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HFL1501 ASSIGNMENT 1 MEMO - SEMESTER 2 - 2024 - UNISA - DUE : 21 AUGUST 2024 - UNIQUE NUMBER:- 640081 ( FULLY REFERENCED WITH FOOTNOTES- DISTINCTION GUARANTEED) QUESTION 1 Answer the following questions regarding the nature of the South African legal system: 1.1 Name a specific system of law ...

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HFL1501
Historical foundations of South African Law

ASSIGNMENT 1
MEMO
SEMESTER 2 – 2024 - UNISA
UNIQUE NUMBER: - 640081
DUE DATE: - 21 AUGUST 2024
Includes Footnotes and/or Bibliography.

ASSIGNMENT PREVIEW
1.1 Name a specific system of law mentioned in the HFL1501 Study Guide that is
unofficially applied by certain communities, but that is not officially recognised in South
Africa. (1)

1.2 Does South Africa have a hybrid legal system? Motivate your answer. (2)

1.3 The universal component of the South African legal system has its origins in two
different philosophies. Name these two philosophies discussed in the HFL1501 Study
Guide. (1) [4]

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, QUESTION 1

Answer the following questions regarding the nature of the South African legal
system:

1.1 Name a specific system of law mentioned in the HFL1501 Study Guide that is
unofficially applied by certain communities, but that is not officially recognised in
South Africa. (1)

1.2 Does South Africa have a hybrid legal system? Motivate your answer. (2)

1.3 The universal component of the South African legal system has its origins in
two different philosophies. Name these two philosophies discussed in the HFL1501
Study Guide. (1) [4]

QUESTION 2

2.1 The repugnancy clause limited the application of indigenous African law by
providing that indigenous law would only apply insofar as it was not contrary to
the Western notion of public policy and natural justice. Name one historical Act
mentioned in the HFL1501 Study Guide that has contained the repugnancy clause.
Please provide the full title, number and year of the Act. (1)

2.2 Does the repugnancy clause still apply in South African law today? In your own
words, motivate your answer in no more than 150 words. (3) [4]

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