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Inte erpretation of Statute n es

IO OS260 01

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Dep partme ent o Pu of ublic, Cons stitutio onal and Inte ernatio onal L Law

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1 2 3 4 FEEDBACK ON ASSIGNMENT 01 ................................................................................................ 3 FORMAT OF THE MAY/JUNE 2013 EXAMINATION PAPER ...................................................... 5 ADDITIONAL SELF EVALUATION QUESTIONS………………………………………...................6 CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………………………………………...7

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IOS2601/201

Dear Student At registration you received Tutorial Letter 101/3/2013. This is the fifth tutorial letter for this module. In it we include feedback on Assignment 01, important information on the format of the May/June 2013 examination paper and some additional self-evaluation questions. We suggest you study this tutorial letter carefully. You will receive another tutorial letter with feedback on Assignment 02 in due course.

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FEEDBACK ON ASSIGNMENT 01

Assignment Topic

Write an essay of between four (4) and five (5) pages in which you discuss whether the judgment in Jaga v Dönges 1950 (4) SA 653 (A), which was delivered at the height of apartheid, remains important for the interpretation of statutes after the democratic transformation. Special instructions: (a) Please use the following headings to structure your essay: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (b) Introduction - which has been provided to you below and which you merely need to copy and insert into your essay (1 mark); The facts of the Jaga case (6 marks); The dominant interpretive approach before 1994 as followed by the majority in Jaga (12 marks); The alternative interpretive approach followed by the minority in Jaga (12 marks); Section 39(2) of the Constitution and the new interpretive approach followed in the Bato Star case...