Beginner\'s Guide for Law Students Notes

- 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

Detailed descriptions of understanding the idea of a social contract and the difference between a Western and African approach to it, Investigating why we have ‘laws’ and what the law is, understand the South African legitimacy crisis, understand the relationship between law and morality, how law as a normative system is distinguishable from other normative systems in context of the change in the South African legal order, Investigate the link and meaning between law and justice and understa...

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

Importance of legal history, phases of South African legal history

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