Jurisprudence - second year LLB

Detailed descriptions of understanding the idea of a social contract and the difference between a Western and African approach to it, Investigating why we have ‘laws’ and what the law is, understand the South African legitimacy crisis, understand the relationship between law and morality, how la...

- Distinguish and understand he different sources of law and the relative importance of each, define the sources of law according to your text book and identify them in a scenario, understand and distinguish between primary and secondary sources of law, understand the difference between codified and...

Understanding; the importance of legal history, the historical influences on the development of the South African Legal System, the importance of legal history, the historical influences on the development of the SA legal system, the different ways of conceiving of the history of SA and why SA law m...

- Understand who the role players are in the public and private spheres, understand what it means to be deemed ‘fit and proper’ and how this connects to possible professional and constitutional discrimination, understand the amendments to the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014 and the implication the...

Understand the idea of a social contract and the difference between a Western and African approach to it, investigate why we have ‘laws’ and what the law is, understand the South African legitimacy crisis, understand the relationship between law and morality, how law as a normative system is dis...

Explore the difference between custom and customary law and refer to the test as formulated in Van Breda v Jacobs, define customary law, distinguish between living and official customary law, examine when customary/indigenous law will apply to a dispute and investigate the impact of the Constitution...

Understand and explain when legislation will be passed, understand and explain the legislative process, investigate how legislation comes into force and stops being in force, define and understand amendments and repeals, understand and be able to explain and apply the theoretical approaches to the i...

Understand and apply; the basic classification of law, the various subdivisions within each branch of law, how factual problems are allocated into particular branches of law, that a strict classification is not an accurate representation of law in context

Define and understand the hierarchy of the courts, understand what jurisdiction means and investigate the three factors that influence a court’s jurisdiction, apply these factors to the various courts, understand and explain the court structure, define a number of words and concepts, define the do...

Understand and distinguish between the types of constitutions, understand and discuss the structures of government that the 1996 Constitution creates, understand and discuss the constitutional recognition of traditional leadership and of eleven official languages, be able to explain the transformati...

Questions and answers to help ace examinations and tutorial questions that cover the basics of jurisprudence 110.

Importance of legal history, phases of South African legal history