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

LJU4801 May June Portfolio (ANSWERS) Semester 1 2026 - Due 1 June 2026. For assistance, Whats-App 0.8.1..2.7.8..3.3.7.2 Guaranteed distinction quality with trusted academic solutions, clear explanations, professional formatting, and reliable support. 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 27/03/2026). May/June 2026 LJU4801 Page 9 of 9 QUESTION 3: Carefully consider the following scenario and then answer the question below: X and Y are in a same-sex relationship. They live in a traditional African community in which the majority of members do not support same-sex relationships. There is consequently a clash of interests that is leading to conflict. Explain how the concept of communitarianism will affect both the conflict situation and a potential attempt at resolving it. Your answer should highlight both the advantages and disadvantages of communitarianism, and you must also propose an understanding or approach to communitarianism that best suits this situation. Your proposal must be motivated. [15] QUESTION 4: Read the following article that is available on the module site under the Additional Resources tab, and then answer the question below: Jan-Harm de Villiers, ‘Animal rights theory, animal welfarism and the “new welfarist” amalgamation: A critical perspective’ (2015) 30 Southern African Public Law 406. Explain the four ideas that form the basis for critical theory and, drawing on properly referenced arguments and theoretical inventions from the article, explain why the article can be seen as a work of critical theory.