Law of Persons: Week 1

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What is the characteristic of corporeal things?

Immaterial property

Intangible

Product of human intellect

Separate and tangible (correct)

What is an example of personality rights?

Ownership of a house

Right to vote

Freedom of speech

Dignity (correct)

What is the main purpose of determining the grounds of liability?

To determine the constitutional rights of a person

To determine the punishment for a crime

To institute a civil claim against the other party (correct)

To prove the innocence of a person

What is the characteristic of active legal capacity?

Capacity to perform juristic acts Signup and view all the answers

What is the supreme law in the country?

Constitution Signup and view all the answers

What are the recognized grounds of liability?

Constitutional rights and public law rights Signup and view all the answers

What is status in the context of legal objects?

A person's legal position or condition Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of immaterial property?

An idea contained in a product Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of the Law of Persons?

Determination of legal subjects and their status Signup and view all the answers

When does legal personality begin?

At birth Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of registration in the Law of Persons?

It is a prerequisite for legal personality Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the fictional concept of a unborn child being treated as a legal person?

Nasciturus fiction Signup and view all the answers

How is legal personality terminated?

Through death or termination of pregnancy Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the formation of a legal person?

Juristic personality Signup and view all the answers

Under which law does the Law of Persons fall?

Private law Signup and view all the answers

What is the outcome of the termination of pregnancy in relation to legal personality?

The unborn child is not considered a legal person Signup and view all the answers

What type of remedy is Rei Vindicatio?

Property-based remedy Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of Condictio?

To recover money when one person is enriched at the expense of another Signup and view all the answers

What is the Exception Non Adimpleti Contractus?

A defence available where parties owe reciprocal obligations Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of an Aquilian Action?

To claim damages for patrimonial loss Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of an Action for Pain and Suffering?

To claim damages for non-patrimonial loss Signup and view all the answers

What is the Doctrine of Estoppel?

A doctrine where a person is prevented from relying on the truth in their defence Signup and view all the answers

At what stage does a foetus attain legal personality?

At birth Signup and view all the answers

What is the requirement for the beginning of legal personality?

Birth must be fully complete and the child must be born alive Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the nasciturus fiction in the law of succession?

To protect the potential interests of an unborn child Signup and view all the answers

What is the requirement for a child to be considered under the nasciturus fiction?

The child must be born alive Signup and view all the answers

What is the main issue in the case of Christian Lawyers Association v Minister of Health?

Pregnancy termination is regulated according to weeks of gestation Signup and view all the answers

What is the main question in the case of Ex parte Boedel Steenkamp?

Does the nasciturus fiction apply in this case? Signup and view all the answers

What is the relevance of the nasciturus fiction in the case of Alexis and Jabu?

It determines the inheritance of their second child, Diablo Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act?

To regulate pregnancy termination Signup and view all the answers

What is the main issue in the case of Pinchin v Santam?

Does the nasciturus fiction apply in this case? Signup and view all the answers

What is the relevance of the weeks of gestation in pregnancy termination?

It determines the circumstances in which a pregnancy may be terminated Signup and view all the answers

What is the reason for Steward's death?

Liver failure Signup and view all the answers

Who does Steward leave his entire estate to?

His daughter Anne and her children Signup and view all the answers

What is the age of Theo at the time of his grandfather's death?

16 years old Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of Anne's second child?

Nina Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the nasciturus fiction?

To recognize the rights of unborn children Signup and view all the answers

What is a legal object?

A thing that can be owned or possessed Signup and view all the answers

What is true about a person's dignity?

It forms part of personality rights Signup and view all the answers

In which area of law is the nasciturus fiction typically applicable?

Succession Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Law of Persons

The law of persons is a part of private law that determines which entities are legal subjects, when legal personality begins and ends, and what legal status involves.
Legal personality refers to the capacity to have legal rights and duties.

Foundational Concepts

Legal objects: entities that are not legal subjects, but can be owned or possessed (e.g., motor vehicles, corporeal things)
Legal subjects: entities that have legal personality, including natural persons and juristic persons (e.g., corporations, institutions)
Juristic personality: the capacity of a legal person to have legal rights and duties

Legal Capacity

Active legal capacity: the ability to perform juristic acts, be held accountable for wrongdoing, and litigate
Passive legal capacity: the ability to have legal rights and duties

Forms of Liability

Constitutional rights: public law rights that are protected by the Constitution
Delictual remedies: remedies for harm or injury caused by negligence or intentional wrongdoing (e.g., Aquilian action, action for pain and suffering)
Contractual remedies: remedies for breach of contract (e.g., condictio, exceptio non adimpleti contractus)

Beginning of Legal Personality

A natural person's legal personality begins at birth, provided that the birth is fully complete, the child is separated from the mother, and the child is born alive

Nasciturus Fiction

The nasciturus fiction is a legal concept that allows an unborn child to inherit property or benefit from a legal act
Requirements for the nasciturus fiction: the child must have been conceived at the time the benefit accrued, and the child must be born alive

Termination of Pregnancy

The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act regulates the termination of pregnancy
Circumstances in which a pregnancy may be terminated: up to 12 weeks of gestation, between 13-20 weeks of gestation, and after 20 weeks of gestation

Case Studies

Ex parte Boedel Steenkamp: a case that illustrates the application of the nasciturus fiction
Pinchin v Santam: a case that discusses the nasciturus fiction in the context of succession
Christian Lawyers Association v Minister of Health: a case that deals with the regulation of pregnancy termination

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