LME3701 Portfolio

DETERMINING THE MINIMUM AGE OF CRIMINAL CAPACITY OF OFFENDERS IN
RELATION TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT.




By




Z N MBATHA

(78231266)




Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree

LLB



In the



SCHOOL OF LAW



UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA



SUPERVISOR: PROFESSOR L PIENAAR



(ASSIGNMENT 02)

2021




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, TABLE OF CONTENTS



1. INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................3

2. PROBLEM STATEMENT..................................................................................4

3. HYPOTHESIS...................................................................................................5

4. POINTS OF DEPARTURE AND ASSUMPTION...............................................6

5. CONCEPTUALISATION OF CENTRAL RESEARCH THEMES.......................7

6. PROPOSED CHAPTER OUTLAY.....................................................................8

7. PROJECTED TIME SCALE...............................................................................9

8. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED RESEARCH METHOD.................................10

9. PREPRATORY STUDY AND RESEARCH.......................................................11

10. CONCLUSION...................................................................................................12

11. BIBLOGRAPHY................................................................................................13

12. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY DECLARATION....................................................14




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