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IND2601 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 1 2025 - DUE March 2025.

IND2601 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2024 African Customary Law ACL is recognised under positivism in one of two ways...they are... - ANSWER-process of inclusion by rule of recognition development or made subject to master rule (Constitution) .ACL problems of ascertainment... - ANSWER-LCL is applied by Western Courts Rules of ACL are applied outside their domestic setting, when in local settings there is no problem because people are aware of the law & rules are negotiated Un...

AFRICAN CUSTOMARY LAW EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%CORRECT. ACL is recognised under positivism in one of two ways...they are... - ANSWER-process of inclusion by rule of recognition development or made subject to master rule (Constitution) .ACL problems of ascertainment... - ANSWER-LCL is applied by Western Courts Rules of ACL are applied outside their domestic setting, when in local settings there is no problem because people are aware of the law & rules are negotiated Unlike West...

Define legal pluralism Correct Answer - Variety legal systems operating alongside each other - SA rainbow nation SA multi-cultural society Correct Answer - cultural pluralism alongside legal pluralism (various legal systems observed) - cultures run parallel and interact with each other - legal pluralism exists because of cultural pluralism What is the only other legal system recognised in SA? Correct Answer - customary law - applicable in SA pre-colonisation What is the narrow i...

Native Land Act of 1913 Correct Answer Act which reserved the amount of land on which black people could live Indirect rule subj to RC Correct Answer Natal colony system Direct rule and assimilation Correct Answer Cape colony system The Black Administration Act of 1927 Correct Answer Governor General made supreme chief The Black Authorities Act of 1951 Correct Answer This act gives the state far-reaching powers as well as extending the power of chiefs Section 1(1) of the Law of Ev...

Alexkor dealt with... Correct Answer s8(3) of the Constitution allows the development of customary law in line with the Constitution s211(3) states the courts are obliged to apply customary law where applicable, subject to the Constitution Court recognized ACL as independent source of law ACL can be ascertained through writers, old authorities, sources, and evidence of witnesses There is a danger of looking at customary law through a common law prism Alexkor while recognising the ...