Introduction to SA law Flashcards

South Africa has an uncodified legal system; meaning that there are multiple sources of law rather than one primary source (a code) where the whole law can be found.[20] South African law consists of the Constitution which is the supreme law of the country, legislation (acts of the national and provincial legislatures

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Define the following :

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Public law: Law enforced the rules of the relationship between individuals and the state
Trade mark:sign or indication of product or service identifying a product or service
Positive morality : Code of conduct adopted as right and proper in a particular country at a given time
Legislation : Written law passed by an authority that has power to passe law .
Case Law: The body of judgement passed by the court that have become law in SA

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Define law in general

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body of rules governing human conduct recognized as binding by people and enforced by the state

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What are scientific laws

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State principle of uniformity in the physical universe or human society

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List the categories of public law

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Constitutional law , Administrative law, criminal law, international law

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Explain with example what positivist are

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Philosophy of human intellectual development that climaxed in science

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