CSL2601 Constitutional Law (CSL2601)

CSL2601 EXAM PACK 2022

1. The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 compels natural persons to make every reasonable effort to use appropriate mechanisms and procedures to resolve their intergovernmental disputes and to exhaust all other remedies before they turn to the court to resolve the dispute. (3) False: Section 41(3) of the Constitution states that ‘an organ of the state involved in an intergovernmental dispute must make every reasonable effort to settle the dispute by means of mechanisms a...

Constitutional Law (CSL2601): Assignment 2 Due date: 8 May Question 1 You are an excellent law student. You have been offered an opportunity to work at the Constitutional Court of South Africa, assisting Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. The Court has recently heard an important matter relating to the decolonisation of higher education and you have been asked to write parts of the judgment that the Court will deliver. Read the essential extracts of the judgment below and then provide the i...

CSL2601 – Questions Indicate whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE by marking 1 for TRUE or 2 for FALSE: 1. In Doctors for Life International v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others 2006 (12) BCLR 1399 (CC), the Court determined that the stage of legislation making at which it can intervene in order to enforce Parliament’s obligation to facilitate public involvement is before the legislative process is complete in order to prevent irreversible and material harm. (1)...

Exam Questions - CSL 2601 Study Unit 1 – 3 1 Explain what is meant by constitutional law? (3) Constitutional law is the aggregate (sum total) of binding rules relating to the distribution and exercise of state authority. The rules of constitutional law define the relationship between the organs of state inter se (between themselves), and between the organs of state and individuals 2 Distinguish between public and private law, and state why constitutional law is said to be part of public...

FAMILY LAW NOTES THE ENGAGEMENT Definition Defined as a contract between a man and woman to marry each other on a specific or determinable date. An engagement is not like a normal contract!!! A valid engagement is noCSL2601FAMILY PACK FINAL.pdft a prerequisite for the conclusion of a valid marriage. The engagement is concluded by means of offer and acceptance. Contracts can be concluded by post the moment the person who made the offer becomes aware of its acceptance. The parties do no...

1 Which one of the following is NOT a requirement for a civil marriage? [1] The marriage between the parties must be lawful. [2] There must be agreement between the parties to enter into a civil marriage with each other. [3] The parties must both have attained the age of majority. [4] The prescribed formalities must be complied with. (1) 1 [3] (1) (See Heaton J South African Family Law [the prescribed textbook] pp 15-18, 25-3, 3234 and the study guide p 3.) 2 Which one of the followi...

1.1 As Germany has a comparative foreign law, South African courts are obliged to consider German law as a primary source of South African law when interpreting any legislation. This statement is FALSE (2). Foreign law is not a primary source of South African law but is a secondary source with persuasive value. In fact, section 39 provides that courts may (and not must) consider foreign law 1.2 Read the following scenario and indicate whether the statement that follows is true or false: In ...