Beginner\'s Guide for Law Students notes

Understand and distinguish between the types of constitutions, understand and discuss the structures of government that the 1996 Constitution creates, understand and discuss the constitutional recognition of traditional leadership and of eleven official languages, be able to explain the transformative nature of the Constitution, understand and be able to discuss transformative constitutionalism and substantive justice, explain what is understood as an African constitutional jurisprudence and an ...

These study notes provide an excellent summary of the lectures and textbook for this module. It is easily comprehensive and easily navigable.

Word document; Sources of South African Law; certain cases & diagrams that are referenced in the beginners guide for law students 5th edition.

The beginners guide for law students book 5th edition can be repetitive and hard to read since they oversupply you with information. These summaries help since they focus on the key aspects that need to be taken from the topic yet still have sufficient examples which will help make the work easier and faster to study. With these notes, you will ace your semester tests.

Understanding; the importance of legal history, the historical influences on the development of the South African Legal System, the importance of legal history, the historical influences on the development of the SA legal system, the different ways of conceiving of the history of SA and why SA law may be considered as a product of conquest

- Distinguish and understand he different sources of law and the relative importance of each, define the sources of law according to your text book and identify them in a scenario, understand and distinguish between primary and secondary sources of law, understand the difference between codified and uncodified law, understand and critically discuss the Constitution as single system of law and understand and be able to apply s.39 (2) to a legal problem

- Understand who the role players are in the public and private spheres, understand what it means to be deemed ‘fit and proper’ and how this connects to possible professional and constitutional discrimination, understand the amendments to the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014 and the implication thereof on the legal profession, investigate the impact of legal fees on access to justice and investigate some ethical questions and conduct that applies to the relationship between lawyer and client

Importance of legal history, phases of South African legal history

Questions and answers to help ace examinations and tutorial questions that cover the basics of jurisprudence 110.

These summaries are a combination of both lecture notes and summaries from the provided textbook as well as additional research. They are summaries from the 'Beginner's guide for law students fifth edition). The summaries include the following topics: The legal profession, legal ethics, professional responsibility, law and related concepts, sources of law, branches of law, divisions of law, legal argument, legal logic. These summaries are easy to understand and include definitions, key ...

These summaries are a combination of both lecture notes and summaries from the provided textbook as well as additional research. They are summaries from the 'Beginner's guide for law students fifth edition). The summaries include the following topics: The legal profession, legal ethics, professional responsibility, law and related concepts, sources of law, branches of law, divisions of law, legal argument, legal logic. These summaries are easy to understand and include definitions, key ...

These study notes provide an excellent summary of the lectures and textbook for this module. It is easily comprehensive and easily navigable.

The beginners guide for law students book 5th edition can be repetitive and hard to read since they oversupply you with information. These summaries help since they focus on the key aspects that need to be taken from the topic yet still have sufficient examples which will help make the work easier and faster to study. With these notes, you will ace your semester tests.

Understand and distinguish between the types of constitutions, understand and discuss the structures of government that the 1996 Constitution creates, understand and discuss the constitutional recognition of traditional leadership and of eleven official languages, be able to explain the transformative nature of the Constitution, understand and be able to discuss transformative constitutionalism and substantive justice, explain what is understood as an African constitutional jurisprudence and an ...

- Distinguish and understand he different sources of law and the relative importance of each, define the sources of law according to your text book and identify them in a scenario, understand and distinguish between primary and secondary sources of law, understand the difference between codified and uncodified law, understand and critically discuss the Constitution as single system of law and understand and be able to apply s.39 (2) to a legal problem

Understanding; the importance of legal history, the historical influences on the development of the South African Legal System, the importance of legal history, the historical influences on the development of the SA legal system, the different ways of conceiving of the history of SA and why SA law may be considered as a product of conquest

Define and understand the hierarchy of the courts, understand what jurisdiction means and investigate the three factors that influence a court’s jurisdiction, apply these factors to the various courts, understand and explain the court structure, define a number of words and concepts, define the doctrine of judicial precedent, investigate where judgements can be found and which part of the judgement sets precedent by distinguishing between reported and unreported cases and ratio decidendi versu...