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SCL1501
Assignment 1
Semester 2 2024
- DUE 26 August
2024
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
, SCL1501 Assignment 1 Semester 2 2024 - DUE 26 August 2024
QUESTION 1
1. “This point therefore tells us that law is part of the political system and can never be
separated from politics and other issues that characterise our society in various ways.”
(Study Guide p.7)
Now look out for the document, “Freedom Charter” and go through all the clauses.
Thereafter skim through the Preamble, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of the Constitution of
South Africa and discuss the connection between the two documents. (4)
2. Refer to Learning Unit 3 of the Study Guide and find the Sea Transport Document Act
65 of 2000. Now do the following:
a) explain what is entailed in the Long Title of this Act (do not discuss/redraft the
contents of the Long Title). (2)
b) what is the preamble of an Act? (2)
c) Jane Doe, a first-year law student, is going through this Act. She comes across a
term in the Act the meaning of which she does not know. What is the first thing that she
should do in this instance? Give a reason for your answer. (3)
QUESTION 2
(a) Discuss Freire’s notion of praxis. Explain why it is not compatible with “banking
education” (6)
(b) Why is the concept of “subjective being” said to be central to learning? (4)
(c) “Come learn with me and we shall be exemplars of proficiency. But if you yearn to be
alone, then you must learn it on your own.” Discuss the above excerpt in light of the
notion of “study groups”. In your answer you should refer to a model or models of how
groups may function. (3)
QUESTION 3
(a) What are leading questions? At which stage in a trial should they be avoided? (2)
(b) At which stage of the trial is cross examination conducted? In your answer you
SCL1501
Assignment 1
Semester 2 2024
- DUE 26 August
2024
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
, SCL1501 Assignment 1 Semester 2 2024 - DUE 26 August 2024
QUESTION 1
1. “This point therefore tells us that law is part of the political system and can never be
separated from politics and other issues that characterise our society in various ways.”
(Study Guide p.7)
Now look out for the document, “Freedom Charter” and go through all the clauses.
Thereafter skim through the Preamble, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of the Constitution of
South Africa and discuss the connection between the two documents. (4)
2. Refer to Learning Unit 3 of the Study Guide and find the Sea Transport Document Act
65 of 2000. Now do the following:
a) explain what is entailed in the Long Title of this Act (do not discuss/redraft the
contents of the Long Title). (2)
b) what is the preamble of an Act? (2)
c) Jane Doe, a first-year law student, is going through this Act. She comes across a
term in the Act the meaning of which she does not know. What is the first thing that she
should do in this instance? Give a reason for your answer. (3)
QUESTION 2
(a) Discuss Freire’s notion of praxis. Explain why it is not compatible with “banking
education” (6)
(b) Why is the concept of “subjective being” said to be central to learning? (4)
(c) “Come learn with me and we shall be exemplars of proficiency. But if you yearn to be
alone, then you must learn it on your own.” Discuss the above excerpt in light of the
notion of “study groups”. In your answer you should refer to a model or models of how
groups may function. (3)
QUESTION 3
(a) What are leading questions? At which stage in a trial should they be avoided? (2)
(b) At which stage of the trial is cross examination conducted? In your answer you
