Beginner\'s Guide for Law Students Zusammenfassungen

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 doctrine of judicial precedent, investigate where judgements can be found and which part of the judgement sets precedent by distinguishing between reported and unreported cases and ratio decidendi versu...

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 law as a normative system is distinguishable from other normative systems in context of the change in the South African legal order, Investigate the link and meaning between law and justice and understa...

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

Word document; Sources of South African Law; certain cases & diagrams that are referenced in the beginners guide for law students 5th edition.