LJU4801
ASSIGNMENT 1 - QUIZ (SEMESTER 1)
DUE DATE: 26 February 2024
Written Assignment Submission Guidelines:
Please ensure that your assignment is submitted electronically through the myUnisa platform no later than
26 February 2024. Kindly note that fax or email submissions will not be accepted.
NB: Assignment submitted to the lecturer(s) through email will not be considered.
UNIQUE CODE: 890028
QUIZ:
1. Objectivist theories proceed on the premise that...
a. that there is something either inside the text or in the background to the text that can produce
unsettled meaning in the process of adjudication.
b. judges are part of a community of researchers.
c. that the decisions of judges are constrained by factors outside law.
d. external factors are too vague and uncertain to constrain the decisions of judges.
Reason: Option C: Objectivist theories hold that judges' decisions are influenced by factors beyond the
law.
2. One of the criticisms of Ubuntu is that...
a. is a concept that is easy to define.
b. it fails to appreciate the differences between morality and constitutionalism.
c. it entrenches patriarchy and this is inconsistent with the Constitution.
d. is a concept that contributes to social injustice.
Reason: Option C: Ubuntu may entrench patriarchy, contradicting constitutional principles.
ASSIGNMENT 1 - QUIZ (SEMESTER 1)
DUE DATE: 26 February 2024
Written Assignment Submission Guidelines:
Please ensure that your assignment is submitted electronically through the myUnisa platform no later than
26 February 2024. Kindly note that fax or email submissions will not be accepted.
NB: Assignment submitted to the lecturer(s) through email will not be considered.
UNIQUE CODE: 890028
QUIZ:
1. Objectivist theories proceed on the premise that...
a. that there is something either inside the text or in the background to the text that can produce
unsettled meaning in the process of adjudication.
b. judges are part of a community of researchers.
c. that the decisions of judges are constrained by factors outside law.
d. external factors are too vague and uncertain to constrain the decisions of judges.
Reason: Option C: Objectivist theories hold that judges' decisions are influenced by factors beyond the
law.
2. One of the criticisms of Ubuntu is that...
a. is a concept that is easy to define.
b. it fails to appreciate the differences between morality and constitutionalism.
c. it entrenches patriarchy and this is inconsistent with the Constitution.
d. is a concept that contributes to social injustice.
Reason: Option C: Ubuntu may entrench patriarchy, contradicting constitutional principles.
