LJU4801 Assignment 1 Solutions
Semester 2 Year 2022
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, LJU4801 Assignment 01 – Semester 02, 2022.
1. Read the case of S v Tshabalala. Briefly summarize the case. [6]
2. Critical Gender Theorists argue that society is not organised in a rational way,
but instead that men are regarded as the measure of what equality looks like.
Critical Gender Theory tries to undermine this seemingly rational idea by
pointing out the ways in which women are oppressed.
Mary Joe Frug utilizes a critical analysis to highlight problems with rape and
prostitution in law, arguing that the law “encodes” the female body with
meaning. Apply the court’s judgment and reasoning in S v Tshabalala to
explain how the outcome of the case presents a positive response to what Mary
Joe Frug refers to as the legal terrorisation of the female body and the legal
sexualisation of the female body. [6]
3. Summarise the court’s engagement with feminist legal theory in S v Tshabalala.
[8]
TOTAL: [20]
Semester 2 Year 2022
UNIQUE NUMBER: 667070
WE ALIGHT TUTORIALS
CALL, SMS/ WHATSAPP; +27611279778
EMAIL;
NB; KINDLY EDIT AS THE DOCUMENT IS
MAINLY FOR GUIDE
,
, LJU4801 Assignment 01 – Semester 02, 2022.
1. Read the case of S v Tshabalala. Briefly summarize the case. [6]
2. Critical Gender Theorists argue that society is not organised in a rational way,
but instead that men are regarded as the measure of what equality looks like.
Critical Gender Theory tries to undermine this seemingly rational idea by
pointing out the ways in which women are oppressed.
Mary Joe Frug utilizes a critical analysis to highlight problems with rape and
prostitution in law, arguing that the law “encodes” the female body with
meaning. Apply the court’s judgment and reasoning in S v Tshabalala to
explain how the outcome of the case presents a positive response to what Mary
Joe Frug refers to as the legal terrorisation of the female body and the legal
sexualisation of the female body. [6]
3. Summarise the court’s engagement with feminist legal theory in S v Tshabalala.
[8]
TOTAL: [20]
