LJU4801 LEGAL PHILOSOPHY (A+ GRADED 100% VERIFIED)

LJU4801 LEGAL PHILOSOPHY (A+ GRADED 100% VERIFIED) SECTION A: INTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE PORTFOLIO Your portfolio must consist of the following documents: 1. Your answer to the essay type questions on the Modiri article. (35) Please remember: In all cases the assessment of your answers will include not only the basic knowledge of legal philosophy, but also language usage, referencing, research and so forth. SECTION B: PORTFOLIO QUESTIONS The 35 – mark question Read Modiri JM “Conquest and constitutionalism: First thoughts on an alternative Write a critical essay on this article and include the following in your answer: (a) Provide a summary (300 words max) explaining what philosophical approach Modiri is (b) Using the information on this philosophy in your study guide, briefly explain whether you (c) Using any of the philosophies you have studied, provide your own response to this article. You can provide an alternative to the stated problem, agree with the author or criticise his NOTE: Your answer can therefore not exceed 1200 words (or about 4 pages) and MUST be supplied with footnotes and a bibliography. For purposes of the word count the footnotes and bibliography are not counted. SECTION C: PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENTS Students must revise the portfolio assessments they’ve submitted in the previous exam cycle. Do not forget to include the declaration form. CONTENTS Read the following article found under Additional resources - and then answer the questions: Read Modiri JM “Conquest and constitutionalism: First thoughts on an alternative jurisprudence” 2018 SAJHR 300 – 325 Write a critical essay on this article and include the following in your answer: (a) Provide a summary (300 words max) explaining what philosophical approach Modiri is advocating and his reasons for that approach. (10) 4-5 (b) Using the information on this philosophy in your study guide, briefly explain whether you think his approach is valid (600 words max). (15) 6 (c) Using any of the philosophies you have studied, provide your own response to this article. You can provide an alternative to the stated problem, agree with the author or criticise his ideas. (300 words max.) (10) 7-8 Portfolio assessment 1 – For this assessment we are asking you to collaborate on developing a multilingual glossary for legal philosophy! All students who complete this portfolio assessment will get 5 marks – and our heartfelt thanks... Below you will see a list of key concepts in legal philosophy. For the assessment, choose five concepts and, for each, provide either a synonym 9 or a definition in your home language/other language. Please state what that language is. If your home language is English you can use any other language you might know OR provide an alternative term/definition for the concept. Then please delete the remaining concepts. Please don’t everyone choose the first five! Here are the concepts: Portfolio assessment 2 – For this assessment, we want you to compare African Legal Philosophy (ALP) with Critical Race Theory (CRT). Please indicate the following in your answer: 1. Characteristics of ALP 2. Characteristics of CRT 3. Similarities 4. Differences 5. Which one do you prefer and why. 10 Portfolio assessment 3 – The political term "right" and "left" is used in many countries. For example, in the USA, the Democratic party is seen as "left" while the Republicans as seen as "right". In the UK, on the other hand, the Conservative party is seen as more "right" and the Labour party as "left". But what does it mean in South Africa? For this assessment, you need to do some research and establish a credible definition of "left" and "right" in SA legal philosophy. For this purpose, you need to find a source that would be acceptable in a court of law – therefore case law, legislation, journal articles or the like. Quote the source you found briefly and then explain whether this fits into any of the philosophies you have studied. 11-12 Portfolio assessment 4 – Attached to this is the case of De Beer and Others v Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 2020 (11) BCLR 1349 (GP). Read through the case and then indicate which theory of interpretation was used in this case. You need not summarise the whole case or deal with every aspect of it. Just indicate which theory you think was used and substantiate that statement with references to the case. Max word count is 300. 13