ILW1501 Oct/Nov 2016 exam paper — questions

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1. Question 1.1 · Sources of South African law · 1 mark

   Provide a description of what is meant by the term 'substantive law'.Show the full questionShow less

2. Question 1.2 · Sources of South African law · 2 marks

   Explain how substantive justice is achieved.Show the full questionShow less

3. Question 1.3.1 · Sources of South African law · 1 mark

   Consider the following scenario: Conrad and George are Grade 11 learners at St James College who play rugby for the first team. During a match they begin punching each other, thereby infringing upon a specific kind of right granted to them under private law. Based on this scenario, identify the kind of right that has been infringed.Show the full questionShow less

4. Question 1.3.2 · Sources of South African law · 4 marks

   Using the same scenario of Conrad and George, who are Grade 11 learners at St James College playing rugby for the first team and who infringed a specific kind of right under private law by punching each other during a match, write a paragraph discussing this kind of right. In your answer you must briefly refer to the object or objects involved, the value of the object(s), and provide examples of this kind of right.Show the full questionShow less

5. Question 1.4 · Sources of South African law · 4 marks

   During the sixth century AD, Justinian, the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, wanted his empire to be as glorious as the old Roman Empire and sought to bring order to the legal system of his time. Explain how Justinian contributed to the development of the legal system during his reign and to the preservation of Roman law in later centuries.Show the full questionShow less