Front | Back |
Four Periods of Roman Law`
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Kings - Primitive
Republican - Twelve Tables Emperors - Peak Post-Classical - Decline |
Corpus Iuris Civilis
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Codex - Set of Legislation
Digesta - Works of Roman Jurists Institutes - Textbook for Students Novellae - Legislation promulgaed after Codex |
South African Law's Influential Factors
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English Judges presiding in SA
Local Jurists in England Enlish Decisions applied here SA legislation modelled on English Legislation |
Four Categories of Rights - Explanation
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Real Right - Ownership
Personal Right - Claim performance of act or service Intellectual Property - Ideas Personality Right - Some form of their personality |
Customs to Create Law
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Reasonable
Long Existence Generally Accepted Clear and Certain |
Courts of South Africa
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Constitutional Court - Only Constitutional Matters
Supreme Court of Appeal - Never first Instance, all other matters. High Court - Criminal & Civil Matters Magistrates Court - 100k Reigonal, 300k Reigonal - Can do divorce Others - eg Small Claims |