INTRODUCTION TO LAW (ILW1501)
EXAM QUESTIONS & DETAILED
COMPLETE ANSWERS PASSED 100%
WHAT IS THE LAW - Correct Answer ✔✔ - The law governs human behavior/conduct
- The law should be obeyed by all of society.
-The law is enforced by state organs.
-By ignoring or disobeying the law we may be prosecuted and punished or ordered to
pay compensation for damages or injury.
parties in Public law - Correct Answer ✔✔ Individual(s) and State
Parties in Private law - Correct Answer ✔✔ Individuals and individuals
Formal/Procedural law - Correct Answer ✔✔ Deals with the procedures that must be
followed in legal proceedings.
Substantive/Material law - Correct Answer ✔✔ Determines the content and meaning of
the different legal rules.
Religion - Correct Answer ✔✔ apply to who- with the people who practice that religion
non compliance- every religion has its own sanction or punishment.
enforced- is enforced by each separate religion.
Individual morality - Correct Answer ✔✔ Are standers that every individual sets for
themselves. the sanction for non compliance is personal and self- imposed and is
enforced by the individual.
Community mores ( collective morals) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Norms of the whole
community non compliance with the rules will result in varying degrees of disapproval/
rejection/ discrimination by other members of the community and the rules are enforced
by the community.
Justice - Correct Answer ✔✔ Equality before the law.
Formal Justice - Correct Answer ✔✔ Deals with the procedures that must be followed in
legal proceedings(rules, conduct, evidence)
Basic requirements for formal justice - Correct Answer ✔✔ -There must be explicit rules
laid down to show how people must be treated in specific cases
- The rules must apply generally ( all people in the group under the same
circumstances)
, - The rules must be applied impartially by a legal institution ( judge may not be biased`0
Substantive justice - Correct Answer ✔✔ Concerns the content of the rule and not the
way in which it is applied
requirements for Substantive Justice - Correct Answer ✔✔ here the content of the rule
is looked at to determine whether it is fair and just. ex- The apartheid rules were
specific, applied to all and were applied impartially- however, the content of the rules
were unjust and therefore justice was not served.
Legal subject - Correct Answer ✔✔ is anyone who is subject to the norms of the law
and who also may be the bearer of rights and duties.
Legal object - Correct Answer ✔✔ May be anything that is of economic value to people
( cost, usefulness, scarcity)
every Right concerns two parts - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1. a relationship between a legal
subject and the object of the right.
2. A relationship between the legal subject who is the holder of the right, and other legal
subjects ( person - person)
Real rights - Correct Answer ✔✔ right of ownership
right of pledge
right of servitude
Personality rights - Correct Answer ✔✔ The rights each one has to part of their
personality
the right to physical integrity, the right to your good name/ reputation, the right to honor.
Intellectual property right - Correct Answer ✔✔ relates to the creation of the human
mind. A work of art, an invention, a trade mark, copyright.
Personal Right - Correct Answer ✔✔ A personal right is a right to performance. also
called a claim. Delivery, payment, service. Action of doing something or not doing
something.
The connection - Correct Answer ✔✔ The content of a right is limited. the rules of law
decide what the powers of the holder of a right are and hat the limits to the content of
the right are.
Classical roman Law - Correct Answer ✔✔ When the Roman Empire was reaching its
highest level of development
Canon Law - Correct Answer ✔✔ Roman Law formed the foundation of church
law( roman catholic Church)
EXAM QUESTIONS & DETAILED
COMPLETE ANSWERS PASSED 100%
WHAT IS THE LAW - Correct Answer ✔✔ - The law governs human behavior/conduct
- The law should be obeyed by all of society.
-The law is enforced by state organs.
-By ignoring or disobeying the law we may be prosecuted and punished or ordered to
pay compensation for damages or injury.
parties in Public law - Correct Answer ✔✔ Individual(s) and State
Parties in Private law - Correct Answer ✔✔ Individuals and individuals
Formal/Procedural law - Correct Answer ✔✔ Deals with the procedures that must be
followed in legal proceedings.
Substantive/Material law - Correct Answer ✔✔ Determines the content and meaning of
the different legal rules.
Religion - Correct Answer ✔✔ apply to who- with the people who practice that religion
non compliance- every religion has its own sanction or punishment.
enforced- is enforced by each separate religion.
Individual morality - Correct Answer ✔✔ Are standers that every individual sets for
themselves. the sanction for non compliance is personal and self- imposed and is
enforced by the individual.
Community mores ( collective morals) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Norms of the whole
community non compliance with the rules will result in varying degrees of disapproval/
rejection/ discrimination by other members of the community and the rules are enforced
by the community.
Justice - Correct Answer ✔✔ Equality before the law.
Formal Justice - Correct Answer ✔✔ Deals with the procedures that must be followed in
legal proceedings(rules, conduct, evidence)
Basic requirements for formal justice - Correct Answer ✔✔ -There must be explicit rules
laid down to show how people must be treated in specific cases
- The rules must apply generally ( all people in the group under the same
circumstances)
, - The rules must be applied impartially by a legal institution ( judge may not be biased`0
Substantive justice - Correct Answer ✔✔ Concerns the content of the rule and not the
way in which it is applied
requirements for Substantive Justice - Correct Answer ✔✔ here the content of the rule
is looked at to determine whether it is fair and just. ex- The apartheid rules were
specific, applied to all and were applied impartially- however, the content of the rules
were unjust and therefore justice was not served.
Legal subject - Correct Answer ✔✔ is anyone who is subject to the norms of the law
and who also may be the bearer of rights and duties.
Legal object - Correct Answer ✔✔ May be anything that is of economic value to people
( cost, usefulness, scarcity)
every Right concerns two parts - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1. a relationship between a legal
subject and the object of the right.
2. A relationship between the legal subject who is the holder of the right, and other legal
subjects ( person - person)
Real rights - Correct Answer ✔✔ right of ownership
right of pledge
right of servitude
Personality rights - Correct Answer ✔✔ The rights each one has to part of their
personality
the right to physical integrity, the right to your good name/ reputation, the right to honor.
Intellectual property right - Correct Answer ✔✔ relates to the creation of the human
mind. A work of art, an invention, a trade mark, copyright.
Personal Right - Correct Answer ✔✔ A personal right is a right to performance. also
called a claim. Delivery, payment, service. Action of doing something or not doing
something.
The connection - Correct Answer ✔✔ The content of a right is limited. the rules of law
decide what the powers of the holder of a right are and hat the limits to the content of
the right are.
Classical roman Law - Correct Answer ✔✔ When the Roman Empire was reaching its
highest level of development
Canon Law - Correct Answer ✔✔ Roman Law formed the foundation of church
law( roman catholic Church)
