Rhodes University Courses Law
Rhodes University Courses Law
Rhodes University BACHELOR OF LAWS (LLB):
The LLB degree is the basic requirement to practice law in South Africa. At Rhodes University, you can get an LLB degree through a four-year, two-year, or three-year program. Usually, new university students don’t start directly in the Faculty of Law. Instead, in their first year, they enrol in a general degree program in Humanities, Science, or Commerce, taking some law courses and other subjects.
This allows them to explore different subjects and make a well-informed decision about their career path in their second year. If students find the law is not right for them, they can switch fields without losing a year. Because the Faculty of Law has limited resources, good academic performance is important for admission into the LLB program.
Students may select courses from a wide range of subjects and a variety of permutations exists. Only in their second year, after obtaining sufficient information to make a proper decision, do students decide which route to follow. It also enables students who discover in their first year that they are not suited to a career in law to change their study direction without forfeiting a year of study.
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How Many Years Can One Study A Course In Law At Rhodes University
- A five-year combined Law and Humanities OR Law and Commerce OR Law and Science LLB stream:
Students enter this stream to follow a program in Law and Humanities OR Law and Commerce OR Law and Science, leading to a BA/BSocSci or BCom/BBusSc or BSc and thereafter a two-year LLB. The objective of a broad-based education is achieved in this stream by including courses that ensure that students have a thorough grasp of at least one discipline outside Law. Students register for a BA, BSocSci, BCom, BBusSci, or BSc in their first year of study and continue with that degree with Legal Theory as a major subject.
Having obtained the first degree, students then register for the LLB, to be completed over two years. To do so, one must have obtained sufficient law credits in the first degree, which is usually the case if one has majored in Legal Theory.
Normally candidates who obtained at least 60% in their Legal Theory major will be admitted, as will candidates from other universities who obtained an average of at least 60% in their previous year of study. Where a candidate has not met these requirements, the Dean of Law has the discretion to admit that person, on good cause shown and subject to the availability of Faculty resources. Preference will be given to those candidates who obtained their first degree at Rhodes University.
- A four-year LLB stream
In their first year of university study, students will be required to register in any one of the Faculties of Humanities, Science, and Commerce, according to their subject choices. After their first year of study, those who meet the academic criteria may choose between following a five-year (eg, BA or BCom LLB) curriculum, or a four-year LLB curriculum.
Those who don’t meet the academic criteria must follow the five-year combined route.
Candidates who do not have a degree may be admitted to the second year of study for the LLB degree, provided that they have passed both the law courses offered in their first year of study (Foundations of Law and Introduction to Law) with an average of 60% as well as have obtained an overall average of 60% for three non-law courses studied in that year. (Students who do not meet these criteria must follow the five-year route.)
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- A three-year LLB for graduate students
Students enter this stream after having completed a Bachelor’s degree without law subjects, or with insufficient law credits. They may be admitted to the second year of study for the LLB degree, provided that they obtained 60% for their major subjects. Where a candidate has not met this requirement, the Dean of Law has the discretion to admit that person, on good cause shown and subject to the availability of Faculty resources.
List Of Rhodes University Law Courses
Below are the courses and programmes of study in law at Rhode University:
First Year:
- Three non-law courses
- First Semester: Foundations of Law
Second Year:
- One non-law course at Second Year level
- First Semester: Constitutional Law A, Law of Contract A, Law of Persons, Law of Property A, Legal Interpretation
Penultimate Year:
- First Semester: Civil Procedure A, Company Law A, Criminal Law A, Criminal Procedure A, Law of Delict A,
- Legal Skills, Public International Law, Legal Practice (either first or second semester)
Final Year:
- First Semester: Administrative Law A, Civil Procedure B, Criminal Procedure B, Individual Labour Law, Law of Sale and Lease
- 2 Electives from the first semester
List Of Rhodes University Law Courses For Second Semester
Students who are successful in the first semester of study will have to take the following courses in the second semester of study:
First Year:
- Three non-law courses
- First Semester: Foundations of Law
- Second Semester: Introduction to Law
Second Year:
- One non-law course at Second Year level
- First Semester: Constitutional Law A, Law of Contract A, Law of Persons, Law of Property A, Legal Interpretation
- Second Semester: Constitutional Law B, Law of Contract B, Customary Law, Law of Life Partners, Law of Property B
Penultimate Year:
- First Semester: Civil Procedure A, Company Law A, Criminal Law A, Criminal Procedure A, Law of Delict A,
- Legal Skills, Public International Law, Legal Practice (either first or second semester)
- Second Semester: Company Law B, Criminal Law B, Jurisprudence, Law of Delict B, Law of Evidence A, Law of
- Partnerships and Trusts, Legal Practice (either first or second semester)
Final Year:
- First Semester: Administrative Law A, Civil Procedure B, Criminal Procedure B, Individual Labour Law, Law of Sale and Lease, 2 Electives from the first semester
- Second Semester: Administrative Law B, Law of Evidence B, Law of Insolvency and Winding up of Companies and Close Corporations, Law of Agency Insurance and Credit Agreements, Law of Succession and
- Administration of Estates, 2 Electives from the second-semester list
In both the first and second semesters, a research paper may be completed for one-semester credit. All electives will not necessarily be offered every year. The availability of options will depend upon teaching arrangements in the Faculty of Law. For the same reason, electives may be taught in different semesters.
Provisional Sentence; Appeals, Reviews and Rescission of Judgment; Costs; Enforcement of Judgments and Administration Orders.
Collective Labour Law:
- Sources of Labour Law; Framework of the Labour Relations Act 55 of 1995; Organisational Rights; Collective Bargaining Structures; Collective Agreements; Agency Shop Agreements; Closed Shop Agreements; Worker Participation; and Industrial Action.
Constitutional Law A:
- Sources and general principles of constitutional law, a historical survey of constitutional development in South Africa and a detailed analysis of the structures of government created by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 108 of 1996.
Constitutional Law B:
- The protection of human rights in a constitutional state. This will include a detailed analysis of the Bill of Rights and the state institutions supporting constitutional democracy (such as the Public Protector and the Human.
Collective Labour Law (one-semester credit: one two-hour paper (70%), class work(30%), November examination)
- Sources of Labour Law; Framework of the Labour Relations Act 55 of 1995; Organizational Rights; Collective Bargaining Structures; Collective Agreements; Agency Shop Agreements; Closed Shop Agreements; Worker Participation; and Industrial Action.
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Details of the degree structure and requirements for the LLB degree can be found in the Faculty of Law section of the University Calendar, and are obtainable on request. Visit the Official Website of Rhodes University For More Details
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