LJU4804 FINAL EXAM FOR SEM TWO 2022 DUE ON 14 OCTOBER

PORTFOLIO EXAMINATION OF LJU4804/ PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL
LAW 2022- DUE ON THE 14TH OF OCTOBER




NAME:



STUDENT NUMBER:



SUBJECT: PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW



MODULE CODE: LJU4804



DUE DATE: 14 OCTOBER 2022



ASSIGNMENT NUMBER: 03 OR PORTFOLIO EXAMINATION




Honesty Declaration:


In writing and submitting this paper i affirm that:
1. I understand what academic dishonesty entails and are aware of UNISA’s
policies in this regard.

, 2. I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the
intention of passing it off as his or her own work.


3. I did not make use of another student’s work with or without permission
and submitted it as your own.




Date:
Signature:




QUESTION 1




1.1 Which legal system applies to the inherent validity of the parties’
marriage in terms of the South African rules of private international law?


When regard is had to the rules of private international law the material validity
of marriage is governed by the lex loci celebrationis which is the law of
marriage celebration. The law of marriage celebration refers to the place where
the marriage was celebrated. By the nature of the given set of facts the
marriage was concluded in Botswana meaning. The legal system would then
be the Botswana law.1




1
Friedman v Friedman’s Executors and Others 1922 43 NLR 259.