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What does the programme entail?
This programme meets specific training needs that emerge from the demand for employees with specific legal knowledge, but who are also schooled in aspects of the social or human sciences. The aim of this multidisciplinary programme is to train students as law practitioners with a broader academic background, to provide an alternative route to obtaining an LLB, to provide versatile training in both law and the social sciences or humanities, to improve students’ insight into the extent, consequences and handling of national and global issues, and to academically equip students for a career in which research, decision-making and reporting on law-related issues are important requirements. This is a full-time programme, with specific modules offered after hours.
Core modules
Core modules are jurisprudence, Roman law, the law of persons, legal pluralism, legal interpretation, family law, public law, the law of succession, the law of contract and law of delict.
Elective modules
At first-year level, three BA subjects must be selected from the elective modules. At least one of these subjects must be a language. Two BA subjects must be selected up to second-year level, of which at least one must be a language; and one BA subject must be selected up to third-year level.
Postgraduate studies
After completing a BA (Law) degree, students can continue with an LLB or may register for an honours degree in the core discipline they chose in the humanities.
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