N Steytler University of Toronto Press, 2017 | 33 | 2017 |
| Rural development within the context of development, sustainability and rural issues-some constitutional, policy and implementation perspectives NJJ Olivier, C Van Zyl, C Williams Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad …, 2010 | 33 | 2010 |
| Implementing language rights in court: The role of the court interpreter NC Steytler South African Journal on Human Rights 9 (2), 205-222, 1993 | 33 | 1993 |
| Republic of South Africa N Steytler Constitutional origins, structure, and change in federal countries, 312-346, 2005 | 30 | 2005 |
| Defining local government powers and functions N Steytler, YT Fessha South African Law Journal 124 (2), 320-338, 2007 | 27 | 2007 |
| The judicialization of Namibian politics N Steytler South African Journal on Human Rights 9 (4), 477-499, 1993 | 27 | 1993 |
| The strangulation of local government N Steytler Journal of South African Law/Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg 2008 (3 …, 2008 | 23 | 2008 |
| Federal homogeneity from the bottom up: provincial shaping of national HIV/AIDS policy in South Africa N Steytler Publius: The Journal of Federalism 33 (1), 59-74, 2003 | 22 | 2003 |
| Domesticating the leviathan: Constitutionalism and federalism in Africa N Steytler African Journal of International and Comparative Law 24 (2), 272-292, 2016 | 21 | 2016 |
| District municipalities: giving effect to shared authority in local government N Steytler Law, Democracy & Development 7 (2), 227-242, 2003 | 21 | 2003 |
