LJU4801 Exam Portfolio May June 2026 (ANSWERS) - Due 1 June 2026

May/June 2026 LJU4801 QUESTION 1: Carefully consider the following pronouncement made by Martin Luther King Jr. in his famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail” on 16 April 1963: One may well ask: "How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?" The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. 1 Identify the legal philosophical approach that Martin Luther King Jr. advocates in his letter and explain how this approach originated and developed. [20] QUESTION 2: Carefully consider the following scenario and then answer the question below: A magistrate is presiding over a claim for breach of contract. On the evening of 18 April 2025, Y struggled to calm his racing mind and after several failed attempts at falling asleep, got out of bed on 19 April 2025 at 03:30 and went to the property that he rented from X, where he started working at 04:00. Y claims that X’s conduct is in contravention of a contractual clause stipulating that “[t]he rented property can only be occupied during working hours”. X claims that Y occupied the property outside of “working hours” and is thus in breach of contract. In considering whether a breach of contract occurred, the magistrate decided as follows: “I often experience a surge of energy in the evening after dinner and proceed to write inspired judgments. These are indeed “working hours”. I do not let a clock dictate when I can work and when I cannot work. The same should hold true for Y. There is no breach of contract in this case.” Name and extensively discuss the theories that best explain how the magistrate decided this case. [30] 1 (Accessed