Introduction to Law

Separated individuals in the original position and an imaginary/fictitious agreement between those individuals.

Interdependence and communality among community members, recognizing each person's dignity and worth.

Ubuntu is the idea that 'a person is a person because of other persons - I am because you are', emphasizing the interdependence of individuals.

<p>Lawyers have incorporated Ubuntu when crafting arguments, and judges have infused its core values when interpreting laws, creating new remedies and procedures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ubuntu played a key role in the creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1996.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Law includes rules and principles, provides certainty among citizens, and is applied by the State.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Government is responsible for the law.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>You might receive a traffic fine, issued by the State.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A social contract is an agreement between individuals to submit themselves to the authority of the State, which makes and enforces rules in cases of conflict.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reason.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>John Locke's idea is based on reason, while John Rawls' idea is based on ignorance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The State makes and enforces rules in cases of conflict.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is a position where everyone is ignorant of their specific position in society.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A social contract that is most just to all in society.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>No one is above the law, and government makes rules that citizens must abide by.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Law is influenced by religious, ethical, and moral norms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>African legal philosophy and Islamic States</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The content of religious and legal rules are often the same.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By interpreting religious texts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Adultery</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Recognition of Muslim marriages for legal protection.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Challenge to the prohibition of corporal punishment in schools on the grounds of limiting constitutional right to freedom of religion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Freedom of religion</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Recognition of Muslim marriages for claiming loss of maintenance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Morality and law are distinctly separated from each other, with law being set down in statutes, rules, and court decisions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Containing a moral code or dimension.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The principle that a decision of a court should be followed by a later court where the facts are substantially the same.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>That the law is predictable, consistently applied, and has a fixed and certain content.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because words do not have fixed and simple meanings, and interpretation can differ from person to person.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To remain effective, law must adapt to changing values, technological advances, and community values.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are universal norms that ought to be applicable, even if positive law is in conflict with them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Factors such as language, changing values, and judicial discretion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because he was deemed not to be a fit and proper person due to his use of cannabis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An infringement of his right to privacy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The legislation was declared invalid, allowing for the lawful use of cannabis under certain conditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Community mores.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Religious convictions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Due to the difficulties associated with policing the use of cannabis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Using cannabis is probably not as harmful as consuming alcohol.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It illustrates the potential conflict or clash between law and an individual's moral, religious, and cultural views and the values of the society.</p> Signup and view all the answers