Law


Programmes we offer:


+ Undergraduate

   - Law Courses presented by the Department of Mercantile Law
  
   - Law Courses presented by the Department of Public Law
  


+ Semester Programme

   - Law Semester Syllabus

   - Rules For Semester Curriculum

   - Module Descriptions


+ Postgraduate

The Degree of Doctor Legum

Admission

To be admitted a student shall be the holder of the postgraduate LLB degree or the LLM degree, or a qualification deemed to be the equivalent of any such degree.

Duration

The minimum period of study is two years.

Requirements

(1) Advanced research in an approved field of study must be undertaken under the guidance of a promoter, and a thesis submitted.

(2) In addition, a student shall be required to undergo an oral examination in the field of study of his thesis.

(3) Material previously included in a LLB or LLM dissertation may, with the approval of Senate, be included in a LLD thesis.

General

(1) The general rules relating to doctor’s degrees apply mutatis mutandis to this degree.

(2) The abovementioned rules notwithstanding, the degree may also be awarded on the basis of meritorious publications.

Module Descriptions Click here for modules offered in Undergraduate Programmes (Page 34)


The Degree of Magister Legum

Admission

To be admitted a student shall be the holder of the degree LLB or a qualification deemed to be its equivalent.

Duration

The minimum period of study is one year full-time, two years part-time. Requirements for the LLM degree by research :

(1) Research on an approved field of study must be undertaken under the guidance of a supervisor, and a dissertation (or thesis of limited scopes) submitted.

(2) In addition, a student may be required to undergo an examination, written or oral, in the field of study of his dissertation.

(3) Material previously included in a LLB dissertation may, with the approval of Faculty, be included in a LLM dissertation.

Distinction

The degree may be awarded with distinction.



- Rules for the Bachelor of Laws Degree

- LADEG1- LLB (Bachelor of Laws)

- MODULE DESCRIPTIONS

- EQUIVALENCES OF COUSRSES AND MODULES

- Coupled modules


Staff:

Head	Prof. N. Van den Bergh, B.A., B. Iuris, LLB (UNISA), LLD (UOFS), Advocate of the High Court of South Africa
Snr. Lecturers	L. Ndlovu, Dip.Ed .(UZ), Certificate in International Human Rights (UCT), LLB, LLM (Fort Hare) Adv. A.B. Leslie, B.A., LLB (UCT), LLM (Rhodes), Advocate of the High Court of South Africa
Lecturers	D. Iyer, B.Proc.(Natal), LLM (UNISA), Attorney of the High Court of South Africa K. Naidoo, B.Proc.(Natal), LLM (UNISA), Attorney of the High Court of South Africa T. Oosthuizen, BA (UNISA), Dip.Juris, B.Proc., LLM (UNISA), Attorney of the High Court of South Africa Mr D Mothillal, BA LLB (UKZN), Attorney of the High Court
Temporary lecturers	W.J. Ndaba, LLB (UZ), DPhil (Fort Hare), Attorney of the High Court of South Africa N.M. Ngema, LLB (UZ) Adv. D.R. Nxumalo, LLB (UZ), LLM (UOFS), Advocate of the High Court of South Africa M.Phiri, LLB (Fort Hare) L. Ramacio-Calvino, B.Proc.(Pretoria), Attorney of the High Court of South Africa

Contact Us

Prof. N. Van den Bergh, Tel: 035 9026123. E-mail: nppakati@pan.uzulu.ac.za
D-Block , Deans office