UNISA EXAM PACK for
CSL2601 – Constitutional Law
, CONTENTS PAGE
JANUARY EXAM 2021
OCTOBER /NOV 2020 2020
MAY/JUNE 2020
OCT/NOVEMBER 2019
MAY/JUNE 2019
OCT/NOV 2018
OCT/NOV 2018
MAY/JUNE 2018
NOVEMBER 2017
MAY –JUNE 2017
MAY –JUNE 2016
NOVEMBER 2016
,January 2021 EXAM
CSL2601
SECTION A
1. True
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
6. TRUE
7. FALSE
8. FALSE
9. FALSE
10. FALSE
11. TRUE
12. FALSE
13. FALSE
14. TRUE
15. FALSE
16. FALSE
17. TRUE
, 18. FALSE
19. FALSE
20. TRUE
21. TRUE
22. FALSE
23. TRUE
24. TRUE
25. FALSE
SECTION B
Question 1
The rule of law may be described as inherent institutional morality. It stems from the desire
to prevent anarchy and limit the abuse of power. The primary role of the rule of law
doctrine is to provide procedures to be followed by government bodies when individual
rights are limited. In this regard the rule of law may also be equated to the principle of
legality which requires that in addition to legal authority for state action, that the law in
terms of which state acts must be general, prospective and clear and relatively stable.
However, the principle of legality does not directly address the substantive content of
most laws or their human rights .In his work Introduction to the Study of the Law of the
Constitution in 1885, AV Dicey used the term “rule of law” to entail the following.
Dicey’s formulation of the rule of law has been rephrased by, amongst others, Mathews,
who holds:
CSL2601 – Constitutional Law
, CONTENTS PAGE
JANUARY EXAM 2021
OCTOBER /NOV 2020 2020
MAY/JUNE 2020
OCT/NOVEMBER 2019
MAY/JUNE 2019
OCT/NOV 2018
OCT/NOV 2018
MAY/JUNE 2018
NOVEMBER 2017
MAY –JUNE 2017
MAY –JUNE 2016
NOVEMBER 2016
,January 2021 EXAM
CSL2601
SECTION A
1. True
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
6. TRUE
7. FALSE
8. FALSE
9. FALSE
10. FALSE
11. TRUE
12. FALSE
13. FALSE
14. TRUE
15. FALSE
16. FALSE
17. TRUE
, 18. FALSE
19. FALSE
20. TRUE
21. TRUE
22. FALSE
23. TRUE
24. TRUE
25. FALSE
SECTION B
Question 1
The rule of law may be described as inherent institutional morality. It stems from the desire
to prevent anarchy and limit the abuse of power. The primary role of the rule of law
doctrine is to provide procedures to be followed by government bodies when individual
rights are limited. In this regard the rule of law may also be equated to the principle of
legality which requires that in addition to legal authority for state action, that the law in
terms of which state acts must be general, prospective and clear and relatively stable.
However, the principle of legality does not directly address the substantive content of
most laws or their human rights .In his work Introduction to the Study of the Law of the
Constitution in 1885, AV Dicey used the term “rule of law” to entail the following.
Dicey’s formulation of the rule of law has been rephrased by, amongst others, Mathews,
who holds:
