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Jurisprudence 110


 
Module code JUR 110
Qualification Undergraduate
Faculty Faculty of Law
Module content

*For LLB and BA/BCom specialising in law
The module has both a theoretical and skills component. All elements described below will encompass conceptual knowledge combined with practical application.

UNDERLYING JURISPRUDENTIAL ASPECTS OF LAW / THE LAW IN GENERAL

  1. A first-year definition of law / the Law
  2. The relationships between law and society, law and history, law and politics, law and language
  3. Being a law student or lawyer in South Africa
  4. Introduction to different perspectives on the law


THE SOUTH AFRICAN LEGAL SYSTEM AND ITS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

SOURCES OF SOUTH AFRICAN LAW AND THEIR HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT:

  1. Introduction to characteristics and components of the South African legal system
  2. Mixed legal systems
  3. The South African Constitution and its historical development
  4. Customary law and its historical development
  5. Common law and its historical development
  6. Primary and other sources of modern South African law
  7. Applying the sources of law to a set of facts and relying on the sources of law to answer a jurisprudential question.


THE ABOVE CONTENT FORMS THE BASIS OF THE SKILLS COMPONENT (INCORPORATING ACADEMIC LITERACY SKILLS) WHICH CONSISTS OF:

  1. Conducting research in the library
  2. Finding, reading and applying the sources of law
  3. Reading, understanding and summarising texts on topics of law
  4. Analysing, criticising and improving (“edit”) a piece of writing on the law in a theoretical sense
  5. Writing a well-constructed essay or paragraph on legal problems and topics of law or legal history
Module credits 15.00
NQF Level 05
Service modules Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Faculty of Humanities
Prerequisites Admission to the relevant programme.
Contact time 1 tutorial per week, 4 lectures per week, 4 seminars
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Jurisprudence
Period of presentation Semester 1
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