INTRODUCTION TO LAW (ILW1501)
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Mixed/ Hybrid - Answer-Influenced and made up of various components or legal
systems.
ex- South Africa, Scotland, Sri Lnaka
SA law is classified as a hybrid legal system as it comprises of various legal systems:
-Roman Dutch law
-English Law
-African Indigenous law
Public Law - Answer-Regulates relationships that are concerned with public interest
( community)
State versus Citizen
International law - Answer-Concerned with relations between states( the law of war&
peace, the law of international organisations such as the UN and the Law of
international treaties.
Constitutional law - Answer-Concerned with the institution of the stat( how it is formed)
and its organisation.
Governs the powers of the organs of state parliament, the court, cabinet, etc.)
Administrative Law - Answer-Controls the administration of the state in general and
determines the way in which state bodies should exercise their powers (non abuse of
powers)
Criminal law - Answer-States which acts are criminal in nature and the penalties
imposed by the state for the commission of these crimes.
Law of procedure - Answer-Subdivided into three divisions:
Civil procedure
Criminal Procedure
Law of evidence
Private law - Answer-Regulates relationships between individuals
Plaintiff versus defendant
Law of persons - Answer-concerned with the persons as subjects of the law: legal
subjects beginning, status and end
, Family law - Answer-concerned with the legal relationship of spouses, parents & child,
guardianship.
Governs marriage and its consequences, as well as relationships within the family.
Laws of personality - Answer-Concerned with personality rights and the consequences
of the infringement on these rights (damage to reputation, dignity, etc)
Intellectual property right - Answer-relates to the creation of the human mind. A work of
art, an invention, a trade mark, copyright.
Personal Right - Answer-A personal right is a right to performance. also called a claim.
Delivery, payment, service. Action of doing something or not doing something.
The connection - Answer-The content of a right is limited. the rules of law decide what
the powers of the holder of a right are and what the limits to the content of the right are.
Classical roman Law - Answer-When the Roman Empire was reaching its highest level
of development
Canon Law - Answer-Roman Law formed the foundation of church law( roman catholic
Church)
The Corpus Iuris Civilis - Answer-The Emperor of the eastern Roman empire ordered
the codification of early writings of the classical jurists and all the laws which had been
passed during the time of the emperors ( collected and written down as a code)
Roman Law(753BC - 476AD) - Answer-Classical Roman law
Canon law
Justinian's codification
Roman dutch law (17th century) - Answer-Roman law merged with existing laws over
Europe to help solve particular problems
South African law ( 1652- ) - Answer-Roman dutch law
English law
indigenous law
Romano-Germanic (civil law) - Answer-Strong roman law basis as it played an
important role in the development of these systems. ex- French, German, Dutch legal
systems
Anglo American (common law) - Answer-Case law played an important role in the
development of these systems and case law still plays an important part in their
application.
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Mixed/ Hybrid - Answer-Influenced and made up of various components or legal
systems.
ex- South Africa, Scotland, Sri Lnaka
SA law is classified as a hybrid legal system as it comprises of various legal systems:
-Roman Dutch law
-English Law
-African Indigenous law
Public Law - Answer-Regulates relationships that are concerned with public interest
( community)
State versus Citizen
International law - Answer-Concerned with relations between states( the law of war&
peace, the law of international organisations such as the UN and the Law of
international treaties.
Constitutional law - Answer-Concerned with the institution of the stat( how it is formed)
and its organisation.
Governs the powers of the organs of state parliament, the court, cabinet, etc.)
Administrative Law - Answer-Controls the administration of the state in general and
determines the way in which state bodies should exercise their powers (non abuse of
powers)
Criminal law - Answer-States which acts are criminal in nature and the penalties
imposed by the state for the commission of these crimes.
Law of procedure - Answer-Subdivided into three divisions:
Civil procedure
Criminal Procedure
Law of evidence
Private law - Answer-Regulates relationships between individuals
Plaintiff versus defendant
Law of persons - Answer-concerned with the persons as subjects of the law: legal
subjects beginning, status and end
, Family law - Answer-concerned with the legal relationship of spouses, parents & child,
guardianship.
Governs marriage and its consequences, as well as relationships within the family.
Laws of personality - Answer-Concerned with personality rights and the consequences
of the infringement on these rights (damage to reputation, dignity, etc)
Intellectual property right - Answer-relates to the creation of the human mind. A work of
art, an invention, a trade mark, copyright.
Personal Right - Answer-A personal right is a right to performance. also called a claim.
Delivery, payment, service. Action of doing something or not doing something.
The connection - Answer-The content of a right is limited. the rules of law decide what
the powers of the holder of a right are and what the limits to the content of the right are.
Classical roman Law - Answer-When the Roman Empire was reaching its highest level
of development
Canon Law - Answer-Roman Law formed the foundation of church law( roman catholic
Church)
The Corpus Iuris Civilis - Answer-The Emperor of the eastern Roman empire ordered
the codification of early writings of the classical jurists and all the laws which had been
passed during the time of the emperors ( collected and written down as a code)
Roman Law(753BC - 476AD) - Answer-Classical Roman law
Canon law
Justinian's codification
Roman dutch law (17th century) - Answer-Roman law merged with existing laws over
Europe to help solve particular problems
South African law ( 1652- ) - Answer-Roman dutch law
English law
indigenous law
Romano-Germanic (civil law) - Answer-Strong roman law basis as it played an
important role in the development of these systems. ex- French, German, Dutch legal
systems
Anglo American (common law) - Answer-Case law played an important role in the
development of these systems and case law still plays an important part in their
application.
