European criminal law Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

CMY1501 Summary of notes - perfect for exam revision. WHAT IS CRIMINOLOGY ABOUT? Criminology is an applied discipline within the human sciences and its field of study includes the scientific study of crime, offenders and victims, the punishment of offenders (criminal justice system) and the prevention (reduction) and control of crime. The law consists of all forms of law (criminal law, common law, etc.). A law is a written stature enacted by those legislative bodies that have the authority...

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CLA1501 1. The South African Legal System Law is a social science. South African Law is not codified: recorded in one comprehensive piece of legislation. Origin: • Indigenous legal systems applied at the southernmost tip of Africa before 1652. • Jan van Riebeeck arrives in Cape Town in 1652 and the adoption of Roman-Dutch law as a legal system to the Cape. 1.1 A SHORT HISTORY OF THE LAW • Unlike most European continental legal systems, SA law is not codified: o It is drawn from v...

Summaries of lectures and reading material for part A of the criminal law course condensed into one document which is easy to use and comprehend. If you can grasp all the material in these notes and understand its application, you will certainly pass the exam well!

CLA1501 1. The South African Legal System Law is a social science. South African Law is not codified: recorded in one comprehensive piece of legislation. Origin: • Indigenous legal systems applied at the southernmost tip of Africa before 1652. • Jan van Riebeeck arrives in Cape Town in 1652 and the adoption of Roman-Dutch law as a legal system to the Cape. 1.1 A SHORT HISTORY OF THE LAW • Unlike most European continental legal systems, SA law is not codified: o It is drawn from v...

PVL1501 SUMMARY NOTES. INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW OF PERSONS. Sub-sec of private law Private law = persons “first law” – sphere of law that governs relationships with humans = concepts & institutions – basic to all other branches of the law Legal subject: Centre of legal world – bearer of rights, duties and capacities – persons in the eye of the law (persona iurus) The Law of Persons determines: 1. Which entities are legal subjects 2. When legal personality begins & ends 3. ...

Comprehensive notes on Part B of the year 1 criminal law course. Summary of the book by Mack and condensed case notes that can be used to study for the exam.

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